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Monday, February 1, 2010

How We Doing?

Posted by on Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 11:58 AM

In January TheStranger.com had over 8 million page views with over 2 million visitors—and a million "absolute unique" visitors—and we're averaging about a million more page views a month than we were a year ago. Thanks to everyone out there for the page views, clicks, links, comments, questions, answers, compliments, complaints, and rants.

 

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Sargon Bighorn 1
Happy to one of a cast of millions, I feel so special.
Posted by Sargon Bighorn on February 1, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Sargon Bighorn 2
To be.....
Posted by Sargon Bighorn on February 1, 2010 at 12:11 PM
sepiolida 3
yeah, but half of those were will in seattle...
Posted by sepiolida on February 1, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Banna 4
You owe it all to Fnarf, Will in Seattle, and the absence of Mr. Poe.
Posted by Banna http://www.ucp.org on February 1, 2010 at 12:18 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 5
Great! I'll look forward to receiving my royalty check.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on February 1, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Fnarf 6
By my calculations, you now owe me 36,247,011 internets.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on February 1, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Will in Seattle 7
@3 - no, if you do a count, you'll find Fnarf is way ahead of me.

You just notice my posts, because I'm ahead of the curve.
Posted by Will in Seattle http://www.facebook.com/WillSeattle on February 1, 2010 at 12:23 PM
gloomy gus 8
And because they're fired off without much forethought.
Posted by gloomy gus on February 1, 2010 at 12:30 PM
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Way to go Stranger. I've also noticed a rebound of late in the quality of your local civics reporting. I like it.
Posted by Timothy on February 1, 2010 at 12:36 PM
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If I had a local blog as interesting as this, I wouldn't be here.

Thanks Stranger.
Posted by clearlyhere http://clearlyhere.livejournal.com on February 1, 2010 at 12:39 PM
I'm 85 Years Old 11
fart
Posted by I'm 85 Years Old on February 1, 2010 at 12:45 PM
12
SOMEONE PLEASE REMEMBER TO THANK THE TROLLS
Posted by Swearengen on February 1, 2010 at 12:48 PM
kim in portland 13
Good job.

I for one am happy for the influx of Aussies as of late and the gift of reading the rest of you.

I'd like to say that I miss many who have not been around, too.
Posted by kim in portland http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/11/fast-paced_video_provides_a_fu.html on February 1, 2010 at 12:51 PM
gloomy gus 14
@12, no kidding. Many thanks in particular to that epic comment-boosting hijacker Loveschild and all who feed her/him/them/it.
Posted by gloomy gus on February 1, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Lance Thrustwell 15
And don't forget us Johnnie-come-latelys! I'm always happy to follow the coolest trends, because then I, by extension, or osmosis or something, become cool. This never fails.
Posted by Lance Thrustwell on February 1, 2010 at 1:08 PM
venomlash 16
@14: Don't forget that ass bastard Alleged. You know, the unregistered guy who posts offensive things in all the gay-rights/political threads, with his nick being some comment that he presumably thinks is witty.
Posted by venomlash on February 1, 2010 at 1:10 PM
seandr 17
That's cool and all, but what we really want to know is how much money you're making.
Posted by seandr on February 1, 2010 at 1:20 PM
18
This is clearly because of Kyle's daily reports of the Stranger Suggests. Seriously, you guys are going to hire him somehow, aren't you?
Posted by SwissMiss on February 1, 2010 at 1:31 PM
19
And the Seattle Weakly has now many? Give us some comparables please
Posted by Citizen R on February 1, 2010 at 1:44 PM
DOUG. 20
I wonder if you guys benefited at all from Publicola's suck-ass redesign.
Posted by DOUG. http://www.dougsvotersguide.com on February 1, 2010 at 1:57 PM
Loveschild 21
@14 Come now, don't be so humble. Give your dues to insult-throwing, know-nothing trolls like yourself and venom.
Posted by Loveschild http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/articles/responding_to_haiti_earthquake/ on February 1, 2010 at 2:04 PM
Fnarf 22
@19, seeing as how the Weekly's blogs average fewer than one comment per item, and about 1/10 as many items, I think it's safe to say they're behind.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on February 1, 2010 at 2:08 PM
Urgutha Forka 23
I'm only here to get directions on how to get out of here!
Posted by Urgutha Forka on February 1, 2010 at 2:26 PM
24
Greetings from central Mexico -- You're welcome..... it is strange to be fascinated with the Slog as an expat Michigander....... who knew?
Posted by lee harris on February 1, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Hernandez 25
So...when can we expect our Slog Commenter Appreciation gifts?
Posted by Hernandez http://hernandezlist.blogspot.com on February 1, 2010 at 2:51 PM
venomlash 26
@21: I've told you about calling me "venom" before, you ignorant cuntwhorebitch. I can understand the "insult-throwing", but I can only assume that "know-nothing" refers to the fact that I've never read the New Testament. Suck it.
I have to say, being called a troll is a little amusing. When I post, I contribute to the discussion at hand, rather than hijacking the thread to say mean things about Obama (like Alleged does) or standing on a soapbox to educate all of us poor ignorant heathens (like you do, Loveschild). When I insult someone, it's because I find the views that they are trying to impose on the rest of us hateful, bigoted, and intolerable.

Oh yes, and I swear a lot. If it bugs you, you have my permission to piss up a rope.

But yes, there are an awful lot of trolls. Dan once said (I think I'm getting the proportions right) that 1/2 of the mail he gets is hate mail, 1/4 is fan mail, and only the remaining 1/4 actually have a question to ask him. (I may have transposed the values for hate and fan mail.) That setup seems to apply here to some extent.
Posted by venomlash on February 1, 2010 at 2:54 PM
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Mean things?!
About Moi?!?

I find that hard-no impossible- to imagine.
Posted by Barack Obama on February 1, 2010 at 3:11 PM
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26 btw don't you have any homework, sonny?

...you filthy animal
Posted by Barack Obama on February 1, 2010 at 3:14 PM
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26 btw swearing is the unsuccessful effort of a small mind to express itself.

You momma would have taught you that if she hadn't Od'd in that Tijuana whorehouse...

ole!
Posted by Barack Obama on February 1, 2010 at 3:19 PM
linda with a y 30
Your welcome. Thank YOU!
Posted by linda with a y on February 1, 2010 at 3:43 PM
Fifty-Two-Eighty 31
I can't help but wonder how many of those million people got frustrated dealing with your piece-of-shit servers and said "fuck it," never to return again.
Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty http://www.nra.org on February 1, 2010 at 4:29 PM
venomlash 32
Barack Impostor has appeared! TAKE A DRINK, EVERYBODY!
I suppose I should feel honored that this rare and elusive phenomenon of SLOG has devoted three posts in a row just to saying mean things about me.

@29: By the way, swearing is just my way of conveying to you guys how little I respect you trolls. Now, if all I'm doing is swearing and insulting people without actually conveying any sort of point, THEN you'd be right.

You know what, Barack Impostor? Yo momma's like a mosquito; you gotta slap her to make her stop sucking! OH YES I WENT THERE TOO.
Posted by venomlash on February 1, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Toad in the Hole 33
Huzzah, Stranger! Upward & onward...
Posted by Toad in the Hole on February 1, 2010 at 7:36 PM
eclexia 34
And yet you still run phpAdsNew 2.0.8. You could be making more cash by upgrading to OpenX hosted enterprise edition.
Posted by eclexia on February 1, 2010 at 10:08 PM
Mrs. Norris 35
What is an "absolute unique" visitor? Isn't "unique" one of those adjectives that isn't supposed to take a modifier? How can one be semi-unique?
Posted by Mrs. Norris on February 2, 2010 at 4:02 AM
Mrs. Norris 36
What is an "absolute unique" visitor? Isn't "unique" one of those adjectives that isn't supposed to take a modifier? How can one be semi-unique?
Posted by Mrs. Norris on February 2, 2010 at 4:03 AM
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@32:
Honeychild, swearing is just your way of conveying to the world how little you respect yourself.
Posted by Big Momma on February 2, 2010 at 5:22 AM
venomlash 38
@37: Child, please. What, I don't respect myself because I say mean things to you? Excuse me, but what the fuck kind of psychology do you subscribe to? I swear at you twits because I don't respect YOU enough to be cordial to you.
Kiss the baby.
Posted by venomlash on February 2, 2010 at 10:52 AM
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38
now vemon, it's ok for shit to fall out your ass but when it falls out of your face that's gross...
Posted by kill the baby on February 2, 2010 at 4:01 PM
venomlash 40
@39: Yo Troll, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish, but that was one of the worst comebacks of all time. One of the worst comebacks of all time!
Posted by venomlash on February 2, 2010 at 5:18 PM

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