(By Ray D.)
Tomorrow - May 31 - will mark the fourth anniversary of David's founding of our site. In 2003, neither of us would have or could have ever believed that we would reach this milestone. Above all, our readers have kept us moving forward and focused. On the way, we have raised awareness about what is happening in German media and prompted people around the world to think about the way media impacts public perceptions of the United States and other areas. That is ultimately our mission: To provoke thought and promote change.
The following chart shows our monthly audience. It has remained solid at between 50 and 60 thousand per month. That translates into a daily audience of 1650 to 2000. We saw a steady increase from December to April.
Consistent Performance: 50 to 60 thousand visitors per month in 2006-2007.
Note: We would like to acknowledge the fact that blogging has been light of late. I just survived graduate school including final ceremonies and several massive final papers (five 10 -20 page papers within five weeks to be exact) and David has been on vacation. We are recharging our batteries and will pick things up again soon. Thank you all for your continued support.
Sometimes you were a pain in the ass.
Sometimes your posts were an enlightenment.
Anyway .... i look forward for the next 4 years.
Keep it up guys.
Posted by: Deist | May 30, 2007 at 07:01 PM
CONGRATULATIONS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! KARIN
Posted by: Karin Quade | May 30, 2007 at 08:42 PM
Keep up the good work Dave and Ray. As Deist says, here's to the next 4. You too Karin.
Posted by: Mike H. | May 31, 2007 at 02:41 AM
Bravo and Dakapo, excellent work for 4 years.
It makes a difference!!!
Posted by: garydausz | May 31, 2007 at 09:06 AM
Happy Anniversary from Gabi and N. Hale.
Posted by: Gabi | May 31, 2007 at 09:21 AM
THANKS, Mike! - and promised.
Posted by: Karin Quade | May 31, 2007 at 04:37 PM
You are doing a great job!
You have your own style and it works. No matter how one feels about your style, you are doing the right thing.
Posted by: WhatDoIKnow | May 31, 2007 at 05:31 PM
Congrats for an awesome job, David and Ray!
I remember when I first I visited this blog, when it was still in German only, and when I first posted here. 2003? Damn, feels like yesterday.
I remember the first things that went through my mind when I discovered this blog were "This can't be for real!" and "God bless the internets" (sic). I found this site after reading the book "Kein Krieg - Nirgends! Die Deutschen und der Terror" from Henryk M. Broder. I undertook some web search for Broder, and in the process found a link to your site from his own. And got stuck since. ;-)
Thank you for your tireless efforts and service.
Posted by: Alex N. | May 31, 2007 at 10:22 PM
This is a huge audience for a blog on which it is still possible to read all the other comments.
On a technical side... is it just this computer, or has anyone else difficulties to access the Sitemeter statistic through the link at the bottom of the grey bar? I´ve just tried, clicking the Sitemeter at Instapundit works perfectly well, but here it doesn´t. The other two buttons don´t produce details either.
Posted by: FranzisM | June 01, 2007 at 03:27 PM
Wow, four years...how time flies!!
Congratulations/herzlichen Glückwunsch, and thanks for a great site!
Posted by: Motorhead | June 03, 2007 at 11:24 AM