New record peak for Cork Running Blog traffic...

This blog set a new record for traffic last May with over 8,700 hits for the month. This beats the old record of 7,445 which was set last March (...time of the Ballycotton 10). No doubt, this was mainly due to the Cork City Marathon but the overall trend still seems to be upwards.

For those of us used to the local road running scene, it's easy to assume that everyone knows what websites to go to for information on the local races. What I am finding is that a lot of the visitors that come to the Cork Running Blog are coming from the Google search engine. They are using terms like 'Cork Race', 'Glanmire Race' or even "Ballycotton Mini-Marathon" !! It's a big change from 12 months ago when the blog was on page 12 or so of Google and it used to get as many visitors in 1 month that it now gets in 1 day. It's obvious that there are a huge number of people out there who are just interested in doing the occasional race to help them improve their fitness or to compliment some other sport that they are involved in. So hopefully, we'll see this extra level of traffic translated into larger numbers at the local races soon.

Comments...

"John, The reason the traffic is up is two fold.

One: increased interest in running

Two: the very high quality of your blog. I think it is a major credit to you. The site is always timely and relevant and I take my hat off to you........Eoin McGettigan"

"Thanks Eoin. I would guess that one of the main reasons for the extra traffic, going on the mails that I recieve, is that there is a constant stream of new runners out there who are looking for race information.....John Desmond"