Root2Being is One Year Old

On 3rd April 2006, Root2Being will be one year old, so to celebrate, we thought we'd share some of the highlights of the last year, and let you know what's planned for coming one.

When the website was launched, we had no idea what reception it was going to face. With virtually no advertising, we wondered whether many people would actually find it. Would the search engines list it? Were people going to be interested in the subject? Would healthcare professionals complain about the content?

Well, suffice to say that we needn't have worried. As of 9th March 2006, the site had clocked an amazing 25,000 hits, from 66 countries around the globe. The Americans have done us proud, making on average half of the total hits, followed by a healthly 8,000 from the UK.

How and why do you visit Root2Being?

The greatest proportion of our visitors reach us through search engines, with Yahoo and MSN bringing in the greatest number. The most common searches are for posture-related problems, and for a good period of time, Root2Being managed the number one spot on Yahoo.com searches for this and other keywords like foot function and TOG GaitScan.

Your favourite pages

After the home page, the most frequently visited pages are Foot Anatomy and Foot Structure. Out of the 100 or so pages that make up Root2Being, the top 20 most visited pages are those where you can:

• learn about the problems with foot structure and function;
• identify and understand poor posture;
• assess the degree of your own problems;
• find a TOG GaitScan practitioner.

Word is getting around

Over the last 6 months, we have seen an increase in the proportion of you finding Root2Being directly, or searching the name Root2Being within a search engine, so it would seem that you're telling friends, family, colleagues and patients about us, which is great!

A success?

Yep, I think we could call it that. Of course, in the grand scheme of things 25,000 hits may not be very many, and the content is very large, wordy and generally lacking in images and photographs. Despite this, though, I am amazed by how successful this first year has been, and I look forward to building on this good solid foundation during the coming year.

Find out what we've got planned for the coming year

Thanks to all of you who have taken the time to visit and I hope you will continue to use Root2Being and tell others about it.