Website performance and statistics
Why do we collect website statistics?
The website statistics software only collects information about how our website is being used (eg the webpages visited, and the route(s) taken to get there).
The website statistics software does not collect information about you or any personal data you may enter on our site (eg it does not collect names and addresses in forms, account numbers, payment details, etc).
What do we do with these website statistics and information?
Using these website statistics and information we can:
- determine which areas of the site are most heavily used
- improve the way our website works and navigates
- detect and fix broken links and errors
This helps us to improve your user journey and experience of our website making it easier for you to find things and making it more efficient for you to use.
What statistics products do we use?
We use Google Analytics to monitor page views and visitor numbers.
The statistics we collect are anonymous (so do not contain personal data about you) and allow us to improve the performance an navigation of our website
Does the website statistics product set cookies?
Yes, but it doesn't store or collect personal information about you, only the pages that are visited.
Find out more about why we need to set cookies to collect website statistics.
Website statistics - by year
If these stats aren't up to date to the last full month please contact webmaster@adur-worthing.gov.uk and ask for them to be updated.
| Year | Page views | Unique Page views |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 - up to end of April | 741,965 | 536,301 |
| 2020 | 3,475,921 | 2,601,841 |
Note: Adur & Worthing Councils' new website was launched on Thursday, 19th November 2020
Definitions:
Page views: Page views is the total number of pages viewed. Repeated views of a single page are counted.
Unique page views: Unique page views is the number of sessions during which the specified page was viewed at least once. A unique page view is counted for each page URL + page Title combination.
Website statistics - by month (by year)
If these stats aren't up to date to the last full month please contact webmaster@adur-worthing.gov.uk and ask for them to be updated.
| Month | Page views | Unique page views |
|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 201,075 | 144,257 |
| March 2021 | 187,711 | 137,709 |
| February 2021 | 142,279 | 104,284 |
| January 2021 | 210,900 | 150,051 |
| Month | Page views | Unique page views |
|---|---|---|
| December 2020 | 178,132 | 124,321 |
| November 2020 * | 230,484 | 169,619 |
| October 2020 | 269,165 | 200,885 |
| September 2020 | 346,335 | 277,427 |
| August 2020 | 289,252 | 220,822 |
| July 2020 | 309,695 | 236,420 |
| June 2020 | 322,198 | 243,410 |
| May 2020 | 326,322 | 245,071 |
| April 2020 | 352,352 | 258,641 |
| March 2020 | 333,227 | 244,384 |
| February 2020 | 225,469 | 166,472 |
| January 2020 | 293,290 | 214,369 |
Note: * Adur & Worthing Councils' new website was launched on Thursday, 19th November 2020
Definitions:
Page views: Page views is the total number of pages viewed. Repeated views of a single page are counted.
Unique page views: Unique page views is the number of sessions during which the specified page was viewed at least once. A unique page view is counted for each page URL + page Title combination.
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Page last updated: 04 May 2021