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Who uses Hackensack Now?
« on: February 26, 2005, 10:43:31 PM »
For anyone who may be curious, here are some statistics for Hackensack Now:

Traffic is rapidly increasing. In February, more than 2700 unique users visited Hackensack Now.  For year 2005, more than 4600 unique visitors came to the site.  Considering there are only 42,000 people in Hackensack (about half of that within "computer using age"), I'm encouraged by this number.

The vast majority of users view the message boards.  The message boards were viewed more than 10,000 times in the month of February alone.  (This means that 2500 unique users are returning each month about 4 times).   Only a small percentage of those viewing the boards actually post messages.

Bandwidth for the month of February exceeded 1 gigabyte. 

For some reason, Wednesdays generate the most traffic.  On average, approximately 250 unique people visit the site on this day. 

About 30 other internet sites link to Hackensack Now.

Thanks again for your participation.  As always, if you have any suggestions about how I can make this site better serve the community, please let me know.
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Re: Who uses Hackensack Now?
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2005, 09:23:37 AM »
This site would be an excellent central location for the upcoming BOE agenda and the City Council election.

All announcements, meetings, issues, tasks, could be posted here. 

A virtual debate on candidate, issues, budget proposals, Resident questions, concerns asked and answered, etc. if you will.

All groups, running parties should be contacted. Finding out about a debate or BOE budget meeting on the same day of meeting is poor planning and unfair to residents.  Proactive support is needed.

With registration on this board now mandatory - email notifications can be sent out as well (I presume).

Guidelines by the editor should be drafted (such as - no personal attacks).

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Re: Who uses Hackensack Now?
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2005, 05:00:59 PM »
I encourage BOE candidates and City Council slates to post their respective agendum in these forums:

City Council Election

School Board Election

A short list of priorities would be helpful.  Better still, candidates might want to post how they propose to handle some of the important issues like education reform, redevelopment, Main Street, etc.  I hope that candidates make a genuine effort to engage public participation in the election process. 

I agree that these boards provide a convenient forum for discussion by residents and candidates alike.  However, there should also be an actual live debate for the benefit of those without internet access.  Also, virtual debates have some obvious limitations.  Voters need to meet the candidates in person.

I will use my mailing list to announce any debate.
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« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2005, 03:24:07 PM »
I'm informed that the League of Women Voters traditionally moderates debates in local elections. 

The League has provided me with a list of several moderators in the area. 

If the parties agree to debate, I would be happy to volunteer some time to help coordinate it. 

The parties may contact me to discuss this matter further:  editor@hackensacknow.com
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Re: Who uses Hackensack Now?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2005, 11:25:10 PM »
Somebody recently pointed out to me that many people who moved from Hackensack frequent the site to try to renew old acquaintances and learn about what's happened to old familar places like the Brewster Mansion and Maplecrest Beach. 

Welcome Back to Hackensack!

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Re: Who uses Hackensack Now?
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2005, 05:51:24 PM »
Month           Unique visitors   

Jan 2005              1895   
Feb 2005              2787   
Mar 2005              3008   

Day                Visits  Pages    Hits   Bandwidth
01 Mar 2005   265   1319   5932   68.84 MB
02 Mar 2005   264   1256   5148   57.45 MB
03 Mar 2005   220   1000   4182   52.05 MB
04 Mar 2005   219   1051   4441   52.73 MB
05 Mar 2005   168   850   3483   44.94 MB
06 Mar 2005   195   1333   6606   84.24 MB
07 Mar 2005   269   1238   5609   78.57 MB
08 Mar 2005   319   1630   8520   73.99 MB
09 Mar 2005   265   1417   5853   65.35 MB
10 Mar 2005   268   1382   5541   50.06 MB
11 Mar 2005   223   1038   4543   50.05 MB
12 Mar 2005   151   443   2634   23.90 MB
13 Mar 2005   157   611   3155   46.41 MB
14 Mar 2005   272   1166   5130   69.41 MB
15 Mar 2005   276   1205   6244   48.74 MB
16 Mar 2005   237   1118   5388   57.03 MB
17 Mar 2005   238   1217   6430   64.17 MB
18 Mar 2005   256   1578   7791   52.25 MB
19 Mar 2005   183   992   5577   41.18 MB
20 Mar 2005   174   1024   4425   48.63 MB
21 Mar 2005   260   1368   5752   51.46 MB
22 Mar 2005   229   1040   4199   41.86 MB
23 Mar 2005   203   899   3498   40.83 MB
24 Mar 2005   217   811   3025   32.81 MB
25 Mar 2005   217   794   4110   35.85 MB
26 Mar 2005   134   448   2660   20.45 MB
27 Mar 2005   138   542   2608   23.15 MB
28 Mar 2005   235   1027   6202   40.71 MB
29 Mar 2005   235   1251   7584   47.16 MB
30 Mar 2005   267   1764   6900   59.75 MB
31 Mar 2005   175   1001   3402   45.55 MB

Average   223.52 visits per day

Total visits in March: 6929   

Total unique visitors: 3008

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Re: Who uses Hackensack Now?
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2005, 11:16:09 PM »
That would be me, moved from Hackensack alittle over 9 years i think now, still in Jersey but my heart is still in Hackensack................and will always belong there....

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Re: Who uses Hackensack Now?
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2011, 10:23:46 PM »
Here are Hackensacknow's traffic statistics for 2010. Traffic has almost doubled over the last 5 years.  :laugh:

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Re: Who uses Hackensack Now?
« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2013, 08:19:51 PM »
I hadn't checked the site statistics for a while.  Traffic continues to increase...  :)


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Re: Who uses Hackensack Now?
« Reply #9 on: February 19, 2013, 10:12:10 PM »
I'm one who's been gone from Hackensack most of my life, yet my heart is still there. Having left Hackensack for good around 1970 after my mom died to return to college (I'm a '67 grad) some memories are starting to fade. I always wonder how some of old friends I haven't spoken to in years are doing. I get to return every now and then as I have one sibling down in West Orange.