[Foundation-l] Re: Figures, and what made the fundraiser take off?

Mon Jan 23 09:59:04 UTC 2006

Jeremy Tobacman wrote:
> To see in more detail how the recent fund drive went, I started looking at
> the raw data and put some figures together here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tobacman/Stats/Fundraising
> .  Comparing this most recent fundraiser to the two earlier fundraisers in
> 2005, it seems very clear that *something* happened to make the week
> following 12/28/2005 a very good one for the Foundation.  More specifically,
> previous fundraisers had tended to fizzle, and this one seemed to be taking
> a similar path until its New Year's fireworks.
> 
>    How can we figure out what made this fundraiser take off?
> 
> Maybe additional data, tests, or experiments could help in future planning--
> It would be great if we could have the techniques in place for such
> remarkable success from the very beginning of the next fundraiser.
> 
> Jeremy

Hiya,

Very interesting !
Another point of comparison that might be worth... Alexa's traffic 
during that time. 
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=3m&size=large&compare_sites=&y=t&url=http://www.wikipedia.org#top

More visitors ---> more donations ?

Ant