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
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Average |
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Page
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Month |
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Average |
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Page
Views |
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January |
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37,039 |
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37,039 |
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July
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24,832 |
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24,832 |
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February |
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43,244 |
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43,244 |
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August
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23,576 |
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8,734 |
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March |
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36,558 |
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36,558 |
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September
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0 |
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0 |
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April |
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33,641 |
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33,641 |
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October
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0 |
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0 |
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May |
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31,402 |
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31,402 |
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November
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0 |
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0 |
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June |
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28,477 |
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28,477 |
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December
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1 |
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0 |
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Daily Unique Visitors
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Daily Uniques |
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Daily Uniques |
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January |
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8,026 |
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8,026 |
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July |
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7,877 |
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7,877 |
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February |
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10,139 |
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10,139 |
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August |
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7,446 |
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2,759 |
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March |
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11,179 |
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11,179 |
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September |
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0 |
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0 |
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April |
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9,150 |
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9,150 |
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October |
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0 |
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0 |
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May |
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8,914 |
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8,914 |
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November |
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0 |
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0 |
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June |
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8,351 |
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8,351 |
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December |
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1 |
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0 |
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New Visitors
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New
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Month |
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Average |
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New
Visitors |
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January |
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6,746 |
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6,746 |
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July
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5,560 |
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5,560 |
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February |
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7,963 |
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7,963 |
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August
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5,365 |
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1,987 |
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March |
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8,198 |
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8,198 |
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September
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0 |
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0 |
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April |
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6,549 |
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6,549 |
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October
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0 |
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0 |
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May |
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6,249 |
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6,249 |
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November
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0 |
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0 |
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June |
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5,839 |
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5,839 |
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December
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1 |
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0 |
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Returning Visitors
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Returning
Visitors |
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Average |
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Returning
Visitors |
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January |
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1,345 |
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1,345 |
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July
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1,329 |
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1,329 |
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February |
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1,575 |
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1,575 |
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August
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1,235 |
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458 |
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March |
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2,085 |
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2,085 |
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September
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0 |
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0 |
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April |
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1,701 |
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1,701 |
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October
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0 |
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0 |
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May |
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1,448 |
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1,448 |
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November
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0 |
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0 |
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June |
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1,497 |
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1,497 |
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December
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0 |
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0 |
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Text Here, Got Your Text Here
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).