Web Visitors to News Coverage, PBS KIDS sites and Educators' Materials Fuel a Remarkable Month
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- Breaking an all-time traffic record for the fourth consecutive month, PBS.org reached more than 318 million pageviews in March 2003, a ten percent boost over February's pageviews. Also in March PBS.org received nearly 30 million visits -- a 42 percent increase over February's figure.*
Biggest draws to the PBS site in March included coverage of the war with Iraq, PBS KIDS content, as well as classroom materials for educators. For the first time ever, every "supersite" within PBS.org also broke pageview and visit records in the same month: March saw new all-time traffic highs for PBS KIDS Online (www.pbskids.org), PBS TeacherSource (www.pbs.org/teachersource) and PBS Parents (www.pbs.org/parents). (Statistics for these "supersites" are included as part of the overall PBS.org traffic figure.)
One month's growth: PBS.org Web site activity (March 2003 compared to February 2003)*
| March 2003 | Feb. 2003 | % increase | |
| Pageviews | 318,428,232 | 288,082,464 | 10% |
| Site visits | 29,916,691 | 21,043,844 | 42% |
One year's growth: PBS.org Web site activity (March 2003 compared to March 2002)*
| March 2003 | March 2002 | % increase | |
| Pageviews | 318,428,232 | 212,912,933 | 50% |
| Site visits | 29,916,691 | 17,508,055 | 71% |
PBS.org expands PBS's points of impact beyond broadcast, by pioneering the development and distribution of interactive content and seamless integration with local PBS stations. Comprised of more than 1,000 Web sites produced by hundreds of PBS stations and independent producers, the award-winning PBS.org is the nation's leading not-for-profit, public service content site for audiences of all ages.
PBS, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a private, nonprofit media enterprise owned and operated by the nation's 350 public television stations. Serving nearly 100 million people each week, PBS enriches the lives of all Americans through quality programs and education services on noncommercial television, the Internet and other media. More information about PBS is available at pbs.org, the leading dot-org Web site on the Internet.
*Based on internal server statistics
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