I note now, since the first post on this thread on here dated 3 December, it was at a point when we had 390 members, well we now have 436 as of 9 January. I think that is a pretty good effort but can we keep this up? Its odd too that the largest number of hits on AiX, came just a month or so after the forum was set up when we were visited by 54 people in a five minute period. Since then we have had no where near that number, the most I have seen being 11.
You can tell a builder from an archaeologist by the size of his trowel. Mine is a small one!
There are a number of Aviation forums which always seem to have a large number of visitors at any one time but the subjects covered are quite wide. AiX is fairly specialist so the potential audience is that much smaller.
A quick look at Key Historic for example shows (now) 98 visitors, 17 of whom are members! Out of a potential 5600 registered users 98 (I have included visitors as not all those registered will use Historic) represent 1.75%. AiX at say 11 is over 2%. I know the figures are not accurate but it gives an idea.
I have also noticed our member to guest ratio is quite high on a regular basis but I am not sure if that is a good sign as it means the number of guests likely to join is small.
No Amount Of Evidence Will Ever Persuade An Idiot (probably not Mark Twain)
I have to say to all the guests arriving on this site that this is one of the most informative and friendly sites i have ever been involved with. I find it a great pleasure knowing the Admins and the Moderators who without could not of made any of the information i now posses and knowledge happen. I would also like to add that since being on this site i have made a few site visits and met a few members off this forum and have found that i have never met such a nicer bunch of chaps in my life.
So in a nutshell if you are interested in airfields and such like and want to make some great new friends then please join AIX and i promise you will not regret it.
AiX is fairly specialist so the potential audience is that much smaller.
That is certainly a valid point and if you consider that , in almost all aviation forums , the emphasis and interest is on aircraft rather than airfields , I think that to be well on the way towards the 500 mark in a comparatively short time is very good going .
I for one wouldlike to offer congratulations to those behind the site for what they have achieved in a short time....this is likely to become a resource of great importance to airfield researchers.
Its odd too that the largest number of hits on AiX, came just a month or so after the forum was set up when we were visited by 54 people in a five minute period.
I think that that was probably caused by a link being posted(for the first time) somewhere that had high traffic such as the PPrune forums ...I've noticed a simalar effect with my Simmonds Spartan site - I posted on a thread on Key about Simmonds - with a link to my page - and traffic went through the roof for a couple of days before settling back to the usual levels.
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