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Numbers  [message #78640] Sat, 11 November 2023 12:55 Go to previous message
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Without intentionally looking, simply tapping in the website name I happened upon a link which returned the site stats. Looking at the info it was for 3 years ago and showed daily page visits as 3.3k. Not huge, I suppose, but perfectly respectable for a niche site. There was a button which was labelled: update. Intrigued, I pressed it and after about 60 secs. up came today's stats., 299 daily page visits, or 10% of the numbers from 3 years ago. What happened? Why such a drastic reduction in site numbers in just 3 years? Presuming the stats. are correct and I can't see any reason to think they are not. Where have all the visitors, readers, gone? 

I have, of course, noticed there are few authors posting, little activity on the forum. I don't believe this is the only site where activity, interest, is waning. Is it an inevitable decline? People don't read these gay themed, teenage romances, like they used to. Is there a way to reinvigorate the site, this one and those other similar. Should we try to reinvent these sites, give them some sort of make over? Without wanting to critisise this site, like the others, they have been around over 20 years and haven't changed much. You have to say they are dated, both the format and the look. 

It's a very big task to revamp a site, especially if it's a hobby site which you don't get paid for. It's a little sad but without changed the future, in 3 years time, doesn't look too bright. What does anyone else think? Would you do something to help? Do you have any ideas? And as with those other similar sites, who will run this into the future or will it fold? I hope the library of stories isn't lost, a few of them at least are worth saving, but they won't be without some action.
 
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