3.03.2009

On DavidsonCats.com

From a graduation paper at North Mecklenburg High, “Basketball Success Brings Davidson College Elite Exposure,” by Jip Richards, son of former DAF director Jim Richards, printed here with Jip’s permission:

Online blogs, journals and message boards have become prevalent in the 21st century sports world. In 2005 two Davidson alumni decided to create an online message board of their own to appease Wildcats sports fans. The website, www.DavidsonCats.com, was created in November of 2005 and had just over 200 visits in its first month. Two years and four months later, DavidsonCats.com had grown substantially. In March of 2008, the website had over 60 thousand visits and almost 5 million hits. People from 50 different countries visited the website during that month. Almost half of the message board’s members joined after March 1, 2008.


And here are some stats from an e-mail Bill sent me about a month ago:

Unique visitors:

Jan. 2008: 4,380.

March 2008: 15,418.

Jan. 2009: 9,566.

Hits:

Jan. 2008: 1,662,203.

March 2008: 4,960,720.

Jan. 2009: 3,704,257.

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