CANTON -- For the first time, SUNY Canton's website has had more than two million hits in a year during 2010 and attracted more visitors from more locations than ever before.

Overall website traffic is up significantly from 2009's year-end total of slightly more than 1.9 million visits. The website received a total of more than 4.6 million page views during 2010 and frequently surpassed 10,000 visitors a day during the academic year.

"The website is a gauge to measure our overall growth and popularity to prospective students," said President Joseph L. Kennedy. "We've had record enrollments for the past three years, with 3,686 students enrolled this fall. The web traffic and our enrollments signify that we are growing in two incredibly important areas – current students and prospective students."

Traffic was up among international visitors. The country with the most visits outside the United States was Bosnia. The College is well known for its international partnerships with the American University in Bosnia Herzegovina among others. Other top-referring countries included Canada, Russia, China, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, and Japan.

More than 57 percent of the hits were generated by users who typed in the college's address into their browser's address bar or used a bookmark. Among the top referring sites, or sites that include links to canton.edu, were Google, Facebook, North Country Now, and the SUNY Learning Network, which highlights the College's online courses.

Top referring cities within the state included New York, Watertown, Syracuse, Rochester, Plattsburgh, Utica, and Albany. The cities with the most visitors in the entire United States included Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, and Orlando. The number of pages visited and the time spent on the site also increased during the year.