Huge thanks to YOU! Another record month here at WSB

We were starting to put this together as something to send to West Seattle businesses as advertising info but realized we really should share it with everybody right here on the site – because WSB has become a place not only where we post West Seattle news, information, photos and video for you here on the main page and in our additional sections, but also, most excitingly, a place where you communicate directly with your West Seattle neighbors, in the ever-growing WSB Forums as well as in comments on main-page posts. So these numbers are about you, not just about us: In the month of March, WSB had another record month — 426,980 pageviews — that’s almost 14,000 per day (on pace for more than 5,000,000 this year). The number of households and businesses visiting WSB each day averages more than 4,600 — keep in mind, that’s not people, that’s IP addresses, so in some cases – big companies, government agencies, etc. — many visitors can only be counted as one (that’s one of the few weak points of Internet statistics-measuring). Over the course of each week, more than 11,000 households/businesses visit WSB at least once. There’s a lot of other stuff we’re excited about, such as the continued content growth (311 home-page news articles during the month of March, an average of 10 per day; the new “West Seattle 101” section, etc.) and best of all, the expanding community connection, with our sponsorship of West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day coming up on May 10, the next West Seattle Community Recognition Awards coming up April 18, Disaster Readiness info that you will find here on WSB throughout this month, and most exciting of all – the WSB Forum Community members banding together to organize fundraisers, with the Handbags for Hunger success last month and plans well under way for the April 19 fundraiser to help the arson victims at Puget Sound Key and Lock get back on their feet. THANK YOU FOR CREATING SUCH A STRONG ONLINE COMMUNITY and for helping spread the word about WSB – and for continuing to send us news, events, info, photos, questions, ideas (e-mail, text or phone us any time). This type of community-news site is a concept that is just starting to catch on in cities across the country, and we are proud and energized to have you as a partner, helping build a trailblazing, independently owned local site to help enhance existing community connections and create new ones – whether you are a reader, a sponsor, or both. (Please support and thank our sponsors for helping make it possible for this site to keep growing as a place for you to share information and get the latest news; they’re all listed here.)

14 Replies to "Huge thanks to YOU! Another record month here at WSB"

  • J April 2, 2008 (1:04 pm)

    Thank you WSB for your work. However, you may need to start offering WSB Anonymous classes because like many others, I’m completely addicted to your blog!

  • KatherineL April 2, 2008 (1:11 pm)

    I know it’s been said before, but I’ll say it again. Thank you WSB for providing all this neighborhood news, pictures, videos, and a place for the community to get in touch. I just hired Clean Air Yard Care after reading about it in the blog, and a recommendation in one of the comments. He said he’s getting a lot of West Seattle work now. Tell your sponsors. This is a good place to get themselves known.

  • Jason April 2, 2008 (1:12 pm)

    I recently found the site…and LOVE IT. I check the RSS feed several times a day and always find the info great! Keep it up!

  • andrea April 2, 2008 (1:23 pm)

    Hello. My name is Andrea, and I’m a WSB addict.

    And I love every minute of it!!

    Thank you WSB for all that you do for me and our community. You truly do get me through the day.

  • k April 2, 2008 (1:24 pm)

    i have recently made the decision that i am moving back to california after 8 years in seattle. my first thought was…no WSB! perhaps i will have to start my own down there, but the beauty of it all is that i get to continue to read about west seattle anytime i want. you guys are the best! i’m not leaving until summer’s end though. can’t miss one last seattle summer!

  • Dan April 2, 2008 (1:28 pm)

    Congrats WSB team (all 3 of you)! We are very grateful to you and to all that you bring to our community!

  • WSB April 2, 2008 (2:12 pm)

    Oh, no, “k,” we will miss you!
    But if you land in the Pasadena area, a friend of ours has started the Altadena Blog.

  • k April 2, 2008 (2:20 pm)

    i will miss you all too! i have yet to officially meet you, but hope to before i head out. you truly are the best! wsb has been a source of EVERYTHING for me while living here.

  • mrsB April 2, 2008 (2:23 pm)

    We travel out of state a lot and absolutely rely on WSB to keep us in touch with what’s going on at home. Thanks a million for all you do!

  • IsleWrite April 2, 2008 (2:52 pm)

    You guys deserve the kudos! You’re working your buns off. Congrats!

  • Altadenablog April 2, 2008 (4:52 pm)

    Congrats, WSB, for blazing a needed trail and your deserved success!

    And — as always — thanks for referrals!

  • BB April 2, 2008 (5:25 pm)

    Congrats WSB! As a loyal reader I thank you for the content. As a loyal sponsor I thank you for the exposure. As someone involved in the community I thank you for all your help! Not only is WSB the best community blog I have ever seen it is the best community web-site I have ever seen!

  • miws April 2, 2008 (8:41 pm)

    Hey, don’t try to lay the blame of the continuing success of this Blog on us, WSB! You started it! All three of ya up there on top of the hill in WSBland! :P

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    Seriously, the WSB clan planted the seed, and they, along with the readers/participants have fed and watered it, with some “fertilizer” thrown in here and there, (much of it from me) and nurtured it into what has become today.

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    For that, I thank Mr. and Ms. WSB, WSB the Younger, and the readers/participants that keep me up do date with the goings on in WS, whether happy, fun, sad, or scary, and wish this Blog much continued success and recognition.

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    Mike

  • Matt Durham- April 3, 2008 (7:26 am)

    Dear Patrick and Tracy,
    Thank you for all your hard work.
    I am intimately aware of the overwhelming amount of work that goes into producing such a publication.
    The financial return for such efforts is minuscule compared to the service provided to the community. The WSB is both educational and a “community service.
    In order to provide such a service this must be a calling, not a job.
    Thank you,
    Matt Durham
    http://www.MattDurhamPhotography.com

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