Tag: anniversary

our 5 year anniversary

It has been five years since we started Buffet o’ Blog, and we’ve went from obscure to world-renown.  If you think about it, 5 years in Internet years is a long time.  To celebrate, we wish we could offer everyone a free bacon-themed meal, but that’s simply not possible.  See, for the Buffet o’ Blog restaurant (tentative name), we’re waiting on just one more investor… specifically, someone with about a million dollars to invest in our dream, and then it would become a reality and be perhaps [dramatic pause] the greatest restaurant of all-time! [Imagine a loud clasp of thunder right there.]   So if you’re that investor with money burning in your pockets, have your people contact my people.

So since there’s no big worldwide party possible at this time, the staff met at a local BBQ place for lunch, then there were some “fireworks” afterward.  It was a good time.   For those who couldn’t make it, you should go eat a pizza in our honor.  Or better yet, invite us along, too!

Perhaps there will be some new features added in the next week or two in honor of our anniversary.  So stay tuned!  In the meantime, here’s some stats summing up what we’ve done so far (for the nerdy types — you know who you are).

Posts: 966
Comments: 5,052
Spam Comments Automatically Deleted: 88,125
Daily traffic: 565 pageviews (average for 2011 so far)
Total pageviews: 605,958 hits

Those last two boggle my mind, that over 500 people are reading my ramblings every day and that this blog has been viewed over half a million times in just 5 years!  Out of that many people, surely at least one or two think I’m actually funny!  🙂

And last but not least, I wanna send a big shout-out to all the regular readers and subscribers here.  I’m amazed that people actually come back!  🙂  It’s only gonna get more awesome — and I don’t even need a crystal ball to see that.  I’ll keep on writing because I am too legit… too legit to quit!  (Yeah, that’s kinda lame — please don’t unsubscribe!)  There’s some cool stuff already in the pipeline… some exclusive content you won’t find anywhere else.

Peace out… adios… buenos nachos…

three years of blogging

February marked the 3-year anniversary of Buffet o’ Blog.   From such humble beginnings, this site has become the awesomeness that it is today.  🙂  And as always, there is no charge for the awesomeness.

In the past year, we’ve added a few new features that have proven popular, and there’s a few more in the works.  We’re keeping the same random goodness that you come back for, as well as making changes to improve your experience.  So you could say we’re both conservative AND liberal, at the same time.   But we’re not like politicians, because we’re not evil nor trying to take over the country.   (And rest assured, we won’t ever be evil.)

Traffic has continued growing as well.  Here’s a chart, so it looks all official and stuff.

look at the traffic!

As you can see, the traffic peaked in October, then has stayed in the 11,000 to 12,000 range.  I blame it on the economy.   But at least our chart looks better than the stock market…

Here’s the all-time blog statistics, for those of you who are interested in such things.

Total # of posts: 623
Total # of comments: 2,669
Total # of spam comments blocked: 55,053
Total # of page views: 161,241
Best day of traffic: 940 hits (page views) on October 31, 2008.

Last year at this time, we had only 40,740 page hits, so in just the last year, we’ve had 120,501 hits.  Inconceivable!  I’m amazed that so many people have seen and perhaps read some of my ramblings.  Does this mean I’m famous?  Is my blog now officially not obscure?  🙂

The daily traffic has its ups and downs, with Saturdays and Sundays typically being the lowest traffic days.   (I wonder why that is… surely it doesn’t mean most people check this only at work…  😮  But if so, that’s okay with me!)  We’ve currently had over 307 consecutive days (and counting) of 100+ hits, and recently had 143 consecutive days of 200+ hits.  The latter streak was broken during the Christmas holiday, when traffic went down.

Some researchers have said that laughing heartily adds 7 years to your life.  So think of all the people who have been helped by this blog!   That’s all the thanks I need (although I’m not against hearing more compliments, should anyone have any, and I also accept cookies, gift cards, and U.S. currency).  🙂

I wish we were having a big party to celebrate, but it’s just not in the budget this year.   Maybe someday WordPress will allow ads on the blog and by then we’ll be getting thousands of hits per day, and thus we’d make some money.  Then we’ll have a big party.  (And by big, I mean lots of food… y’know, the important stuff.)

And of course, I have to thank you, my readers.  Without you, I’d be talking (writing) to myself.  And that would be sad… but because of you, it’s awesome!  (See the difference you make?  You should feel special.)