Google Analytics: Heirloom Gardener's April Traffic

One of the most interesting things I find about writing this blog is the readers it attracts. Without readers, there would be no point to this blog, so thank you very much for following, subscribing, searching, clicking, reading, commenting and linking.

Each month, traffic has grown significantly year-over-year, but not necessarily month-to-month as there is a definite seasonality to the readership (stronger in spring/summer). Using Google Analytics, here are some of the April Traffic statistics:

Top Traffic Sources
1. http://www.google.com/
2. http://www.images.google.com/
3. http://www.yahoo.com/
4. http://www.blogger.com/
5. http://www.aol.com/
6. http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/ (thank you)
7. http://www.sustainable-gardening.com/ (thank you)
8. http://www.images.google.ca/
9. http://www.maydreamsgardens.blogspot.com/ (thank you)
10. http://www.ask.com/

Top Search Keywords
1. raised vegetable beds
2. how to build a sandbox
3. gardening on a hill
4. annabelle hydrangea
5. keeping rabbits out of garden
6. spirea pruning
7. pee gee hydrangea
8. pruning spirea
9. caryopteris pruning
10. spirea bush

Top Content
1. How and When to Prune Caryopteris, Spirea, Butterfly Bush, Pee Gee Hydrangea, Annabelle Hydrangea, Smokebush, Elderberry
2. How to Build Raised Vegetable Beds (on a Slope/Hill)
3. Old Farmer's Almanac: Spring Planting Schedule (April) and Heirloom Seed Sources
4. A Chicken Wire Raised Bed Cover: How to Protect Vegetables from Groundhogs, Rabbits and Squirrels
5. Advice Wanted: How to Keep Rabbits Out of the Garden
6. Planting Early Spring Cool Season Crops and Vegetable Gardening 101
7. Raised Vegetable Beds: Organically Preparing the Soil for Planting
8. How to Prune Pee Gee Hydrangeas and Wisteria: Before Spring Growth Resumes
9. Two Perfect Flowering Plants for Arbors: Betty Corning Clematis and Dortmund Rose
10. The Best of Heirloom Gardener (updated as of March 2009)