The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic GamesAugust 8-24 2008
(BEIJING, August 15) -- On August 14, 2008, a week after the Beijing Olympic Games began, its official website received a record high 183 million visits. This exceeds the volume of page views for all past official websites of both Summer and Winter Games.
Recent statistics reveal that the website's daily visits have increased steadily from 2 million on August 1. On August 8, the day of the Opening Ceremony, 24 million page views were noted. The number of hits increased rapidly after competitions began. Over 100 million hits were recorded on August 12, and close to 200 million hits on August 14.
Visitors of Beijing 2008's website consist of a diverse group of people, with English-speaking guests exceeding the number of Chinese language netizens. Statistics show that the official website has developed into a special international Olympic website.
The largest groups of visitors came from China, the United States, Australia, England, Canada, France, Republic of Korea, India, Germany and Japan. Page views from China and the United States account for 29 percent and 23 percent, respectively. Statistics show that users are accessing the website through computer operating systems in English, Chinese, French, Spanish, Korean and German, among other languages.
