So here's some random stuff which may be of interest to some. But feel free to disregard if its not your thing.
Its the end of month and i've been doing my usual maths and looking at the views, figures and totals regarding my Doctor Who
website and my YouTube
channel. determining how popular its been, whats been popular and where to go next. The Month of August has been incredibly good and has been the best month for both the website and the YT channel. Starting with the website. Last month the site had around 3.500 views. This month it has had nearly 10,000 views. That has been a massive spike and also provided me with a new personal record for views in a single day (which currently stands at 581). However i'm well aware that compared to the views of some sites. this is just peanuts (i don't even want to think of the amount of views a site like Final Gear gets in a day). However i have been incredibly proud of my work on the site and even more proud when i see it popping up on twitter and other various websites.
The return of Doctor Who has been responsible for the incredibly high number of views as well as the continuing series of Torchwood. In some cases my YT channel was the first to carry the trailers for new episodes of Torchwood. resulting it appearing on websites such as SFX magazine (one of the UK's biggest Sci-Fi magazines) and other various Doctor Who and sci-fi based websites. The YouTube Channel had a massive spike as well, reaching around 40,000 views for the month of August. This is incredibly good when compared to July's total of 15,500 views. This means that both the website and the channel have more than doubled their view counts.
As for whats next. i'm looking at the possibility of moving the site to a more permanent address (possibly build a new one) but with the intention of putting some ads on it as well. The ads however are a bit of a thorny issue since i'm not just going to throw pop-ups and other various crap on there. so i'm mostly looking for a way for the site to be easily accessible and read, while still having some ads on there. Also i'm having to be incredibly careful when it comes to copyright. The BBC have been incredibly good at giving me free reign. The only content i post on the YT channel is things like trailers, interviews and other content. I don't add things like episodes or add links on my website to download episodes. Torchwood has been a whole different ballgame completely. In some cases, videos i've gained from the BBC have been shut down because of the show being joint produced by Starz. On numerous occasions i've posted something from the BBC only for it to get pulled by Starz. so its finding a delicate balance.
anyway i'd like to thank all those for the help and support over the last few months. Special thanks especially go to Brydie76, Clegko, McLightning95, ZeDestructor, BlaRo, MWF, ashspet and of course Mr WordPress himself our illustrious ViperBond. The website has grown far beyond my intitial expectations (it was only originally developed with 3 people in mind) and taken on a life of its own. i'll be looking at college courses as well soon with the intention of seeing what can be done to add some qualifications and IT skills behind what i've learned.