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I probably should say something profoundly philosophical now, but I think I'll just enjoy a rare smug smile and say thank you to the members instead ;-)
Thank you.
And also congratulate the Moderators and Members alike for banding together to make WebmasterWorld what it is today.
The level of knowledge and discussion here is second to none, and the comeraderie (spelling?) in sharing that knowlege and helping others is a shining example as to what the internet is all about.
Onyas All
Woz
Well Done Brett.
Congratulations! Many thanks for your help. I agree with mark_roach, "friendliest and most informative site on the web."
... and its a much deserved one too,
in my short time here its been pretty obvious that this is the top resource on the net for se related stuff.
well done to you, and to all the early members for getting it kicked off and of course all mods and current members... long may we all thrive.
Thanks to all members for sharing your knowledge, views and jokes...
I have been learning so much in here and it is the best school I ever had.
Now my WebmasterWorld valve is clogged, where are my WebmasterWorld head braces? [webmasterworld.com]
Thanks to all!
Ditto. In the US, we have a catch-all phrase: continuing education. WebmasterWorld is continuous education.
well done Brett, and everyone else...for somebody like me who is trying to work on a global scale there simply is nowhere else to go for information at anything like this level
ditto to everyone else's comments, look i learned a new word from WMW, see more than just forums of net concerns. a dialectical collective of ditto's and brillance.
Do you remember who they are? Just curious...
>count the active posters on my fingers and my toes
hehe - I remember that - but I'm not going to embarass myself by trying to list them :)
I hate to even try because I know I'm going to forget a number of people.... the ones that stick out in my mind the most are:
Oilman, Littleman, NFFC, Air, Stcrim, Engine, DaveAtIFG, OldTimer, Fantomaster, and Brett
Then within a few months we had bunch more of our current mods join like: rcjordan, jamesR, renke, scott
then it all becomes a blur :)
Brian
I will take this opportunity to thank Brett for providing us all with the capability to make this wonderful place what it is.
Then, to you, the members and mods. Brilliant.
The fantastic sense of community, and the spirit of cooperation here have really cheered me up in light of recent events. :) :) :)
And monumental thanks to Brett for making it all possible!
Here's to all the professionals that contribute to the board - every single one of us. I, for one, would not be where I am today if it weren't for this awesome place.
G pours a glass of chocolate milk and raises her glass.
Cheers all!
Brett, your 'baby' has grown strong and healthy! May it continue to do so in the future.
Hey, Oil, if Brett is 'the father of WebmasterWorld, does this mean we can refer to him as the 'the old man'?
I thought a long time about posting this and I felt it was the right thing to do. I know some friends, moderators, and competitors will have a cow when they read it, but you helped build it - you deserve to know.
Total Public Messages: 90320 (? tough one to figure when you throw in moved posts and deleted posts)
Current Public Threads: 9790 (? may be 3-10% higher. That's what's in the site search engine)
Total System Messages: 121160 (may include some posts counted twice that were moved)
Total Signups Last two years: 3900 (? best guess given current status. we weed the membership file of stale accounts every 3 months)
Current Members: 2050 (last member file weed on Sept 1 that removed 300 accounts that were 3 to 4 month stale).
Sept Unique Member Logins: 1475 (that many members have visited with a username/password cookie)
Unique reg member logins Since Aug 1: 1850.
Average daily unique member logins: 850.
Avg daily Unique visitors: 3000-4500. (very 'day of week' dependent)
Current daily avg page views: 25000-40000. (very 'day of week' dependent)
Avg high day of week: Tues, Wens, Thursday (take your pick) We have higher page views on Tuesday, but more posting on Wednesday.
Avg daily active threads: 75-100
High average posting day: Wednesday.
Low day of week: Saturday.
Low period of week: Friday night 6pm-2am central (it's a ghost town)
High Uniques: 5150. (17 sept)
High page views : 52,000* (17 sept) (we've had higher days, but we get so many spiders, it is hard to know what is a real page view.)
After the .com's, top country of visitors: (UK, Canada, Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway), Australia, Mexico, Japan)
Average daily page views per visitor (11-16) wide variation depending on day. 11-15 during week, and goes up on weekends.
Total page views 2001: 7.7million. (I figure 10-20% of that is unknown bots. Known bots are parsed off)
Current daily bandwidth: 650meg-1gig. (depends on if we have a few large hot threads that can chew through it)
Most active forum: tie: Foo, Browsers, Google.
Moderators: 31
Moderator "World" coverage: (USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Sweden, Singapore, soon to add to list)
Top Home Country of Moderators: England (6?)
Oldest Moderator: 64(?)
Youngest Moderator: 19.
Women Moderators (5 - we need more!)
Top user by Page Views: NFFC (he is actually our resident ai bot)
Top user by posts: (me, 11,000+, I roll it back from time-time)
Worst bot attack: 145,000 page views in 6hours on august 22.
Namesake se ranking: under "webmaster" Last month: Excite #2, Alta #5, Fast #8, NorthernLight #11, WiseNut #14.
Best Keyword Ranking/referrals: Google: ie6 [google.com] (sandwiched between Microsoft and ZDNet. I feel thinner)
Current Google Page Rank, 7 of 10.
Favorite warm and fuzzy ranking: Google ODP [directory.google.com]
Total direct site expenses last 2 years: $6500 (that's a best guess. Hosting, phone, biz expenses)
Closest Perceived Competitor: SitePoint.com [sitepoint.com] (don't read anything into that. I have all the respect in the world for what their building over there. Nice work)
Day Dream Target Competitor (eg: this is where we are headed): /. [slashdot.org]
I would like to say thanks. I'm on my 3rd full time gig since I started reading here and participating, in the same field, and getting better at it all the time, thanks to the members most, Brett for putting this place together, and the other mods who are kind enough to put up with a fellow who can't spel right half the time.
This place rocks.
Whooohooooooo, sneakieeee!!!
littleman must have put you up to this! He has been diligently trying to find out how old I am, and I will_not_tell. If either of you shows up at the Bar Conference [webmasterworld.com] in February, I will show my CA drivers license and prove that I am not 64+!
I arrived here just about a year ago (anniversary coming soon, on the 28th), and it's awesome to see the changes and growth that's taken place.
What I've learned from this place in the last year is beyond what I can grasp.
Good work Brett!
