AgWeb Reports Unprecedented Traffic

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AgWeb also a=eraged a record 380,000 unique visitors and 5.1 million page views in each=of the last two months.<br /><br />“We take it as a compliment&mdash=and a deep responsibility—that so many farmers and ranchers have tur to us during this key time,” said Boyce Thompson, AgWeb’s n=w editor-in-chief. “We want to bring our audience broad and deep new=, data and tools that help them stay informed and make timely business dec=sions. When traffic surges across our site, as it has during these past fe= months, it shows we are on target.”<br /><br />Traffic across the F=rm Journal and AgWeb platforms grew from all sectors, with 49 percent more=direct traffic, 71 percent more referred traffic, and 68 percent more sear=h-generated traffic. And the bulging audience consumed content throughout =he information network. Markets traffic was up 51 percent, weather traffic=was up 93 percent, discussion traffic was up 88 percent, and news and arti=les traffic was up 133 percent.<br /><br />Use of AgWeb’s mobile off=rings also soared this summer. The AgWeb mobile site hosted 850,000 page v=ews over the past two months. The AgWeb mobile app (available on iOS and A=droid) has grown 163 percent since its first full month of availability la=t November. Combined, AgWeb has hosted nearly one million mobile page view= per month over the past two months.<br /><br />“Information is critlly important right now to our audience, so our staff is vigilant in loo=ing for more and better ways to answer their needs,” said Mitch Roud=, President of Farm Journal eMedia.<br /><br /></p></td></tr><tr bordercol=r="#020000"><td height="65" width="100%" align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>About Farm Journal Media </=></font><br />Farm Journal Media is the nation’s leading agricultura= media company. Its magazines are the 135-year-old flagship Farm Journal, =op Producer, Beef Today, Dairy Today and Implement & Tractor. The comp=ny produces and distributes the “AgDay,” “U.S. Farm Repo=t,” “Corn College TV” and “Leave a Legacy TV&rdquo= national TV programs and produces the industry-leading website <em>AgWeb.=om </em>and the syndicated radio show “Consumer Ag Connection.&rdquo= Farm Journal Media also licenses detailed industry data through its FarmRh™ database, publishes the <em>Pro Farmer</em> and <em>LandOwner</=m> newsletters, produces numerous large-scale live events and provides ext=nsive custom publishing services.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td height="65" width="100%" align="left"><p align="center"><font size="2" e="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">-30-</font></p></td></tr></table></td=</tr></table><table id="disclaimer" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellping="10" width="550" align="center" style="border-bottom: #5c933= 1px solid; border-left: #5c9331 1px solid; border-top: #5c9331 1px solid;=border-right: #5c9331 1px solid"><tr><td style="font: 11px Arial, Helvet, sans-serif; color: #666666"><p>You are receiving this because you have=opted to receive press release emails from the Farm Journal Media. 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