2023 to 2024 Site news and stats
2024 marks our 28th year at the Virtual Swanage website and we would like to thank all the businesses and organisations who have supported us in the past 28 years.
Today the website has 29 accommodation businesses, 257 local businesses, clubs and groups in the directory section, 1506 gallery photos, 1010 events listed, 12 festivals and 122 other pages of local information.
The visitor stats below are taken from server logs. Due to a server change in 2022 we no longer have logs before May 2022.
Date |
2023 Visits |
2022 Visits |
Difference |
January, 2023 |
76,126 |
||
February, 2023 |
54,483 |
||
March, 2023 |
68,232 |
||
April, 2023 |
78,298 |
||
May, 2023 |
79,060 |
||
June, 2023 |
72,014 |
50,741 |
+ 41% |
July, 2023 |
77,448 |
56,205 |
+ 37% |
August, 2023 |
73,967 |
55,772 |
+ 32% |
September, 2023 |
68,892 |
54,401 |
+ 26% |
October, 2023 |
64,701 |
48,855 |
+ 32% |
November, 2023 |
61,103 |
48,108 |
+ 27% |
December, 2023 |
71,767 |
51,657 |
+ 38% |
Total |
846,091 |
In the gallery section we are continuing to add both new and older photos from the past 200 years.
The What’s On and events section currently has over 1000 events listed and these are supplied by local groups and organisations. Anyone can promote their events for free on the website and submit them using the add event form
The Directory section has continued to grow with new businesses advertising their services for free.
The Shopping section has 59 businesses listed and we welcome any new or older businesses to add their details using the add directory form and promote their services for free.