Usage Statistics

History: WEDA was first floated on the Internet in February of 1994. Early use was just through Gopher software and only basic statistics were kept. By August, 1994, we were able to monitor each time a search was conducted. February, 1995, saw the creation of a Web home page. From that point onward, Web usage is also noted. In July of 1995, the University Gopher server was discontinued and the Web became the sole means of access. In November of 1996, transparent changes were made to the search engine, including use of a Perl script to facilitate more comprehensive searches. During the summer of 1997, more scripting was introduced to semi-automate the contribution process, and, as of Oct. 22, the search now runs as a Boolean AND routine and extraneous entry information (single characters or spaces) are ignored. French and Spanish language pages were added in February of 1999 (thanks to Adrian Burke).

Overall Content
Date	Entries	People
Nov 11, 1996	1,192	3,382
Nov 7, 1997	1,554 *	4,085
Jun 4, 2001	2,343 **	5,418
Apr 13, 2004	2,636 ***	5,847
US & Canadian entries: * 900. ** 1,218. *** 1,636 (rest are international).