WebTrend Statistics for May, 2000

We went from 54,000 user visits (sessions) in March to 68,000 in April, a 26% increase in one month, thanks perhaps to Eliancito and the general increase of interest in Cuba. Now we are down to 64,000, perhaps also due to the fact that the Elian affair has quieted down... However, our average viewing time went up from 10 to 13 minutes

Note: sessions are not hits.   Each time you view a page, you actually generate many hits.  One session is counted each time one user views a number of pages then exits.  A page view is one page. A hit is counted each time an individual component on a page is accessed (graphic, banner, menu bar, etc.) when the page is loaded, and you can have over 10 hits per page. So session is a more reliable measure of reader interest.

And, as of 5/30, we have over 430 sites linking to ours, up from 360 on April 30th.