Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Four Years Of SFDB


On February 3, 2008, a little over three four years ago, I started this project that I hoped would bring the South Florida blogging community together...and give me something to do with my spare time.
My primary focus with SFDB will be to do a daily review of most of South Florida's independent blogs and comment on some of the more interesting, unique, controversial or informative posts that are written during the course of any day. There is so much going on in the SoFla blogoshere, but at times it seems like everyone is scattered and doing their own things. With SFDB, I'd like to create a place where bloggers and blog readers can visit and get linked up to posts that are especially significant or noteworthy. At the same time, I'm hoping that people will find SFDB an enjoyable place to hang out, discuss the important issues of the day and interact with others who are just as interested as they are with what's going on in South Florida.
I think I've done okay with the community thing, holding true to my stated purpose and establishing a pretty solid core of regular local readers and commenters while shining a spotlight on the best efforts that the SoFla blogosphere produces. SFDB posts don't always generate the response that I expect, but at least I know people are reading.

So on this 8546th post I'd like to thank every single one of you for making SFDB a part of your life. It's strange that some of you have been around from the beginning, and some even from the Stuck on the Palmetto days, and I've never met you or thanked you in person. I appreciate the time that you give to what I write.

To wrap things up, I hereby present SFDB's "The Most"...
The post with The Most page views: "Will Emilio Estefan Kiss Val Prieto's Ass?" [6,761]

The traffic source with The Most referrals to SFDB: Twitter [3001*]

The site with The Most referrals to SFDB: Google [62,506]

The keywords that bring The Most traffic to SFDB: "south florida daily blog" [4,076]

The country that owns the most page views at SFDB: United States [470,323]

The browser that collected The Most page views at SFDB: Firefox [223,046]

The operating system that collected The Most page views at SFDB: Windows [325,720]


*I was a latecomer to Twitter.

And with that, on to the next post!



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13 comments:

ruben_i said...

Wow, Rick. I don't know how you do it but you made it work. Congrats!

R.

Anonymous said...

Really enjoy the blog. And I hate to be that guy. But you've been makin it work for 4 years if you started in 08.

Rick said...

Thanks, Anon. Amazing. It only feels like three! :)

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Anonymous said...

Sure thing. Keep the posts coming.

squathole said...

Better numbers than a Superbowl bookie. Congratulations and keep it rollin'.

aikin said...

congrats and Happy Birthday, Rick!

CarolT said...

I don't recall how I found this great site, but so glad I did. I read it everyday! Sometimes I think I should see the weekend widget, but its only Tuesday, and that is sad to realize!
Seriously, great blog, and thanks for all you do!

Scott said...

I count myself as one of the lucky ones that's actually had the pleasure of meeting you. You've done a really impressive thing here, Rick, and you continue to do great work. Happy belated birthday. :)

nonee moose said...

It's a long way from Miami Cuban Connection...

A grave reverance, and doffing of the hat to you, my friend.

Four more years...

Maria said...

Yeah, I don't know how you do it either, Rick, but I am so glad you do! Keep rocking! I'm very grateful.

gcbron said...

Superbee's site linked me to your site and I've been a daily reader ever since. Thanks for all your work.

South Florida Lawyers said...

And you don't look at day over five!

Congrats!!

Rick said...

Thanks for being loyal readers over the years, folks!

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