Annual Report 2004/2005 - ICAR

‣ Resources Directory – nearly 2000 records of resources relevant to asylum andrefugees in the UK‣ Links Directory – over 350 links to other websites offering national, regional andlocal coverage, organised by type of information provider, subject andgeographical area‣ Real Lives section - linking to electronic narratives of refugees’ own experiencesof forced migration and accounts from people working and living with them‣ Programmes section - providing detailed information about ICAR’s past andongoing work‣ Administrative section - containing information about ICAR’s funders, consultativecommittee, staff and operational policiesUser statistics and feedbackOver fifty new userssubscribed to ICAR’swebsite in the first monthof its re-launch – totalnumber subscribed is 385Detailed website user statistics are tracked on a daily basis and, prior to the relaunchof the site, these stats reflected a steady growth in the number of users. Thenew site went live to users on 1 st September and the number of visitors to our siteincreased dramatically during this month, with substantially more users than everbefore visiting ICAR’s site. Previously, the site’s most visited month was April 2005,receiving 11,764 visits as the general election campaigns reached their climax. InSeptember 2005 the site received 16,254 visits, nearly 40% more than in April 2005.This is also a substantial increase on September 2004 when the site received 5,141visits (see chart 1).chart 1 - www.icar.org.uk user statistics18,0006visitsno. of visits16,00014,00012,00010,0008,0006,0005432pages per visitpagespervisit4,0002,000Document ends100SeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJan-05DecemberNovemberOctoberSeptemberAugustJulyJuneMayAprilMarchFebruaryJan-04ICAR 4th year report August 1 st 2004 to July 31 st 2005 13