May 29, 2004
Brief Self-Promotional Blah Blah
Yes, sometime yesterday we the 80,000 visitor came in. We made a note of the referer at the time but put this entry off until today -- he or she came here through a Google search for Dan Wieden of all things. Not sure we've even mentioned him since the launch of Brand Oregon months ago.
Once again, it took three weeks to go from one marker to another, 70,000 to 80,000. That seems to be the prevailing traffic pattern now, although we'll see how much of that was due to election coverage, which of course now will be somewhat diminished until the general election runoffs kick into gear.
Meanwhile, the results so far on our reader survey are interesting. We're holding off reporting on any of that until we close the survey down on June 7.
Comments (19)
The One True b!X on 30 May 2004
Ignore this comment. It is only here for me to test implementing the redesign as it pertains to the comments area.
The One True b!X on 30 May 2004
By the way, we've also switched over to our new advertising service provider, which is why the ads in the right-hand sidebar now include (gasp!) images in addition to text.
M on 30 May 2004
Is this some sort of protest of unsatisfactory Willamette River cleanup efforts and an excessive need for clean air action days?
Also, I really don't mind the BlogAds images.
Tobias on 30 May 2004
Portland is the greatest city in the world. I've lived here all of my 22 years. The greatest part of Portland? It's local bands of course! www.thegoodflame.com will open you up to a world of Portland musical goodness, and it's FREE!!!
The One True b!X on 30 May 2004
You do realize that when I said "self-promotional" I was speaking oy myself, not opening up a thread for people to pitch themselves.
The One True b!X on 30 May 2004
Also FWI, I'll get back to content here at some point. I spent the first part of the day today helping a friend move, so not much action in terms of posting today.
The One True b!X on 30 May 2004
This is another ignorable comment. Just testing something.
aero on 30 May 2004
What the holy hell is with the layout change... it is certainly...... brown.... aw fuck it. as long as the content stays the same.
The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE on 30 May 2004
Link color will change to something slightly more to the red side of the reddish brown it is now, at some point.
The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE on 30 May 2004
For anyone who might have caught it, yes I was playing with activating Typekey comment registration. But for some reason it spiked my server's load to 25+ with dozens upon dozens of perl processes, so I've taken it all away again.
The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE on 30 May 2004
Ok, that's deeply weird. I've removed all the Typekey data from these pages and it still thinks I am posting via my Typekey login. What the bloody Hell.
The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE on 30 May 2004
Let's try this again.
The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE on 30 May 2004
WTF.
The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE on 30 May 2004
It won't let me shake off my Typekey login. I'm not even logged into Typekey anymore. And yet it continues to use my Typekey data.
The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE on 30 May 2004
One more frickin time.
The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE on 30 May 2004
Testing one more damned time.
The One True b!X's PORTLAND COMMUNIQUE on 30 May 2004
F*CK THIS. Trying out Typekey at all has broken my comments. Thanks, Six Apart!
The One True b!X on 30 May 2004
Ok, let's try this one more time, after deleting all cookies from this site.
aero on 30 May 2004
Ya, I was gonna tell you to delete cookies then re-try.... hope it works..... sounds like you having more fun than I...