Our audiences
We require the highest standards of scholarship on the site, with texts clearly marked when they have been peer reviewed. At the same time, we ask our contributors to write in plain language, and to be aware of an audience that includes students, actors, and directors as well as scholars. Those who visit the site are in search not only of Shakespeare but of information on Renaissance literature, history, and drama.
Each month visitors download in excess of 1.5 million pages from the site. They come mainly from the domains ".net" and ".com," as most users access the site from their home address, but high on the list are the domains ".org," ".edu," and ".us" -- addresses that indicate visitors from educational institutions.
Our reach is truly global. Each month we receive visitors from over 150 counries. Not surprisingly, most visitors come from the USA, but Shakespeare is of interest not only in other English-speaking countries, but in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Some countries provide just a few visitors -- in October 2011 we had just one visit from Lesotho -- but this visitor stayed long enough to look at twelve pages.
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