While we continue to publish monthly stats on this blog, I always find the yearly stats the most interesting. Those numbers are what show the big picture and how things really moved. Pay close attention to Mobile Trends section, where you’ll see some pretty large percentages of mobile traffic for some sites. Continue reading “2014 Browser Stats Year in Review”
Category: Mobile
October 2014 Stats
Not much happened as far as stats moves in October. Most browsers remained flat with some 1-2% shifts. We also added ten new sites to Conductor, bringing our grand total to 418 as of October 31.
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September 2014 Stats
Conductor had a big month with traffic increasing quite a bit in September with 829,401 more views than August. We also launched an additional 11 sites, including the Mendoza College of Business. Continue reading “September 2014 Stats”
August 2014 Stats
Welcome back students! This month saw an increase in iOS and mobile traffic with a (nearly) equal drop in Windows traffic. August also resulted in a huge traffic spike to our m.nd.edu (and native apps) properties. Continue reading “August 2014 Stats”
A Brand New Search Experience
Last month you may have noticed that search.nd.edu had a slightly different look. Not only did the site get a facelift, but the entire infrastructure changed as well. In the past, search at Notre Dame ran on a dedicated device housed in and maintained by the Hesburgh Library. This device, bought from Google, allowed us to have our own search ecosystem, but there were a number of downsides. Not only did the library have to put resources toward the maintenance and management of the device, but it also had to be upgraded every few years. One other problem was that it was fairly labor intensive to update the public interface for the device. So even after the university as a whole moved on to mobile friendly websites, search.nd.edu lagged behind. Continue reading “A Brand New Search Experience”