Record 1059 people search online for a village in one day

Feb 02 2009 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

1 min read

The number of people searching for a village on www.villages.com.au in one day
broke the 1,000 mark last Tuesday, 27 January. We have attached a Google report
that will show you the steady trend upwards of internet searches. Twelve months ago
the average was 250 searches each day. You will have received your monthly report of
online visits to your village yesterday.

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