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At the end of 2019 I stopped offering advertising space on my website. I now solely use Google AdSense to provide the adverts.
This decision was made due to time constraints. AdSense is automated, meaning it requires very little time to run. As my time is so stretched, as is Dave's (my bro and website developer), we decided to ease our workload.
Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you to all the individuals and businesses that have advertised on the site in the past. Your business is very much appreciated.
Below, you will find the old advertising page copy. I have left this on the site because I thought the performance stats might be of interest. It also means I can find the stats easily if I need them in the future :-)
I update the information on this page during January every year.
The current statistics were last updated in January 2019 and are based on data for 2018.
I do not currently use paid advertising to generate traffic to my site. The vast majority of visits originate from search engines or other websites in the online writing community.
My website is primarily targeted at writers and the global writing community. I provide lots of free writing resources to help writers improve their stories, submit them to competitions and magazines and see them published.
These include:
I also run an annual humorous writing competition which is growing in popularity every year. It currently offers 20 cash prizes with £1,000 for first place.
The website generates visits from all over the world. The top 10 countries are listed below.
The remaining 19.06% of visits come from 206 different countries.
On average, the website attracted 25,527 sessions a month in 2018. The average page views per month totalled 38,300. The top month was January, with a total of 33,947 visits.
Below are some more detailed figures.
These are the annual traffic volumes since the site launched in 2011.
Each year has seen growth. This is expected to continue into 2019 as I have plans to add a lot more high quality, useful content to the site.
Year |
Sessions |
New Users |
Page Views |
2018 | 306,322 |
217,403 |
459,600 |
2017 |
304,413 |
219,665 |
460,178 |
2016 |
232,009 |
169,972 |
338,862 |
2015 |
193,084 |
140,928 |
278,981 |
2014 |
151,916 |
111,824 |
225,624 |
2013 |
113,464 |
83,341 |
171,832 |
2012 |
24,068 |
19,883 |
38,871 |
2011 |
447 |
278 |
2,346 |
Graph of website traffic from Oct 2011 to Dec 2018
These are the monthly traffic volumes for 2018. Overall, these increase every year.
Month |
Sessions |
New Users |
Page Views |
January |
33,947 |
23,535 |
52,120 |
February |
27,199 |
19,562 |
41,014 |
March |
28,067 |
19,730 |
42,976 |
April |
25,079 |
17,497 |
38,081 |
May |
24,848 |
17,835 |
36,892 |
June |
24,724 |
17,370 |
36,981 |
July |
25,992 |
18,173 |
38,840 |
August |
23,288 |
16,512 |
34,885 |
September |
25,351 |
17,845 |
36,782 |
October |
25,296 |
18,391 |
37,636 |
November |
23,110 |
16,810 |
34,374 |
December |
19,421 |
14,149 |
29,019 |
Due to the number of page views, any single advert placed on the site will be seen, on average, 38,300 times a month.
Graph of website traffic in 2018 from all, organic, direct and referral channels
You can learn more on my website performance analysis page, which contains a lot more information and statistics.
I have also written a couple of posts for Moz which also contain a lot of information about the site.
Ads do not currently appear in rotation. This means that your ad will appear all the time to every visitor the site receives.
The most visible ads on the site are the 728 x 90 banners. They appear at the top of every page except the homepage.
The cost is NA, no longer available
The long sidebar banners allow good visibility of your adverts as users scroll down pages.
The cost is NA, no longer available
The short 300 x 250 sidebar ads ‘stick’ as the user scrolls down below the long sidebar banners, giving excellent exposure.
They cost NA, no longer available
If you wish to advertise for longer than 1 month, I offer the following discounts:
If you have any questions regarding advertising, or the website’s performance, please feel free to contact me.
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