Rehovot gets wide International Interest

Based on the access statistics visualization by an independent provider, www.MyRehovot.info has discovered that the city of Rehovot is of broad interest among Internet users in Europe and USA, although the major audience of MyRehovot resides in Israel. The conclusion is supported by the map of the world users of MyRehovot.info, based on the analysis of 2397 individual visits during the four weeks starting from November 1, 2005.

MyRehovot is an independent "apolitical journal on every aspect of life in Rehovot, Israel", published since mid November 2004. It is registered under International Standard Serial Number (ISSN 1817-101x), has Hebrew, English and Russian sections which provide news items, city directory information, along with Parents Forum, Behor Levi School students blog (weblog), city mailing list, Job Fair and Real Estate pages. MyRehovot is available for every group of the Rehovot population willing to open an "Internet office" with MyRehovot.info. In particular, the Hebrew version of MyRehovot serves to record and publicize Rehovot Municipality Press releases. Also published are original articles and news items by national and international news agencies. Anonymous Talkback opportunity allows online discussion on every aspect of the importance for the city and its residents.

The recent record-breaking number of visitors to the Site exceeded six thousand individual readers per month, which is greatly promising and exciting for the successful future development of the portal, and justifies a potential for a broader interest by multifarious Rehovot communities.

The gateway page for MyRehovot is www.myrehovot.info