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Where do you want to spend your old age?
Sunday, May 1st, 2011 at 9:20pm. 1105 Views, 1 Comments.
Many people want to live at home when they grow older. The "Smart House, Livable Community, Your Future" exhibition explores the housing trend of "aging in place" through the development of products and adaptive technologies that allow people to stay in their homes.
The first wave of 70 million baby boomers living in the United States will reach age 65 this year. With this generation predicted to live longer, planners are examining ways to create homes and communities that are more senior-friendly. The new exhibit at the University of Minnesota's Goldstein Museum of Design is an interactive display of what a Smart House of the future might look like.
The exhibition will look like a small, attractive home inhabited by fictional, 65-ish homeowners, Jim and…
Final Report - December 31, 2009 - Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
Friday, September 17th, 2010 at 9:47am. 614 Views, 2 Comments.
Final Report: Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
At the beginning of our test, we promised to report our findings through the end of the year. It has been eye opening for us to track our results in this much detail and we appreciate your input and advice along the way. Below is the 13th and final reporting data for the test.
Final Weekly Data: December 25 - December 30, 2009
So this is the Data that includes Christmas Day and the week between Christmas and New Years. As such, we figured this would be a "dead week" for reporting...meaning the numbers would be abysmal. But, in looking back over the past could of weeks, this reporting data is significantly better than the 2 weeks prior. Go figure?
Raw Data:
| Saint-Paul-Real-Estate.com (Unforced) |
Data Post December 24, 2009 - Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 at 3:29pm. 609 Views, 0 Comments.
Website Data for December 17 - December 23, 2009
Here are the numbers for this week.
Raw Data:
| Saint-Paul-Real-Estate.com (Unforced) | BarkerHedges.com (Forced) | |
Total Visitors | 891 | 1,084 |
| Unique Visitors | 802 | 912 |
| Avg Pages Viewed per Visitor | 12.6 | 12.8 |
| Avg Time on Site per Visitor | 9 minutes 2.3 seconds | 7 minutes 48.9 seconds |
| Bounce Rate | 34% | 35% |
| IDX Registrations | 2 | 36 |
| Showing Request Forms | 1 | 3 |
| Property Inquiry Forms | 0 | 3 |
| Other Misc Forms | 0 | 0 |
| Call In from Website | 0 | 0 |
| Bad Information Given | 0 | 0 |
This is our last post before the grand totals will be reported along with our analysis and commentary. Stay tuned!
Cheers,
Brandon & Matt…
Data Post December 17, 2009 - Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 at 3:17pm. 535 Views, 0 Comments.
Website Data for December 10 - December 16, 2009
Here are the numbers for the 2nd week in December.
Raw Data:
| Saint-Paul-Real-Estate.com (Unforced) | BarkerHedges.com (Forced) | |
Total Visitors | 979 | 1,192 |
| Unique Visitors | 858 | 983 |
| Avg Pages Viewed per Visitor | 15.3 | 9.8 |
| Avg Time on Site per Visitor | 10 minutes 45 seconds | 6 minutes 10.9 seconds |
| Bounce Rate | 33% | 39% |
| IDX Registrations | 1 | 41 |
| Showing Request Forms | 1 | 0 |
| Property Inquiry Forms | 5 | 2 |
| Other Misc Forms | 1 | 0 |
| Call In from Website | 0 | 0 |
| Bad Information Given | 0 | 0 |
Overall results of the test are coming soon...stay tuned!
Cheers,
Data Post December 10, 2009 - Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 12:22pm. 1242 Views, 1 Comments.
Website Data for December 3 - December 9, 2009
We saw slight up-ticks for Total Users and Uniques on both sites this week. It's a little surprising that we haven't seen a significant drop in traffic during what is normally a "slower time" of the year. Could it be the extended tax credit? Time will tell. Here are the numbers for last week:
Raw Data:
| Saint-Paul-Real-Estate.com (Unforced) | BarkerHedges.com (Forced) | |
Total Visitors | 1,169 | 1,360 |
| Unique Visitors | 1,030 | 1,166 |
| Avg Pages Viewed per Visitor | 13.6 | 12.0 |
| Avg Time on Site per Visitor | 10 minutes 3.7 seconds | 7 minutes 8.7 seconds |
| Bounce Rate | 32% | 37% |
| IDX Registrations | 2 | 44 |
| Showing Request Forms | 2 | 1 |
| Property Inquiry Forms | 6 | 4 |
| Other Misc Forms | 2 | 1 |
| Call In from Website | 0 | 0 |
| Bad Information Given | 0 | 0 |
Conversion Rate:
Data Post December 3, 2009 - Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
Friday, December 4th, 2009 at 11:36am. 453 Views, 0 Comments.
Website Data for November 26 - December 2, 2009
This week's total visitors and unique visitors were down about 13% on the Unforced website and nearly 6% on the Forced Site. BUT, the total action items (IDX registrations, showing requests, contact forms) increased on both sites. Basically, our traffic was down, but our leads were up. Go figure?
Raw Data:
| Saint-Paul-Real-Estate.com (Unforced) | BarkerHedges.com (Forced) | |
Total Visitors | 1,060 | 1,322 |
| Unique Visitors | 933 | 1,057 |
| Avg Pages Viewed per Visitor | 15.1 | 13.3 |
| Avg Time on Site per Visitor | 10 minutes 14.3 seconds | 7 minutes 10.6 seconds |
| Bounce Rate | 35% | 38% |
| IDX Registrations | 3 | 46 |
| Showing Request Forms | 3 | 3 |
| Property Inquiry Forms | 5 | 1 |
| Other Misc Forms | 1 | 2 |
| Call In from Website | 0 | 0 |
| Bad Information Given | 0 | 2 |
Conversion…
Data Post November 26, 2009 - Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 4:24pm. 478 Views, 0 Comments.
Website Data for November 19 - November 25, 2009
It's now officially the "Holiday Season" so we'll see what impact that has on the weekly reporting for the last month! For this week we saw nearly identical visitors and uniques on each website, but lower than expected lead actions (IDX registrations and inquiry requests). This is likely due to the start of the usual "seasonal adjustment" for our local market.
Raw Data:
| Saint-Paul-Real-Estate.com (Unforced) | BarkerHedges.com (Forced) | |
Total Visitors | 1,222 | 1,404 |
| Unique Visitors | 1,030 | 1,136 |
| Avg Pages Viewed per Visitor | 12.9 | 10.1 |
| Avg Time on Site per Visitor | 8 minutes 41.9 seconds | 5 minutes 56.3 seconds |
| Bounce Rate | 35% | 44% |
| IDX Registrations | 2 | 39 |
| Showing Request Forms | 1 | 1 |
| Property Inquiry Forms | 4 | 4 |
| Other Misc… |
Data Post November 19, 2009 - Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
Thursday, November 19th, 2009 at 12:12pm. 475 Views, 0 Comments.
Website Data for November 12 - November 18, 2009
The overall lead totals were down this week. Visitors and Uniques were nearly identical to last week so I think we'll chalk the low lead totals up to time-of-year / approaching Holiday season. What this does tell us is that we need a higher traffic volume to achieve our goals during a slower time...maybe a test for another day! Here's the Data:
Raw Data:
| Saint-Paul-Real-Estate.com (Unforced) | BarkerHedges.com (Forced) | |
Total Visitors | 1,212 | 1,385 |
| Unique Visitors | 1,030 | 1,153 |
| Avg Pages Viewed per Visitor | 14.8 | 12.6 |
| Avg Time on Site per Visitor | 10 minutes 12.6 seconds | 8 minutes 23 seconds |
| Bounce Rate | 34% | 34% |
| IDX Registrations | 2 | 37 |
| Showing Request Forms | 2 | 1 |
| Property Inquiry Forms | 2 | 2 |
| Other Misc Forms | 2 | 3 |
| Call In… |
Data Post November 12, 2009 - Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 at 9:54am. 10911 Views, 8 Comments.
Website Data for November 5 - November 11, 2009
Well, not much changed from last week. The total visitors and total uniques are nearly identical and Saint-paul-real-estate.com (unforced site) had slightly better non-IDX lead totals while BarkerHedges.com (forced site) saw the same net total of non-IDX leads and an increase in IDX leads. A few more weeks of testing and maybe we'll be able to make some sense out of these numbers!
Raw Data:
| Saint-Paul-Real-Estate.com (Unforced) | BarkerHedges.com (Forced) | |
Total Visitors | 1,220 | 1,415 |
| Unique Visitors | 1,048 | 1,214 |
| Avg Pages Viewed per Visitor | 15.1 | 11.7 |
| Avg Time on Site per Visitor | 9 minutes 58.3 seconds | 7 minutes 30.1 seconds |
| Bounce Rate | 32% | 37% |
| IDX Registrations | 6 | 60 |
| Showing Request Forms | 6 | 4 |
| Property Inquiry… |
Data Post November 5, 2009 - Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test
Thursday, November 5th, 2009 at 11:04am. 910 Views, 1 Comments.
Website Data for October 29 - November 4, 2009
We are now reporting data for our 2nd month of testing for the Forced vs. Unforced Registration Test. For whatever reason, the week 4 numbers were the highest totals so far and this week the totals dropped a little. Probably a market indicator, but we'll see what happens in coming weeks. To track other test results and view comments and posts about this topic, check out: www.forcedregistration.com.
Raw Data:
| Saint-Paul-Real-Estate.com (Unforced) | BarkerHedges.com (Forced) | |
Total Visitors | 1,314 | 1,511 |
| Unique Visitors | 1,016 | 1,210 |
| Avg Pages Viewed per Visitor | 12.3 | 10.5 |
| Avg Time on Site per Visitor | 7 minutes 22 seconds | 6 minutes 20 seconds |
| Bounce Rate | 35% | 42% |
| IDX Registrations | 2 | 49 |
| Showing Request Forms | 2 | 2 |
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