behind the scenes

Some big changes are coming to OttawaGasPrices.com next week, when it becomes part of the GasBuddy.com network. Here’s a link with some more info… ** **

Some quick visitor stats from OttawaStart the month of June, as measured by Google Analytics . Search engine referrals: Microsoft’s Bing sent a small but significant number of searches our way for the first time in June. Here’s are the top three search engine referrals: ...

[ ](http://wendybolandpt.ca/) We’re pleased to announce the launch of WendyBolandPT.ca – a new web site created by OttawaStart Internet Services for Wendy Boland. She’s a physiotherapist in Ottawa , specializing in a wide range of treatments including acupuncture, individual exercise programs, sports injury rehab, and more. ...

** We’ve had a few emails asking us what happened to OttawaStart’s movie listings. Here’s the story: ** * Our listings were provided by a third party called FilmCan, via a syndicated feed. They were a local company that provided the complete local theatre listings for a yearly subscription fee. ...

Ever wondered what people are looking for when they visit OttawaStart? Here are the top “guide” pages from August 14 - September 13, 2008. 1. [ Television ](http://ottawastart.com/tv.php) 2. [ Jobs ](http://ottawastart.com/jobs.php) 3. [ Movies Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/movies/) 4. [ Radio ](http://ottawastart. ...

“Fashion” and “Ottawa” used to be an oxymoron, but not so much any more. We now have a twice-yearly fashion week , a couple of locally-based fashion magazines, and a growing fashion blog scene. And if that’s not enough to establish some design credentials, how about the fact that Ottawa is the shooting location for Season 2 of Project Runway ? ...

** Some housekeeping notes: ** * Yesterday we introduced a new [ Ottawa Golf Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/golf.php) on OttawaStart. * We also renamed a couple of guides. The Traffic Guide becomes the [ Ottawa Driving Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/driving.php) , and the Transit Guide becomes the [ OC Transpo Guide ](http://ottawastart. ...

“Behind the scenes” at OttawaStart: Like most websites, we track how many people visit each of the pages on our web site. (We use Google Analytics for all our tracking.) Here are three of our pages that are getting lots of visitors this week: ...

Here are the top pages on OttawaStart for the month of August so far: 1. [ Jobs Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/jobs.php) 2. [ Radio Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/radio.php) 3. [ Festivals Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/festivals.php) 4. [ Television Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/tv.php) 5. [ Weather Guide ](http://ottawastart.com/weather.php) 6. ...