ONTARIO (May 19, 1998) - Freedom Party's World Wide Web site has attracted the attention of a steadily increasing number of visitors, who, our latest reports tell us, come from all around the world.

We are pleased to report that there is now a steady, statistically significant amount of traffic visiting Fp's web site, and the source of that traffic may be of interest to our readers. The following information has been provided by Webgate, Fp's new internet server since April 23, and the statistics represent requests received for the period April 23 - May 19, 1998.

Thanks to the hard work of Fp webmaster Greg Jones, over 1000 individual documents are already available on site, including all back issues of Freedom Flyer and Consent. Designed for ease of access, and with helpful index pages to navigate, it appears that our formula is working.

As of this writing, an average of 2100 documents per DAY are being requested and downloaded from Freedom Party's web site. In November 1996, two months after the site was launched, we were receiving 2,756 document requests per MONTH (92/DAY). By September 1997, we reported a 700% increase in traffic: 14,134/MONTH (456/DAY). Now, 2100 daily document requests average between 63,000-65,000 requests per month --- representing another 446% increase since Sept'97 (or a 2286% increase since Nov'96).

A 'document' in this case refers to individual articles, essays, official reports and submissions, and/or issue papers that are currently available on line. A document may be as short as any of the 'Freedom Briefs' you are now reading, or as long as a complete article or essay in Consent.

Without doubt, WHOLE LANGUAGE is currently the issue generating the most interest, accounting for nearly 12% of all document requests. CENSORSHIP is issue number two, though only accounting for 4.34% of requests. Beyond these two issues, document requests are fairly evenly distributed throughout the site. Watch for future updates on site developments.

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