We had a great June on Opensource.com bringing in 373,457 page views and 206,314 unique visits. We focused more of our content on resources that our readers can reference anytime for valuable information in open source, publishing the 2014 Annual Reading List, which included 12 book reviews and a week-long Twitter contest, and Top 3 open source business intelligence and reporting tools, researched and written by one of our Community Moderators.
Rankings
Open Science Week coverage ran from June 9 - 20. We published 19 total articles and had 11 new authors contribute their work. Nine articles had more than 1,000 page views and two articles had more than 2,000 page views.
Covering OpenStack, we published 13 articles and began a weekly OpenStack news roundup as well as a monthly tutorials roundup. Search rankings are improving, and we currently have a Google page rank of 5 for 'OpenStack' and 2 for 'what is OpenStack'.
Our "What is open source?" page maintained the #1 position in search results and generated 13,069 page views.
For the sixth 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 more than 40,000 page views.
Editor's picks
With more than 70 articles published in June, it was hard to pick my favorites. But here are a few that I'm confident you should add to your reading list.
- A perspective on why Tesla Motors opened their patent secrets.
- NASA and open source go way back—but what about open source and Earth science?
- Do you use the products you work on? If not, see why it's your responsibility.
- 5 myths about working collaboratively—#5 is so true!
- See why Mozilla's Science Lab is a neutral broker and hub for the open science community.
- How do the OpenStack and Linux developer communities compare? Look into the processes, testing, reviews, and release cycles.
Top 10 articles published in June 2014
- What Docker 1.0 means for OpenStack, by Jason Baker (Red Hat) | 8,589 (page views)
- The sought after Linux professional, by Shawn Powers | 7,125 (page views)
- Tools for diagramming in Fedora, by Máirín Duffy (Red Hat) | 5,367 (page views)
- The Supreme Court invalidates a software patent in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, by Rob Tiller (Red Hat) | 5,116 (page views)
- Top 3 open source business intelligence and reporting tools, by Robin Muilwijk (Community Moderator) | 3,572 (page views)
- Five new how-to guides for mastering OpenStack, by Jason Baker (Red Hat) | 3,154 (page views)
- Migration to open source tool inspires new Linux distribution, by Fernando Pimenta | 3,079 (page views)
- A Linux distribution for science geeks, by Amit Saha (Red Hat) | 2,541 (page views)
- Patent reform legislation takes a pause (for the moment), by Mark Bohannon (Red Hat) | 2,514 (page views)
- Can open science help patients and save pharma?, by Timothy King | 2,245 (page views)
Top 10 articles overall in June 2014
- Top 5 open source project management tools in 2014, Robin Muilwijk (Community Moderator) | 40,137 (page views)
- What Docker 1.0 means for OpenStack, by Jason Baker (Red Hat) | 8,589 (page views)
- The sought after Linux professional, by Shawn Powers | 7,125 (page views)
- 7 favorite Raspberry Pi projects, Ruth Suehle (Red Hat) | 6,647 (page views)
- Tools for diagramming in Fedora, by Máirín Duffy (Red Hat) | 5,367 (page views)
- The Supreme Court invalidates a software patent in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, by Rob Tiller (Red Hat) | 5,116 (page views)
- What's the best Linux desktop environment for me?, Meine | 3,858 (page views)
- Top 3 open source business intelligence and reporting tools, by Robin Muilwijk (Community Moderator) | 3,572 (page views)
- Five new how-to guides for mastering OpenStack, by Jason Baker (Red Hat) | 3,154 (page views)
- Migration to open source tool inspires new Linux distribution, by Fernando Pimenta | 3,079 (page views)
Stats
- Opensource.com homepage: 23,294 page views
- What is open source? resource page: 13,069 page views
- What is OpenStack? resource page: 5,165 page views
- Articles published: 75
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