A record Year
During the last twelve months, over 145 news articles were posted on the website. This means an average of one article every 2 or 3 days. It is also worth nothing that these articles contain a staggering record of 2450 photos. A special thanks must go to our photographer Joseph Sultana who was present in all the major activities that took place in Ghajnsielem. The news articles are updated by Kevin Cauchi.

Website Traffic
The website is also increasing in popularity with an average of 360 fresh hits per day. Each visitor clicked on at least 2 other pages during each visit since the daily page impression averaged more than 900 hits. The most popular day was registered on Monday 27th August 2007 when Ghajnsielem.com registered 8,271 page impressions. The most popular section (excluding the homepage and the news articles) was the guestbook. The Ghajnsielem F.C. also enjoys a high rate of daily visitors.

A New Facelift
During the past twelve months, Ghajnsielem.com also underwent a minor facelift and minor design changes. The ‘General Information’, ‘History’ and ‘Places of Interest’ sections were completely redesigned and updated. These sections offer a library of resources related with our village and are ideal for students, foreigners or for those who simply want to learn more about Ghajnsielem. The navigation experience was also improved while other minor services such as the satellite map, translation tool and chatroom were also added.


Putting our village Online
Ghajnsielem.com was launched in July 2002 in the form of a simple website offering general information about Ghajnsielem. Today, Ghajnsielem.com has proudly turned into a web-portal or a one-stop site for everything associated with our village. In fact, it is the only website in Malta and Gozo that managed to keep all the organizations represented together under “one roof”.

The website is backed by all the main organizations including the Ghajnsielem Local Council, St Joseph Band Club, Ghajnsielem Football Club and the Boy’s Museum.  Instead of visiting 5 or 6 separate websites to keep up-to-date with what’s happening in your community (as it is the case in most towns and villages), www.ghajnsielem.com is the only address you need to remember!

Looking Ahead
The website is planning many exciting features for the future. One of the ideas which is seriously being considered is a new section dedicated to all the Ghajnselmizi who contributed towards the development of our village. The section will be called ‘Hall of Fame’ and will include all those people who won the ‘Gieh Ghajnsielem’ Award and other citizens who passed away but their service and contribution shall never be forgotten.

The idea of opening an old-photos gallery is also being considered. Meanwhile the ‘Online Tour’ section is also currently being revamped and will now include several 360° virtual panorama photos showing all the main places of Ghajnsielem.


Your Contribution
Since Ghajnsielem.com is being run on a voluntary basis, donations are needed especially to fund the hosting service, run live webcams during certain activities and to offer other services. Ghajnsielem.com will soon lunch a PayPal Payment service. PayPal allows visitors to give donations online by using their credit-cards in a totally secure and safe environment. The procedure is fast, simple and completely secure.

Meanwhile, all those who would like to join our team by contributing with their articles, making research or taking photos - you are certainly more than welcome!