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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Interesting stats from news.groups
Message-ID: <1963@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 2-Jun-87 04:10:52 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1963
Posted: Tue Jun  2 04:10:52 1987
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References: <341@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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In article <341@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> ali@rocky.stanford.edu (Ali Ozer) writes:
> 
> For those readers of comp.sys.amiga who do not read news.groups ---
> Brian Reid just posted his monthly USENET usage summary, and, guess what?
> Comp.sys.amiga is climbing to the top, both in volume and popularity.
> Last months estimated readership was ~8500 (if I remember correctly),
> this month's is 12000. (Yes, UP 40%!) New hosts must have started
> getting our newsgroup --- Comp.sys.amiga also appears in the top 40 list
> of newsgroups with high propagation ratio (97% for comp.sys.amiga). Last
> month it wasn't on that list. Comp.sys.amiga is also the newsgroup 
> with the highest volume --- Apparently 3 Megs have been posted to
> comp.sys.amiga during May, at a cost of $1.20 per reader. 6.3% of news
> readers read comp.sys.amiga.

Ali, this is not entirly a good thing.  If you look, comp.sys.amiga also
has the highest cost per reader.  One needs to consider measurements that
show the value of the group to it's readers and also the cost of the group
to the sites that transport the material buy have no particular interest.

Number one is a very obvious and precarious position.  I'd be much happier
to see us down around number 10-20 in every measure execpt readership...

It should also be mentioned that Brian's readership estimates, while the
best currently available, may or may not accuratly represent the real
world.

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