[CS-FSLUG] "Penguin in the Pew" nears 2500 downloads

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 00:05 -0500, Don Parris wrote:
> "Penguin in the Pew" was downloaded nearly 2500 times since its
> release in early May 2004.  Given the lack of a high-dollar marketing
> campaign, I would say that's pretty darn good for a premiere release.
> 
> Aside from that, most of my hits are now beginning to come from sites
> within the Christian FOSS community.  This could be an indication that
> people are finding the sites within the community and then discovering
> Matheteuo's site from there.  If true, this means that being linked to
> from community sites could be a great advantage for any site.  Folks
> who discover Christian FOSS projects on the web should encourage them
> to introduce themselves.  Additional links are coming from webmail
> messages.
> 
> Interestingly, NewsForge and Linux Journal began showing up more in my
> December stats than they have since September.  CARM, the Christian
> Apologetics & Research Ministry continues to be one of my biggest
> referrers.  Our stats jumped greatly in December with the screenshots
> showing CHADDB in use with OpenOffice.org.  We had the 2nd highest
> number of visitors since "The Penguin Driven Church Office" appeared
> on LinuxJournal.com.  We also blew our previous bandwidth record out
> of the water.
> 
> Some of this is just juicy tidbits that you may find interesting. 
> However, I think the fact that most of our visitors are being referred
> from community sites and webmail accounts means the community is
> becoming more visible to the outside world.  People are also obviously
> e-mailing others to spread the word.  The "others" are checking their
> webmail and clicking the link to MCF.  So the word is getting out.  I
> hope y'all find this helpful, even if not interesting. :)

Interesting indeed! Thanks for sharing.

JSR/