February 2015 | BGS communications dashboard
Here is a round up of metrics for February 2015. For all social media, the item shown is the most popular this month.
BGS Web Stats
Top search phrases
Top BGS downloads
- List of Mineral Abbreviations
1535 downloads, SCMR - Directory of Mines and Quarries 2014
998 downloads, MineralsUK - Cement Raw Materials profile
665 downloads, MineralsUK - Types, grade and facies of metamorphism
568 downloads, SCMR - World Mineral Production 2008-2012
564 downloads, MineralsUK - Minerals in Britain - Gold
541 downloads, MineralsUK - Why are there no active volcanoes in Britain?
442 downloads, Discovering geology - Industrial Minerals Laboratory Manual - Limestone
390 downloads, BGS Global - Industrial Minerals Laboratory Manual - Construction materials
374 downloads, BGS Global - Gemstones of Afghanistan
354 downloads, Afghanistan Minerals
Press release
Breaking Ground on the new Scottish Headquarters of the British Geological Survey.
On the 21st January 2015 a ground breaking ceremony heralded the start of the £20m Lyell Centre at Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh Campus. The Centre will be the Scottish headquarters for the British Geological Survey (BGS) as well as a major joint BGS/Heriot-Watt University research centre for geological, petroleum and marine sciences.
Top ten web pages
- BGS home page, 39,166 visitors
- Downloads, 62,503 visitors
- Page not found, 18,437 visitors
- Lexicon, 16,258 visitors
- Geology of Britain viewer, 12,927 visitors
- News for mobile devices, 9,671 visitors
- Map and map data viewers, 9,368 visitors
- Diary for mobile devices, 9,264 visitors
- Search borehole scans, 7,888 visitors
- Search the BGS website, 6,689 visitors
YouTube
YouTube views 11,148 for February
