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Colpomenia peregrina Sauvageau New Quay, Co. Clare, Ireland; spring bloom on lower intertidal ledges
AlgaeBase Usage
As verified by Google Analytics, usage increased by a staggering 43% in 2011. The top ten countries using AlgaeBase were (in order): United States; Brazil; Spain; México; United Kingdom; France; Germany; Canada. Italy; and Japan.Nearly 600,000 unique visitors used the site, spending an average of 5.5 minutes on the site, looking at 5 pages on average. There were just short of 3 million page views, amounting to about 50 million "hits". As in other years, peak usage was in October and November, and least in July and August; the lowest daily usage was on 25 December.
Brazilians spent longer on average on the site than any other country and looked at more pages. México had the highest increase in usage of the top 10 countries (>70%).
Thank you all most sincerely for your support, and a very Happy New Year for 2012 from all of us at AlgaeBase.
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