German
Online News: Volume 1, Edition 2
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| April 14th
2000 : German Online is one year old
today |
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German Online
started life exactly a year ago today,
but under a different name, UKLanguages.
In the early days it was a basic
collection of grammar revision notes for
students, known as ' Links ' . The
name German Online was first used
in October of 1999, and over the
past twelve months the site has gone
through three major changes, ending up
with the current graphical interface. To
celebrate German Online's first birthday,
here are some interesting facts about the
site and its users. |
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| How many users? |
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The number
of users increases every day. At the time
of writing, there have been over 7,200
visitors to the site since it was first
online ! A massive achievement for
us ! |
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| Where in
the world...? |
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Over 200 countries
from all over the world hold links to the
site . They come from Australia, Belgium,
Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic,
England, France, Germany, Hong Kong,
India, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan,
Mexico, N. Ireland, New Zealand, Peru,
Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia,
Scotland, Spain, Sweden, USA, and
Wales and many more. All of them
interested in learning German . |
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| Technical
stuff... |
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42% of German
Online users are running Windows 98
and another 42% have Windows 95.
Macintosh users account for 4% of you -
and German Online was created on a PC
. A huge 71% of you use Internet
Explorer 4.x, with 17% using IE 5.x and
the remainder of users using older
versions of Internet Explorer or other
browsers. |
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| Why
Friday??? |
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Interestingly,
Friday is the most popular day for users
to access German Online ! By the looks of
things, users access the site from school
or work, since the fewest hits are at the
weekend. Sunday 11 %
Monday - 14
%
Tuesday -
15%
Wednesday -
15 %
Thursday -
15 %
Friday -
16 %
Saturday -
10 %
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