In the nearly 4-year run for this blog, the last six months have been special. To the site's long-time regular readers, thanks for your support over the years, and to the newer readers thanks for making the site's growth happen. A special thanks goes to the members of the E28R Facebook page. The large number of shares, likes, and comments has added significantly to the overall reader base.
Here are a few stats that show what has happened recently. In the past 6-month period...
- the average monthly page views is up more than 500% over the previous six month period.
- 9 of the all time top 10 posts for the site have occurred since June 1st.
- the site has had several days with over
1000 page views - something that had never happened even a single time before.
For a site that started out with a target audience of local elected officials, town staffers, and a relatively small number of local politics news junkies, this kind of growth is validation the stories covered here interest a wider audience.
Certainly, there has been no shortage of stories to cover this past half year. That can be seen as a good thing or a bad thing, I suppose. Regardless, our local political scene has provided lots and lots of material.
I am thankful to be able to cover it, and thankful readers seem to think it is worthwhile.
Happy Thanksgiving!
I am grateful to you, Rick, for your selfless sacrifice of time and energy through your blog. You are providing a much needed service for the public since you are sitting here at ground zero and know the details and history that few reporters have. And you have the guts to say it like it is. I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family
ReplyDeleteThanks Vallee. I really do appreciate the kind words.
DeleteThe same would go for everyhing you have done here locally as an activist!
I appreciate you too! Thank you for your honest, in-depth reporting that no one else has the guts to do.
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