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HGIC – Horticulture – Team Highlight

HGIC has another record-breaking month. October 2020 shows that the traffic to HGIC is not slowing down anytime soon. Total phone calls answered 928 (answered 665 calls in Oct 2019) Total emails answered 851 (answered 350 emails in Oct 2019) Website Pageviews 529,531 (pageviews 238,882 in 2019) Top 10 Topics for Calls and Emails: Lawn […]

Horticulture – Team Highlight

HGIC has another record-breaking summer with website hits and calls more than doubling compared to last year. The HGIC team fielded over 1,100 phone calls and has answered almost that many emails. The website continues to get lots of traffic with more than 628,000 views for an over 70% increase, with over 33,000 views on […]

Record-Breaking May for HGIC

HGIC Statistics for May 2020 Website pageviews 883,523 (last year 377,587) Top viewed web content: Asian Giant Hornets   39,930 pageviews Tomato Diseases and Disorders   29,923 (last year 10,453) Bermudagrass Maintenance   21,715 (last year 6,464) Zoysiagrass Maintenance   17,048 (last year 8,090) Rose Diseases   15,019 (last year 4,971) Centipedegrass Maintenance   12,942 (last year 6,838) Changing pH of […]

Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC) – Team Highlight

It’s that time of year. Spring is among us, flowers are blooming, grass is growing, and pollen is booming. Along with the pollen, HGIC is booming. Their website visits are up almost 50% from this time last year. They’re fielding more calls than ever and answering more questions with each passing day. When the COVID-19 […]