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Entry #13 (2010-08-04)You probably won’t want to read this blog entry unless you’re statistically minded and interested in our Poker1 pre-launch progress. It’s likely to be TMI (“too much information”) for many visitors.
My prediction was a little off the mark in last month’s status report. I said that we had entered “deep development” in a race toward our scheduled September 1, 2010 Poker1.com grand opening.
AdWords
I’d been experimenting with Google AdWords, budgeting an experimental $1,200 a month to see what affect it had on traffic. It had added between 200 and 250 visits each day. So, when this ad campaign was suspended until our official opening, I speculated, “I’m guessing that status reports for July and August will show slightly less traffic than May and June, due to the absence of AdWords marketing.”
Instead, traffic was up slightly for July and would have increased more significantly had the ad campaign continued. Average daily visits inched upward from 1,362 to 1,366 — as measured at the server itself. It is necessary for us to use those more accurate — but harder to access — statistics, because of the negative effect that our double caching system has on other analytical tools.
The average number of entries visited was also up slightly to 5,605.
Target date
Just to keep you up to date before I share the July statistics, I’m not sure if we’ll meet the September 1 target.
There’s still a lot of functionality and content that must be added before we can make a broad public announcement about Poker1’s opening. If we need to push it back, I’ll announce that soon.
I’m still hopeful. And I’m very grateful to those of you who have stumbled here, found us through the recommendations of others, or responded to my daily Facebook and Twitter announcements of new content.
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Poker1 traffic during development (update for July, 2010)
August has started off at a faster-than-expected pace, with both site visits and the number of entries that were seen scoring higher than the July averages.
We opened up the site without fanfare on March 16, so anyone wishing to witness our progress and mistakes could do so.
We had 716 visits that same day, probably generated through word-of-mouth curiosity. (There were 13 visits the previous day. Most likely those were associated with development efforts.) On March 30, we had 859 visits (the highest for the month — low for post-public opening was 595 two days earlier). We had anticipated an average of 200 visits per day during the development phase.
Total site visits (16 days): 22,132 prorated (11,423 actual)
High day: 859 (March 30)
Low day: 593 (March 22 — except for 15th and earlier)
Total page visits (16 days): 87,716 prorated (45,273 actual)
Total site visits: 30,486
High day: 1,895 (April 12)
Low day: 799 (April 2)
Total page visits: 97,489
In May, we began with 847 visits on the 1st and haven’t been under 1,000 in the 31 days since (including June 1).
Total site visits: 42,153
High day: 3,461 (May 25)
Low day: 847 (May 1)
Total page visits: 175,206
June, 2010
In May, we began with 847 visits on the 1st and hadn’t been under 1,000 in 52 days, until June 23 (988 visits).
Total site visits: 40,869
High day: 2,951 (June 30)
Low day: 847 (June 23)
Total page visits: 159,652
July, 2010
Total site visits: 42,368
High day: 2,197 (July 24)
Low day: 1,072 (July 9)
Total page visits: 173,776
Remaining tasks before grand opening
Here is our in-house, unedited to-do list of what still needs to happen before we can announce our grand opening…
You’re up to date through the end of July, 2010. Although not much was done on the list above during July, many refinements were added. You can see the history of these in Poker1 log of changes and additions: 2010-07. — MC
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Hi Mike!
I have been a longtime fan of your work and I am already impressed with your site (even though it is still in beta). I think it will entertain players and make their games more profitable. I am really enjoying re-reading some of your old columns. Thanks for your hard work. To everyone else, bookmark this awesome site.
thanks again Mike
Paul
Welcome to Poker1, Paul.
And thanks for leaving your first comment. I appreciate the kind words.
Straight Flushes,
Mike Caro
I am a fan of yours for a long time. I was a follower of your long before I bought your Hold’em report more than 15 years ago, and I consider myself a fan. I used to check out Mike Caro University but I wasn’t aware of this site until I accidentally came across reference to it. I love and appreciate your work. Thanks for all the help you have given me through the years.
Joel
Hi, Joel —
I appreciate your kind words and your first comment.
I hope you’ll continue to find Poker1 valuable in the future.
Straight Flushes,
Mike Caro
Mike,
I love your site. I would just like to add my 2 cent’s.
I would along with other poker player’s, who visit your site,
would like to see more video.
Busted Straight’s (Just a little poker humor)
Straight Flushes
Jason
Hi, Jason –
Thanks for posting your first comment and joining our Poker1 family.
There are 57 videos at Poker1 so far — all on poker tells. Many more will follow, including lectures, lessons, and whole seminars.
Remember, Poker1 isn’t really “open” yet, and we have much functionality and content pending before we make a public announcement about it’s presence.
Thanks for visiting us early. I think you’ll be pleased with the eventual amount of video (and audio) content.
Straight Flushes,
Mike Caro