Patch Climbing the Internet Traffic Charts

Most of you know Peachtree Corners Patch on a local level, but did you know that it is just one of over 850 Patch sites located in communities and cities throughout the United States.

Patch.com has been operating for just a little over two years, the first sites launched in California and have spread eastward to 22 states including Washington D.C.

According to industry reports Patch.com has more than tripled its UV traffic between December 2010 and December 2011 (per data supplied by comScore released this week).

And in December 2011, Patch showed a 5 percent traffic bump over November (9.9 million UVs versus 9.5 million UVs), bucking the trend of seasonal declines in comScore’s local news and information category.

“Given that the average Patch site is just over a year old, we couldn’t be happier with the traffic growth we’ve shown to date,” commented Warren Webster, president of Patch Media. “We are incredibly proud of the role we play in our communities every day - and of the consistent positive feedback we receive from our users - so seeing this rise in traffic is very gratifying for our entire team.”

The other properties in the category are Yelp (#1); CityGrid (#2), Yahoo! Local (#3), and CBS Local (#5).  In December of 2010, Patch ranked #10 in the category, today it's ranked #4.

Over a thousand professional journalists manage the sites and over 13,000 bloggers contribute content. In recent weeks, Patch launched its first three Patch Latino sites and its coverage of the 2012 election season across its primary-state Patches and beyond.

Peachtree Corners Patch launched Dec. 14, 2010 and celebrated its first year of operation last month. Thanks to all who sent "birthday wishes," I look forward to the coming year.