The website of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is the most popular government site in the Philippines, according to Alexa.com, a Web metrics provider that tracks 30 million sites all over the world.
As of January 30, 2014, www.dost.gov.ph ranked number 108 out of the top 500 sites in the country and number one among local government websites.
The top keywords driving traffic to the site from major search engines for the past six months are pagasa, pagasa weather forecast, pagasa weather update, phivolcs, and project noah. One of DOST?s frontline projects, Noah stands for Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards for timely and accurate disaster prevention and mitigation.
Of these five keywords or key phrases, pagasa sent the largest percentage of search traffic at 20.92 percent over the six-month period.
Of the website?s subdomains, pagasa.dost.gov.ph garnered the largest percentage of visitors over the past month at 75.30 percent, followed by phivolcs.dost.gov.ph at 13.11 percent.
Other subdomains which attracted the most number of visitors include noah.dost.gov.ph, dost.gov.ph, pcaarrd.dost.gov.ph, and fnri.dost.gov.ph.
Two other subdomains most visited under DOST are those of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development, Philippine Council for Health Research and Development, and the Food and Nutrition Research Institute.
Aside from the Philippines, site visitors to www.dost.gov.ph also include those located in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, and Canada.
On February 13, 2013, www.dost.gov.ph ranked 288 in the Philippines, claiming the second spot in terms of popularity among local government sites.
Aside from Project NOAH, the agency?s other flagship projects include Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program, the Advanced Device and Materials Testing (ADMATEL) Laboratory for local semiconductor and electronics firms, Smarter Philippines which leverages information and communications technology for better products and services, the Philippine Standard Time which synchronizes all timepieces in the country, the Mosquito Ovicidal-Larvicidal Trap (O/L trap) to fight dengue, and the Automated Guideway Transport or AGT ? an elevated and automated transportation system currently at its pilot testing stage in University of the Philippines Diliman. — Angelica A. de Leon, DOST-STII
