Originally posted by Halpin:
How about contributing to some of the interesting topics and creating more debate instead of moaning about it!

Originally posted by carryharry:
I wonder could the Admin tell us are figures way back? Is there a big reason bar the change of the site?

This message has been edited - 18-apr-2012 @ 13:03

Originally posted by Site Admin:
OK, let me try to respond to that question.To analyse traffic, we have been using Statcounter.com since the site was set up back in 2000 and Google Analytics since it became available. The stats disclosed by both are remarkably consistent with each other. So, we have a database of stats over a 10-year period compiled using the same analytics.Here's what they show when we compare 1/1/2012 to 17/4/2012 with exactly the same period last year.Unique Visits:
2012 973,000
2011 875,000Increase = 98,000 = + 11%Pages Downloaded
2012 4,566,000
2011 5,085,000Decrease = 519,000 = - 10%During a representative period of time, while the number of visitors increased by 11% the number of pages they read decreased by 10%. That is a huge divergence. We first noticed this trend in the second half of last year and it is disimproving further. The main reason seems to be the migration towards mobile devices as a way of accessing the Web.In 2010, the percentage of our traffic that came from mobile devices was 0%. Through 2011 it grew to 10% and currently it is at 20%. Typically, a mobile user reads 35% fewer pages than someone on a PC or laptop and - again, typically, they spend 35% less time on the site.Our response to these trends is the following:
1. We have re-written and modernised our back end code platform
2. Very shortly, we will move AFR to a very fast new server which will improve the download time both for PC/laptop users and mobile devices
3. We will optimise (and that includes simplify) AFR for the main mobile devices.
4. We will have an AFR app for mobile devices.For the past 10 years we have always anticipated web changes here at AFR. This is the first time the technology has moved ahead of us and it's affecting our traffic figures at the moment. We will get back 'in sync' with it.

This message has been edited - 18-apr-2012 @ 13:59

Originally posted by Hitch:
Perhaps you might consider revisiting the following site changes:1. The login issue2. Allow the editing/deleting of the thread topic by the poster as was the norm before3. Before banning a poster allow him/her to plead his case. Sometimes a post may be read in a way the poster didn't intendEnd

Originally posted by Hitch:
1. The login issue

Originally posted by inbetweeners:
How about not getting banned for criticising Rory Hickey.

Originally posted by Site Admin:
I'm not being smart in asking this, but can you explain exactly in simple terms what the issue is with the new Login? I'm genuinely trying to understand it. My 'take' was that we had simply aligned with the routine on forums like Boards.ie and politics.ie

Originally posted by Harrison Ford:
I brought up the Login problem on Day 1. Its a real pain.
If you hit Quote or Post-Reply, you are asked to login, when you login, you are brought back to the thread but NOT in Edit mode. Which means you have to find the post you wanted to reply to and hit Quote again or Post Reply again.

Originally posted by cowpat:
Agree with the log in issue. It brings you back to the start of the thread rather than a blank place to reply.Next question, maybe a stupid one, is the site optimised/designed for mobile devices?

Originally posted by Site Admin:
I'm not being smart in asking this, but can you explain exactly in simple terms what the issue is with the new Login? I'm genuinely trying to understand it. My 'take' was that we had simply aligned with the routine on forums like Boards.ie and politics.ie