Analytics: February 2014

Some may think of February as a month of love. So, it’s only fitting that the Wonderful Machine site saw lots of love last month, with the search site garnering 14,786 visits and 20,812 pageviews and the number of new visits up 31 percent from February of last year.

In February, 59 percent of our visitors were in the US, followed by the UK, Canada, Germany, India and Australia.

Below are our top clicked photographers in February. Fernando Decillis led the way with 184 clicks, followed by Edgardo Contreras, Kayoua Xiong, Cade Martin and Kevin Necessary.

The Wonderful Machine blog saw 20,608 visits and 76,914 pageviews, with the percent of new visits up 8 percent from February of last year. When looking at analytics, it’s always important to monitor the different traffic sources in order to identify which areas need particular focus. Of our 76,914 pageviews in February, 76% came from a Google organic search, followed by the Wonderful Machine search site, Facebook and A Photo Editor.

Here are the most popular blog posts from February:

• Climbing the Canyon: Forest Woodward
• Stuff in a Bucket: Greta Rybus
• ALIVE: Creating a photo story
• The Year of the Horse: Irwin Wong
• A Flooring Fairytale: Cade Martin

Below are a few recent successes:

• “I have a two day shot with Coastal Living tomorrow. They got my name from you and saw my portfolio at the Time Inc. meeting. I just wanted to say thanks!” – Jessica Glynn / Miami, FL
• “Thanks so much for taking the time to show my portfolio, you guys really are a photographer’s best friend. Thanks again for being amazing and please thank everyone in the office that make Wonderful Machine so wonderful!”  – Evaan Kheraj / Vancouver, Canada
• “Just received the final round of my wordmark from Wonderful Machine and I can’t stop staring at it! It’s so perfect! Melissa is the best.”  – Holly Gardner
• “Just wanted to say thanks for featuring my web edit on your newsletter! So far it’s been great, I’ve already booked one job from being listed”  – Cynthia Lynn / Chicago, IL
• “Just landed a job through Wonderful Machine! Thrivent Financial is coming to town this weekend for a couple days of shooting and they found me through your site. Thanks!” – Amy Mikler / Austin, TX

And that wraps up February’s analytics! If you need help understanding your own Analytics, we have a tutorial on Google Analytics, and Google has an informative Help page as well.

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