SamRayburn.com Reaches 152,000 Unique Visitors in 2014, up 30% from 2013




SamRayburn.com experienced another record-breaking year with over 152,000 unique visitors and 1.3 million page views, up over 30% from 2013. Since the launch in October 2008 SamRayburn.com has received over 4.4 million page views from 443,000 unique visitors.

As the top organic Google search result for nearly all “Sam Rayburn” keywords, SamRayburn.com has become the most popular resource for Lake Sam Rayburn visitors, weekenders and residents. In 2104, traffic to the real estate section of the site increased 139%, as it became the most popular section of the site. Lodging secured the 2nd most popular section with camping, fishing reports, maps and fishing guides rounding out the top 6 most popular sections of the site.

More Out of State Visitors
Site traffic from College Station was up 574% over 2013 as it moved up to become the 4th most popular origination city for SamRayburn.com behind Houston, Beaumont and Lufkin. Traffic from Dallas, Waco, San Antonio, Austin, Lumberton and Baytown were all included in the top 10 origination cities. From a national perspective, traffic from Louisiana experienced 60% growth while Oklahoma, California, Georgia, Florida, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Kansas rounded out the top 10 states. “It is always interesting to track from where users access the site”, says Cassidy Lackey, Founder of SamRayburn.com. “It seems to indicate that Sam Rayburn is growing in popularity from visitors who reside outside Texas”.

Mobile and Social Continue To Grow
Smartphones and tablets continue to generate a tremendous amount of growth for the site. Smartphone traffic was up 76% while traffic from tablets was up 44% over 2013. Combined, smartphones and tablets now account for over 50% of the traffic to SamRayburn.com. Social channels have also continued to grow as the site now reaches over 29,000 Facebook fans, 4,000 weekly email subscribers and 129 twitter followers.

Exciting Plans for 2015
We continue to invest in the site and made great progress in 2014 by adding weather alerts, TPWD fishing reports as well as back-end changes to improve the speed and reliability of the site. In 2015 we have more exciting plans to take SamRayburn.com to a new level with additional opportunities for community involvement, redesigned weekender newsletter and much more!

Business Owners – Don’t Miss Out!
We have some incredible opportunities to promote your lake area businesses to and local residents, weekenders and lake visitors starting at just $25/mo. We expect to reach over 150,000 unique visitors in 2015 so don’t miss out! More advertising information can be found at SamRayburn.com/advertising.




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Lake Sam Rayburn Weather Forecast

Thursday

Sunny

Hi: 71

Thursday Night

Clear

Lo: 51

Friday

Mostly Sunny

Hi: 76

Friday Night

Partly Cloudy

Lo: 58

Saturday

Partly Sunny

Hi: 79

Saturday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 61

Sunday

Mostly Cloudy

Hi: 79

Sunday Night

Mostly Cloudy

Lo: 67


Lake Sam Rayburn Water Level (last 30 days)


Water Level on 3/29: 158.24 (-6.16)



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Fishing Report from TPWD (Mar. 27)

GOOD. Water stained; 62 degrees; 5.99 feet below pool. The magic water temperature is 67 degrees for the spawn. The water is muddy north of the Texas State Highway147 bridge. Navigate with caution to avoid sandbars and stumps. Bass are in the grass lines in 4-20 feet of water biting soft plastics and spin baits. Spawn appears to be deeper due to the water draw. This will eliminate a lot of sight fishing. Crappie are slow. Report by Captain Lynn Atkinson, Reel Um N Guide Service. The bite bass bite has been fantastic! Large waves and groups of fish shallow from 10-15 feet deep as well as large numbers of fish shallow 1-7 feet deep. Primarily fishing a Carolina rig, medium diving crankbait, and Texas rig in 10-15 feet. Cast rattletraps, chatterbaits, and lightweight Carolina rigs up shallow. Report by Captain Hank Harrison, Double H Precision Fishing.

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