The "Monthly Recap" is a monthly post that looks at my projects and
websites to see how they are doing. Statistics is a major part, however
other things such as new users, # of articles and other things are also
factors. Last month I didn't post a recap, so this one will be covering both April and May 2008, here it is:
Insane Visions
IV had a very good April, according to Awstats it was the best month of the year and possibly the best month ever (or at least for a long time). Analytics said it went down. Either way, despite the stats, just 3 articles were posted in April.
In May, stats were down (by a decent amount in awstats), but a total of 5 articles were posted including v1.2 of AdaptCMS released and in late-may, a new website part of the Insane Visions network was launched - PHP CMS Reviews. Mixed
GTA IV Universe
Just as I predicted, April was a huge month for GTA IV Universe, practically doubling March. Also as I figured, May dropped off by quite a bit from April, but still better than March.
June is expected to go down as well, but with continued updating, could be similar to March. Up AdaptCMS
Thank goodness AdaptCMS v1.3 will be coming with it's archive feature so I have 3 stats programs to compare.
According to Analytics, April was down form March, but May rebounded. Awstats said April was down a decent margin, but May rebounded to nearly March level.
With v1.3 and blogs, stats may rise back up more. Mixed
Political Yard
Unfortunately May didn't treat Political Yard well. Awstats said that April was practically the same as March, but May went down 50%. Analytics paints a worse picture, April down 50% from March and May down an additional 50%.
Expect to post some articles in June and advertise. WAY Down
PHP CMS Reviews
A brand new website, it quickly rose into the top 10 for the keyword "php cms reviews", before being bumped down to page two. (google penalty?) I'm hopeful with link exchanges, more CMS's and such. NEW!
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Stats were mixed. Google says April was down decently and May down a bit more, Awstats said April was down, but May was up for the best month since January. Up
Bengals Chatter
Up and down, Stats went way up in April and then down in may - although awstats still says May was decently better than March and the 2nd best month of the year.
There was just one article posted in May after 4 being posted in the first four days of April, need to up that up. Mixed
Charlie Page
April and May were down in the amount of articles, just a total of 3 blogs in those 2 months...June will not be like that. Stats wise it seemed to go up. Up
Others
There are other websites, but too small and/or no-little work has been done on them. AdaptBB went up in stats, likely thanks to spammers. Iraq Research did okay. DW dipped down a bit, but with the new version and registration fixed - should go back up.
Income
April and May were down, mainly because I didn't get an adsense check like before. However, I did well in April and VERY good in May, cents short of that $100 minimum. (will get a check probably in July) Same | 
