Opensource.com September 2014 report: Top 10 articles and site stats

We set another new record in September on Opensource.com bringing in 426,888 page views and 236,208 unique visits. We published 78 articles including 14 featured articles during our Back to School with Open Source series.

Highlights

It was outstanding to see that 56% of the content published (44 articles) was contributed from the open source community.

For the ninth month in a row, the top article was Top 5 open source project management tools in 2014, written by one of our community moderators. It continues to get steady search traffic and was the most visited page on the site with almost 43,000 page views.

Rankings

Our "What is open source?" page maintained the #1 position in organic search results and generated 17,850 page views, up almost 5,000 from last month. (August: 12,979 page views)

The "What is OpenStack" landing page hit an all-time record receiving 7,877 views (August 6,790). The search rank for the "OpenStack" on Google in steady at the #3 position in organic results.

Our community moderators continue to be engaged volunteers and contributed 16 articles this month (20% of our published content) as well of lots of great social media support. Five articles written by our community moderators are in this month's top 10 posts.

Editor's picks

There were a lot of quality articles published this month and it's very possible you missed a few. I sifted through almost 80 articles published from September to find this month's selections. Here are five posts definitely worth adding to your open source know-how and your reading list:

• Open data is great, but apps make the numbers come to life. Check out these five apps made possible because of datasets from data.gov, highlighted by Jeanne Holm from data.gov. 
• Now that we've open sourced all the things, how about we open source open source all the tasks (in your workflow).
• Here comes the buzzword: BIG DATA! Oh, you want to actually do something with it? Check out this intro to Apache Hadoop.
• See how students are building smart devices and scientific instruments with Arduinos.
• Here are some tips to help educators lobby for open source and Linux in their school.
   

Top 10 articles published in September 2014

1. Can this free software company secure the future of Linux for the city of Munich? by Georg C. F. Greve | 10,454 (page views)
2. Bringing new security features to Docker by Daniel J Walsh (Red Hat) | 7,093 (page views)
3. Why Python 4.0 won't be like Python 3.0 by Nick Coghlan (Red Hat) | 5,096 (page views)
4. Free courses for getting started in the open source cloud by Jason Baker (Red Hat) | 4,130 (page views)
5. The personality of a Linux-loving teen by Phil Shapiro (Community Moderator) | 3,540 (page views)
6. 3 tools that make scanning on the Linux desktop quick and easy by Scott Nesbitt (Community Moderator) | 3,483 (page views)
7. Top 4 open source invoicing tools for freelancers and small businesses by Scott Nesbitt (Community Moderator) | 3,357 (page views)
8. Are Docker containers really secure? by Daniel J Walsh (Red Hat) | 3,298 (page views)
9. On the hunt for the right open source project? by Matt Micene | 3,090 (page views)
10. Community at the speed of light: Best practices for the new era of open source by Greg DeKoenigsberg | 3,044 (page views)
     

Top 10 articles overall in September 2014

1. Top 5 open source project management tools in 2014 by Robin Muilwijk (Community Moderator) | 42,820 (page views)
2. Can this free software company secure the future of Linux for the city of Munich? by Georg C. F. Greve | 10,454 (page views)
3. What happens when a non-coder tries to learn Linux by Jen Wike (Red Hat) | 9,467 (page views)
4. Bringing new security features to Docker by Daniel J Walsh (Red Hat) | 7,093 (page views)
5. Top 3 open source business intelligence and reporting tools by Robin Muilwijk (Community Moderator) | 6,508 (page views)
6. Why Python 4.0 won't be like Python 3.0 by Nick Coghlan (Red Hat) | 5,096 (page views)
7. Free courses for getting started in the open source cloud by Jason Baker (Red Hat) | 4,130 (page views)
8. Four Linux distros for kids by Aseem Sharma (Community Moderator) | 4,069 (page views)
9. The personality of a Linux-loving teen by Phil Shapiro (Community Moderator) | 3,540 (page views)
10. 3 tools that make scanning on the Linux desktop quick and easy by Scott Nesbitt (Community Moderator) | 3,483 (page views)

Stats

• Opensource.com homepage: 29,343 page views (last month: 26,026 page views)
• What is open source? resource page: 17,850 page views (last month: 12,979 page views)
• What is OpenStack? resource page: 7,877 page views (last month: 6,790 page views)
• Articles published: 78

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