The recent post from CWO on the OxfordCroquet.com website prompted me to take a look at the site rank for all of the prevalent croquet websites. Using independent sources along with a power formula the top 10 sites based on traffic stats over the are presented on the right. It's no surprise to see USCA website at the top of the rankings, but it should be noted that winter is the slow time for the USCA site.
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With the summer croquet season winding down here in Kansas City, the Morning Coffee series is back on tap until next summer. Out of the gate for the offseason, we are making some branding adjustments. Several years ago, the forum site became the home of croquetnetwork.com. Over the next few weeks, the forum community will officially transition to the CroquetNation.com name and domain. And, this old magazine site is re-claiming the CroquetNetwork.com domain and branding.
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Last month, several readers participated in a survey on the weekly Croquet Network eNewsletter (now closed). I am pleased to report that all respondents rated the newsletter as good (58%) or excellent (42%). Granted, the survey obviously would have been most likely to find current subscribers ... and well, readers that don't like the newsletter would have unsubscribed long ago, so you can assume the favorable rating is a bit skewed. However, I'm going to run with that stat for now.
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Croquet Poll: Your Favorite Croquet Website
Update on 2012-05-29 12:18 by Dylan
Other votes so far include croquetrecords.com and mauicroquetclub.org. Should have had croquetrecords.com in the main poll. I think we'll do a club site poll in the future.
Update on 2012-05-31 18:01 by Dylan
Another vote came in for croquetrecords.com came in. Two votes so far, it is now in the main poll. Also, someone submitted Oxford Croquet and I have added that to the main poll. I've also allowed the ability to vote for up to three sites.
Update on 2012-06-06 12:01 by Dylan
Looks like the CA and Oxford Croquet are the big champs to date. Lots of club votes in the other category. Bowdon Croquet Club is popular. I've also added www.kroket.de to the main poll as it received four votes in the other category.
First Shot: Changes on the Croquet Media Landscape
Earlier this year, I agreed to take on the role of publisher and editor of the USCA's Croquet News magazine which has three issues per year and is distributed to all 3,000 members of the association. In conjunction with that new assignment,
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Croquet On Facebook (April 2011)
Jaques London is the new fast mover for croquet Facebook groups with a jump from ninth place to fifth and 626 followers/likes. "Posh" is staying on the list because occasionally intersting croquet items are posted there (like Croquet Cuppers). Most popular croquet groups on Facebook for April 2011:
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Most popular croquet groups on Facebook for March 2011:
Rank / Group / Likes / Last Month
01. I'm not posh, just jolly good at croquet - 58,247 (1)
02. Croquet (Wikipedia) - 7,751 (2)