Features - Is Dink Dying?

Since the beginning of time (or about two years ago) many people have stated that the Dink Smallwood community is dying out.  This article looks at the question from a (hopefully) unbiased viewpoint.  There is some text below all the graphs, so be sure to scroll down.

The Numbers And Graphs

Page Views

Pixel Pixel
Page Views 2000
Pixel
49,000
24,500
0
Pixel
  Average: 37,039Page Views: 37,039 Average: 43,244Page Views: 43,244 Average: 36,558Page Views: 36,558 Average: 33,641Page Views: 33,641 Average: 31,402Page Views: 31,402 Average: 28,477Page Views: 28,477 Average: 24,832Page Views: 24,832 Average: 23,576Forecast: 23,576Page Views: 8,734 Average: 1  
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Pixel Pixel
Pixel Pixel
Month   Average   Page Views     Month   Average   Page Views
January   37,039   37,039      July  24,832   24,832
February   43,244   43,244      August  23,576   8,734
March   36,558   36,558      September  0   0
April   33,641   33,641      October  0   0
May   31,402   31,402      November  0   0
June   28,477   28,477      December  1   0

Daily Unique Visitors

Pixel Pixel
Daily Uniques 2000
Pixel
12,000
6,000
0
Pixel
  Average: 8,026Daily Uniques: 8,026 Average: 10,139Daily Uniques: 10,139 Average: 11,179Daily Uniques: 11,179 Average: 9,150Daily Uniques: 9,150 Average: 8,914Daily Uniques: 8,914 Average: 8,351Daily Uniques: 8,351 Average: 7,877Daily Uniques: 7,877 Average: 7,446Forecast: 7,446Daily Uniques: 2,759 Average: 1  
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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Pixel Pixel
Month   Average   Daily Uniques     Month   Average   Daily Uniques
January   8,026   8,026      July    7,877   7,877
February   10,139   10,139      August    7,446   2,759
March   11,179   11,179      September    0   0
April   9,150   9,150      October    0   0
May   8,914   8,914      November    0   0
June   8,351   8,351      December    1   0

New Visitors

Pixel Pixel
New Visitors 2000
Pixel
9,400
4,700
0
Pixel
  Average: 6,746New Visitors: 6,746 Average: 7,963New Visitors: 7,963 Average: 8,198New Visitors: 8,198 Average: 6,549New Visitors: 6,549 Average: 6,249New Visitors: 6,249 Average: 5,839New Visitors: 5,839 Average: 5,560New Visitors: 5,560 Average: 5,365Forecast: 5,365New Visitors: 1,987 Average: 1  
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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Pixel Pixel
Month   Average   New Visitors     Month   Average   New Visitors
January   6,746   6,746      July  5,560   5,560
February   7,963   7,963      August  5,365   1,987
March   8,198   8,198      September  0   0
April   6,549   6,549      October  0   0
May   6,249   6,249      November  0   0
June   5,839   5,839      December  1   0

Returning Visitors

Pixel Pixel
Returning Visitors 2000
Pixel
2,300
1,150
0
Pixel
  Average: 1,345Returning Visitors: 1,345 Average: 1,575Returning Visitors: 1,575 Average: 2,085Returning Visitors: 2,085 Average: 1,701Returning Visitors: 1,701 Average: 1,448Returning Visitors: 1,448 Average: 1,497Returning Visitors: 1,497 Average: 1,329Returning Visitors: 1,329 Average: 1,235Forecast: 1,235Returning Visitors: 458  
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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Pixel Pixel
Month   Average   Returning Visitors     Month   Average   Returning Visitors
January   1,345   1,345      July  1,329   1,329
February   1,575   1,575      August  1,235   458
March   2,085   2,085      September  0   0
April   1,701   1,701      October  0   0
May   1,448   1,448      November  0   0
June   1,497   1,497      December  0   0

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Analysis

I'm not that good at analyzing numbers, but here it goes.  It looks like after a somewhat steady decline (in pretty much every area) that the numbers may eventually even out and be steady.  Although, it could mean that everybody will be gone in 12 months.

D-Mods

One bright thing to look forward to is the really good D-Mods that are planned.  Stone of Balance is coming up soon, Guards Guards looks interesting (though having a humongous town might make for too much wandering), Crossroads looks to be the next Quest for Cheese (the humor element anyway, gameplay wise completely different), The Dink Hotel looks to set new standards in innovation, Questgate seems cool like Jedi Knight (the way you can be bad or good), and the rest look good as well.  Oh, and FIAT will set a lot of new ground in some direction or something.  Hopefully.  At least FIAT should be quite long (and hopefully not tedious ala Dink's Doppleganger).