March numbers show a significant decrease in trends from last March. We had 13,023 visitors, compared to 15,203 in March 2018. Our sessions decreased by 18.55% from last year, and page views decreased by 16.44% as well. The bounce rate went up by two percent from 2018.
There was a good increase in traffic from search engines — increasing by 54% in 2018 to 59% in 2019. Google organic search made up mostly all of this search traffic.
Our top three countries start with the United States, followed by India and the United Kingdom. Acquisition reports show a slow and steady increase in international activity when compared to last year.
Photographer profile views were down to 12,921 from 15,235 last year. Profile clickthroughs were also down from 7,055 to 6,176 this past March.
Our top Photographer Spotlight blog posts in March were:
The Member blog’s traffic shows a 7.43% decrease from the year before. However, the member blog increased over this previous month. Expert Advice: The Photographer’s Bio has the most views this month, followed by Expert Advice: Finding a Rep and Expert advice: Print Portfolios.
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