In January, our website was visited by 11.0K Users, who navigated through a total of 55.1K pages, dedicating an average time of 2 minutes and 2 seconds interacting with our content.
Reports Snapshot highlights important metrics of the website, focusing on the total number of Users, New users, and the average duration they spend engaging with the content on our site.
January saw a significant increase in traffic compared to our 12-month average.
Analytics category | January 2024 | 12-Month Average | % Change |
Users | 11.0K | 9.3K | +18.3 |
New users | 11.0K | 9.3K | +18.3 |
Average engagement time | 2m 02s | 2m 15s | -17.3 |
We saw more people visit our site because our articles started appearing more on Google searches. Here are the top 3 articles with the highest organic traffic increase:
Our Google Search Console recorded over 6K clicks. Usually, around 50% of the traffic on our website is a result of organic searches, while in January it reached almost 60%.
This section of Google Analytics provides insights into the geographic locations, gender, and language preferences of our Users.
In January, the majority of our website’s traffic, accounting for 62%, came from the United States, followed by the United Kingdom, Canada, India, and Germany.
Breaking it down by cities, New York led in the number of visits, followed by London, Ashburn (Virginia), Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Mysteriously, Ashburn continues to appear in our list of cities with most Users.
The Traffic Acquisition report shows how Users discover our website.
In January, our main traffic sources were Organic Search, Direct, Email, Referral, and Organic Social.
470 of our visitors found us through our social media platforms. Here are the details:
Our website features publicly searchable directories for Photographers and Crew, along with private directories for Clients, Agents, and Resources.
In January, 1.6K Users viewed a total of 7.5K profile pages. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) considers scrolling through 25 profiles as a View.
Page | Users | Views |
Find Photographers | 1.4K | 5.0K |
Find Crew | 166 | 850 |
Find Clients | 52 | 1.2K |
Find Agents | 28 | 403 |
Find Resources | 15 | 71 |
Our website had a total of 11.0K Users in January. Out of those, 2.3K Users visited the “Find Photographers” page. Of those, 1.4K Users searched for a photographer. In total, there were 5.0K Photographer searches.
Our Find Photographers directory offers two search options: List View and Gallery View. The homepage defaults to the Gallery View. However, when users select the Photographers tab in the Find menu, the directory shows the List View. It’s hard to know how to interpret these results, but it’s clear that more people are viewing more photographer profiles using the List View.
Type | Users | Views |
List View | 817 | 3.7K |
Gallery View | 563 | 1.3K |
Of the 2.3K Users who visited our Find Photographers page, 1.0K Users clicked on some part of a photographer profile a total of 9.3K times. Here’s a breakdown of those engagements.
Link Type | Users | Clicks |
Website | 748 | 6.4K |
262 | 1.0K | |
81 | 840 | |
57 | 506 | |
About | 142 | 377 |
Unpublished | 46 | 125 |
Phone | 20 | 35 |
BTS | 12 | 21 |
Agent | 3 | 3 |
IMDB | 2 | 2 |
Wikipedia | 1 | 1 |
Our website has a section called Unpublished, where photographers can display projects that are available for licensing. This area is accessible via the Read menu or directly from each photographer’s individual profile.
Page | Users | Views |
Unpublished | 116 | 602 |
The static pages of our website, mostly located under the Consult and About menus, received 41.7K views.
Page | Users | Views |
Stock | 68 | 78 |
Consulting Services | 83 | 167 |
Design | 73 | 119 |
Marketing | 180 | 357 |
Photo Editing | 127 | 186 |
Pricing & Negotiating | 419 | 590 |
Publicity | 50 | 65 |
Shoot Production | 358 | 600 |
Mission | 226 | 272 |
Team | 363 | 552 |
Successes | 65 | 83 |
Press | 25 | 29 |
Specialties | 82 | 136 |
Membership | 360 | 529 |
Jumpstart | 47 | 110 |
Terms | 37 | 37 |
Privacy | 7 | 7 |
Contact | 102 | 140 |
The Published and Intel blogs on our site attracted 13.3K views. The articles within these blogs fulfill a dual purpose: offering valuable information to our audience while attracting new visitors.
The following table displays the traffic data for the articles on our website. We can monitor these statistics due to their consistent URL structure. We don’t track traffic for Photographer Spotlights or Case Studies. This is partly due to their varied URL structures and also because our goal with Photographer Spotlights is to showcase our members, while Case Studies showcase our consultants, regardless of the traffic these articles bring in.
Page | Users | Views |
Expert Advice | 2.6K | 3.7K |
Listicles | 1.4K | 1.7K |
Specialty | 483 | 662 |
Crew | 414 | 578 |
The top 5 Photographer Spotlight articles in January were:
The top 5 articles on our Published blog in January were:
The top 5 articles on our Intel blog in January were:
Have questions about how we promote our photographers? Check out our Membership page. Want to know how you can get the most out of your Wonderful Machine membership? Check out our Jumpstart page or just reach out!