studyabroad.com Newsletter - Volume 24


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Welcome to the first Studyabroad.com Newsletter of 1999. The 1998 fall semester was our busiest yet and we're anticipating even more growth in the year to come. Thank you for your interest in Studyabroad.com and for helping to make this service work.


WHAT'S NEW WITH STUDYABOAD.COM

OUR NEW LOOK

We're extremely happy with the new design which we've implemented throughout the entire Studyabroad.com web site. The early feedback we've received about our new appearance has been all positive.

We have employed new, cleaner, more attractive graphics throughout. We've also made some modifications to the navigation features, making Studyabroad.com even easier to use.

If you have any comments about the new look, don't hesitate to let us know!

NEW ADVERTISING OPTION

Our latest advertising option is possibly our most powerful yet. We are now offering Full Banner Ads on the INQUIRY FORM and the INQUIRY FORM RESULT pages which are generated from our free listings. These positions are offered by country, so targeting can be very specific.

To see how these pages look, visit any of our directory pages, select "See Full Alphabetical List for this Country," then click on the "Click to Send e-mail to" button for any of the Free Listings. The banner ads will appear on the next page, just above the inquiry form (most pages currently have a "Gradschools.com" banner in this position). Also available is the page which the student receives after clicking the "send message" button on the inquiry form.

Like all of our Full Banner ads, these positions are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Pricing starts at $500 per directory. Please call Mark Landon at 610-364-0400 or write mlandon@studyabroad.com to inquire about availability.


STUDYABROAD.COM SWEEPS

We are pleased to announce the winner of the 1998 Studyabroad.com Sweepstakes, co-sponsored by International Studies Abroad (ISA) and eXito Latin America Travel Specialists. Our grand prize winner is Adela L. Hessey of Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA. We have also awarded 10 Studyabroad.com T-shirts and 15 Studyabroad.com Mouse Pads.

We had 3,350 students enter the sweepstakes this year, a new record!

We asked the entrants if it would be OK to share their contact information with organizations which provide study abroad programs and related services. We will provide this mailing list to our advertisers free of cost (advertisers who want custom sets of data will be charged). We will also make this data available to other organizations for a fee. Advertisers and non-advertisers should visit our online order center at http://www.studyabroad.com/list


NEW ADVERTISERS

We are always thankful for the support of our wonderful advertisers. Here is a list of our new advertisers since our the last newsletter was published:

Advisers for International Programs in Spain
Center for Cultural Interchange
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Ciel Brest
Encuentros
Experiment in International Living
George Washington University
Instituto Angloamericano en Espanol
Kamloops International College
Lingua School of Italian Language and Culture
Rollins College
Scuola Leonardo da Vinci
Spanish Communication Institute
Spanish Study Adventures in Mexico
Tokyo International University
University of New Hampshire
University of San Diego
Youth for Understanding


TRAFFIC REPORT

We served a total of 3,551,039 pages for the year of 1998, an increase of 44% from the prior year! Here is how it breaks down by month.

Traffic in Total Pages Served:

December 1998: 267,404 (unique hosts: 27,121)
December 1997: 203,200 (unique hosts: 31,424)

November 1998: 320,112 (unique hosts: 32,156)
November 1997: 257,979 (unique hosts: 40,356)

October 1998: 424,666 (unique hosts: 72,774)
October 1997: 343,837 (unique hosts: 54,096)

September 1998: 301,858 (unique hosts: 52,416)
September 1997: 238,779 (unique hosts: 41,789)

August 1998: 220,039 (unique hosts: 39,209)
August 1997: 185,182 (unique hosts: 37,430)

July 1998: 302,133 (unique hosts: 49,774)
July 1997: 137,117 (unique hosts: 28,099)

June 1998: 224,635 (unique hosts: 37,692)
June 1997: 145,747 (unique hosts: 28,648)

May 1998: 266,372 (unique hosts: 51,974)
May 1997: 187,718 (unique hosts: 39,108)

April 1998: 253,806 (unique hosts: 47,279)
April 1997: 183,284 (unique hosts: 37,240)

March 1998: 281,251 (unique hosts: 49,649)
March 1997: 173,087 (unique hosts: 35,924)

February 1998: 337,958 (unique hosts: 53,783)
February 1997: 204,217 (unique hosts: 37,822)

January 1998: 347,805 (unique hosts: 53,325)
January 1997: 200,764 (unique hosts: 38,020)


TOP TWENTY-FIVE FOR THE YEAR

We usually present a list here with the top 10 schools in terms of usage of the Studyabroad.com web site. This month we looked back on the entire year of 1998 to determine the TOP 25.

The universities listed below often turn up in our top 10 lists. It is interesting to note the diverse mix of schools. There are entries from all regions of the US represented in the TOP 25. There are a number of Ivy League schools, right along with state universities.

We are very thankful for the referrals we receive from study abroad advisors at many of these schools, and at hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide.

Following each school name you will find the number of pages viewed from that campus during 1998.

  1. University of Minnesota: 14130
  2. University of Texas: 13772
  3. University of Virginia: 13158
  4. Pennsylvania State University: 11488
  5. University of California - Berkeley: 10996
  6. University of Pittsburgh: 10717
  7. University of Washington: 10340
  8. University of Michigan: 10047
  9. University of Maryland: 9663
  10. Stanford University: 9153
  11. Harvard University: 9003
  12. Rutgers University: 8876
  13. Columbia University: 8307
  14. University of Florida: 7948
  15. University of Arizona: 7818
  16. University at Albany (SUNY): 7663
  17. Northwestern University: 7663
  18. Duke University: 7660
  19. Indiana University: 7531
  20. Texas A&M University: 7220
  21. New York University: 6994
  22. University of Wisconsin: 6925
  23. Yale University: 6905
  24. University of Pennsylvania: 6768
  25. University of California - Los Angeles


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