Top of the web – July 2015

Kia ora. We explore what Christchurch City Libraries’ webpages and blog posts and social media postings were popular each month – so we can learn more about what our customers are interested in.

Magpie Hall Community Read display
Magpie Hall Community Read display,  South Library. Tuesday 28 July 2015. Flickr 2015-07-28-IMG_8396

Website pages

There were 311,721 page views in July. The most popular pages on christchurchcitylibraries.com:

Māori content was strong again this month again, with Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori having a big impact, as Matariki did last month.

July’s popular blog posts

On the Christchurch City Libraries blog – 67 posts published:

Photos on Flickr

There were 84,545 views in July. Flickr is at 4,672,261 page views.

Top on Twitter

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“It’s really about how you react when you’re asked to read books by women.” Top @Ghetsuhm post on @publicaddress http://t.co/bsSFL1hcze ^DR

30 years ago today the Rainbow Warrior was bombed, killing photographer Fernando Pereira http://t.co/pGZsQeOaQe ^DR http://t.co/suoJAqnDxg

“Libraries are lifeblood.” https://t.co/t0aX4HyDCx @AnnaESmaill on books & Christchurch ahead of Imaginary Cities @wordchch session. ^DR

Facebook favourites

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The top post this month is one of our most successful ever!

This is fun. I just found out my house is younger than I thought it was! Search any address to see how it looks in aerial photos from 1941 onward. ^Moata http://canterburymaps.govt.nz/WebApps/tourofchch/

Yup. I’m pretty buff. *flexes* ^Moata https://www.facebook.com/thereadingroomonline/photos/a.10151065508153379.422772.126075698378/10153060786603379/?type=1&fref=nf

I’m really looking forward to taking my little guy to this when it’s completed. And how great that another outstanding Christchurch author will be honoured as part of it. ^Moata http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/70354727/playground-to-honour-two-of-christchurchs-most-popular-literary-figures

If you are interested in how we derive our rankings, we measure page views on our website, organic reach for Facebook posts, and impressions for tweets.

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