March 24, 2004
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY
This past Saturday--ironically, the same day that the site went down (click here if you mised yesterday's explanation)--marked the One Year Anniversary of the launch of the Beli-Blog. Thatís right, on March 20, 2003, I launched this very website / blog. (Click here to see the first posting, or click here and scroll to the bottom of this page to see the first few postings ever.) Since I'm such a numbers freak, here are a few to ponder:
Since the site first launched last March,
335 individual blog postings have been either by myself or Guest Beli-Bloggers like Lee, Brad, Ford, or Matt (thatís comes to around one posting every 1.09 days or so).
Visitors like you have left over 1,300 comments since the site first launched.
On average, 250 different people per day, according to what's called Unique Machine Identity, have continually chosen to visit the site on a daily basis.
Some 140 different Four For Friday questions have been posed and answered.
I could go on and on with the numbers thing, but I have a strong sense Iím probably the only one thatíd care, so I wonít bore you any further with my silly fascination with site statistics. I will, however, say this... when I launched Belicove.com, I said that by posting my thoughts and observations throughout this site--and by inviting family, friends and acquaintances to visit and comment--that I had hoped to expand my world and learn more about myself and that which is around me. In short, that, and a whole lot more, is exactly what has happened. I've learned sooooo much about myself and about a lot of you since last March, and I know that my world's a better place as a result.
So, a big 'THANKS' is extended to everyone who chooses to read me and the others who comment and post to the site. You know who you are... you're amazing people, and I'm continually amazed right back.
Posted by Mikal at March 24, 2004 4:42 AM
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Happy Belated Bloggie-Belicove-BeliBlog Birthday to you! I knew *it* was around da corner... I looked and searched pages and shook my-wee-head yesterday, wondering where YOU were. Did you forget it was a special birthday... Not busy Mikal he wouldn't do that, not to his baby. It was a weird feeling to click and find dead-space at the end of here.
I am glad all is well. Ya know I love reading here...and every comment. It is a first spot I check in my-blogospere. Keep up the great work! :-)
Congrats, Mikal! I remember the early days of www.belicove.com - your pic and a "coming soon" announcement. This is another in a string of accomplishments for you - and another of which I am proud to be a part. Oh, if there were only more in this world like you!
