Key Points

• The highest monthly total of 1836 visits was achieved in April 2008.
• The website received 11,172 visits in 2006 which was a 40% increase on the number of visitors in 2005.
• A further 47% increase in visitor numbers through 2007 meant a total number of 16,505 website visits.
• The most popular sections of the website were the appointments online section and the repeat prescriptions section.
• A significant number of visitors arrive at our website via search engines such as Google.
• Almost 1,700 different search phrases were used to arrive at our website during 2007 ranging from the most frequently used search term 'stalbridge surgery' in 29% of the cases, through to 'how do you bring a child's temperature down at home', 'what is considered a high blood pressure reading' and 'how long do i keep my child off school who has chicken pox '.
• Whilst 91% of the website visitors in 2007 were in the UK, the site was accessed from 65 different countries - including the US, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Ecuador, Malta, Peru and Romania