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Monthly figures

Directgov website traffic figures for the last three months - all Directgov websites

Not all visits go to www.direct.gov.uk. Directgov also exists on a series of related websites such as bluebadge.direct.gov.uk. The 'all Directgov websites' figure includes visits that may also be counted by partner websites such as www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk. Some websites are included on an estimated basis.

Month	Visits (all Directgov websites)
March  2009	18,234,654
April 2009	16,610,789
May  2009	16,892,217

 

Directgov website traffic figures for the last three months - www.direct.gov.uk only

Month	Visits	Unique users	Page impressions
March 2009	10,823,621	7,835,791	44,594,910
April 2009	9,942,754	7,151,778	41,243,116
May 2009	10,012,073	7,289,302	39,789,457

 

Definitions

Visit: This is defined as a series of page impressions delivered to one unique user.

Unique user: This is defined as a uniquely identifiable user. These may be determined by using one or more of the following: cookies; the Internet Protocol (IP) address plus a combination of browser type and operating system; Registration ID.

Page impression (Page view): This is defined as a file, or combination of files, sent to a user as a result of their request being received by the server. Some images and assets, such as PDFs, are excluded.

ABC electronic

Directgov's web statistics are audited by ABC electronic. The last audit was in March 2007. The audit covered both the main Directgov website and Directgov Jobseekers.

	Visits	Unique users	Page impressions
March 2007	5,321,649	3,829,262	33,831,404
July 2006	2,800,006	2,020,052	19,259,995

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