TCOON IT Report for 2008

Internal web statistics

Google Analytics

• Visitors
  • 194,469 Visits
  • 68,567 Unique Visitors
  • 486,404 Pageviews
• Most Popular
  • 013 - Bird Island Basin (windsurfers)
  • 057 - Port O'Connor (offshore fishermen)
  • 068 - Baffin Bay (fishermen)
  • 014 - Bob Hall Pier (surfers)

Spikes in traffic:

Friday, 12 September 2008: Hurricane Ike, 3040 visitors

1. 068 - Baffin Bay
2. 014 - Bob Hall Pier
3. 013 - Bird Island Basin
4. 057 - Port O'Connor

Wednesday, 23 July 2008: Hurricane Dolly, 1604 visitors

1. 518 - Rollover Pass
2. 502 - Clear Lake
3. 057 - Port O'Connor
4. 021 - Galveston Pleasure Pier

User Survey (1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008)

A quick tally of results, not exact.

• Fishermen: 120
• Researchers/education: 68
• Surfers/Windsurfers: 39
• Sailors/Boat captains: 31
• Surveyor/Engineer: 38
• Other Users:
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Hunting
  • Concerned landowners
  • meteorologists

E-mail requests on dnr-info: 35

Bullet Points (2008)

• Hired one "new" full-time IT person, 3 students
• Purchased new server infrastructure
• Setup and installed new servers
• Migrated existing servers to new hardware: faster, more powerful computers
• Ongoing upgrade of infrastructure to fully utilize new servers (completed around Q1 2009). When complete:
  • Increased reliability
  • Spend less time managing servers, more time to improve/innovate software/website
• Working with university to upgrade network capacity
• Upgrade PCs for field crew (?)

Google Analytics Reports

• Google Analytics, lighthouse.tamucc.edu 2008 (144K PDF)
• Google Analytics, lighthouse.tamucc.edu 2008, Hurricane Dolly (103K PDF)
• Google Analytics, lighthouse.tamucc.edu 2008, Hurricane Ike (103K PDF)

Google Analytics Graphs

Hurricane Dolly

Hurricane Ike