Being the numbers guy - at least in my household - I was curious to how many posts hit spfldbloggers.com. Below - Not bad. I believe these numbers go back to December 12th 2006, when I finished the RSS feed fetcher, and end tonight December 30th 2007 around 10pm. Wow, 298 dog posts for Gotshoo… ok not all Dog posts.
I usually posted about improvements about the site here. You can check them all out here.
In a way, I feel like there is some sort of ‘community’ for bloggers in Springfield. I hired Dave Heinzel as my photographer for my wedding and had him as teammate for trivia night, I’ve done computer work for Marie, and shared drinks with Russ, Dan, John and Micah, and spotted this guy in Panera. Hopefully 2008 I’ll get to share more drinks with more bloggers. WhereIsDave, I’ll buy you some Natty Light.
Well, I hoped everyone enjoyed the run because I am pulling the plug…. No, no, no, to say the least. I still have a bunch more stuff planned. I might even throw on a new design.
So the question for 2008 - What would you (you as in me, unless you work for free) do to change Spfldbloggers?
Ohh by the way, if you’re feeling bored some night do me a favor and click the ad on the side. I’ve made $14.10 since May. I’m a long way from becoming a dot com millionaire.
Also, I want to send credit and a thank you to Marie who originated the first Spfldbloggers list. She did a lot of the foot work in getting the ball rolling.
Below, the top 50 posters.
The Capitol Fax Blog:937
The Eleventh Hour:759
Illinois Channel:616
Disarranging Mine:428
Iggy Uncensored:422
Techno-News Blog:391
Blevins Blog:369
Matt Penning Images:348
gotshoo?:298
Jerome Prophet:277
honey & quinine:277
Springfield Illinois Yahoo Group:243
Where there’s a Will, there’s a way:235
Where Dave Is:235
Bradjward.com:191
Just Two Guys:185
UIS News Bureau:181
Grace Uncensored:181
Anonymous Communist:163
Illinois Issues blog:128
Unpainted Huffhines:122
Realm of The Black Knight:117
CES Blog:114
OMIGOD - Im ThirtyWHAT?:104
Podcasting and Vodcasting:97
Springfield Photos:93
Photos Et Cetera:82
BlogFreeSpringfield:79
Gurel.us Blog!:78
Springfield Rewind:69
daveheinzel.com:68
The Jim Leach Show:65
Energy Tough Love Blog:65
Johann Drops a Blog:61
BriBlog:56
A Shareware Life:50
Pretty Good Jewelry:49
The 26th Man:45
My Alibi:42
Spfldnet:39
Occasional Potato:37
Roger U Roundly:36
The Insane World of Hilton Hightower:36
Misc.:34
The Johnson Blog:33
Moving Forward:31
The Cushy Blog:28
A Salute to Some Stuff:27
The OEs Blog:23
No, thank you, shoo. You have done such an amazing job with spfldbloggers. I can’t think of any improvements, but if I do, I’ll send them your way. Also, since January 1st to just now, I’ve had 972 click-throughs from spfldbloggers to my site. That’s pretty good for one single source.
Re the community aspect, I’ve met you a couple times and gtg and Buddy and Clancy one time. And, apparently I went to school with your mom. So, maybe it’s really a shoo community.
Dang dude, I gotta start writing some blogs. This whole “quality not quantity” thing hasn’t been working anyway. Good think you don’t allow people to rate posts on spfldbloggers.
Which brings me to another point… don’t allow people to rate posts on spfldbloggers.
I checked my stats, and I’ve had 440 click-throughs this past year from spfldbloggers, and 537 from your site. Those stats combine for about 1% of my unique annual visits, which make up roughly $2 worth of ad revenue. Next time I see you, remind me to buy you a 6-pack of tab and a stick of beef jerky. I’d say that’d make us about even.
This might motivate me to make another year-end stats graph like I’ve done in the past. I think I skipped it last year though because I switched servers and lost my stats half-way through. I need to start using Google Analytics on my site. Am I still talking? I think I should go to bed now. Goodbye.
If you add my 37 posts from Occasional Potato, I move up to an even 200 posts.
I started Google Analytics on Sept. 19, and it says I’ve had 426 click-throughs from Spfldbloggers and 85 from gotshoo.com since then.
Thanks, man. Keep up the good work.
Hi shoo!
My name is Ben Handelman. I am a reporter for WICS ABC Newschannel 20. I would like to talk with you about a story idea brewing in my head….and I could not find your email or contact information on this blog.
Would you mind shooting me an email with that information?
-Ben
Bhandelman@sbgnet.com
-And anyone else who might see this and has an interesting story idea….I’m new to the station and always looking for what people are talking about in Springfield! Feel free to shoot me an email.
I have an idea for a story. How about me, Gus Gordon and a room full of blow darts. I’ve always said this town ain’t big enough for the two of us. Make it happen Ben.
Somehow I knew it was going to come down to a duo with Dave Heinzel and Gus Gordon.
$14.10? http://www.bellathebeagle.com made $15 since October. You gotta up your game, son.