Major Milestone

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:15 pm

Earlier today, the UK Butterflies website received its 1 millionth visitor!!!

Whoever that visitor was - congratulations. But it was quite possibly a search engine performing its indexing, or some spam robot trying to invade the site. But I'd like to think that a significant percentage of visitors are actually human beings

Thanks to you all for the level of interest you've shown in the website - and especially contributors. I can't believe this website started off with me just showing some photos. How it's changed since 2002!

Cheers,

- Pete

Nigel · Post by **Nigel** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:15 pm

100000 visits is certainly some acheivement.
many of us have personal websites that have not had 1% of this success.

Excellent news and well done, I bet at the rate this site is growing in terms of visitors, quality, and users, it will be an even shorter time before the 2000000 visits are acheived.

Keep up the good work

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:29 pm

Congratulations Pete...time to think about selling advertising space?

Martin.

Mike Young · Post by **Mike Young** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:47 pm

Congratulations Pete, a fine achievement.

Charles Nicol · Post by **Charles Nicol** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:00 pm

excellent news Pete !!

charles

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George · Post by **George** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:03 pm

Well done Pete - it is a fantastic site and many thanks for all your hard work.

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:21 pm

It was me, Pete. Do I get a prize?

Guy

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:31 pm

Well, given your contribution Guy, you do deserve a prize don't you?

I didn't want to name specific contributors but, if I did, as the only other "Sys Admin" and "Mr ID", you'd be "right up there"!

I'd also like to thank Adrian Hoskins who provided many of the species descriptions (which I've yet to complete - still!).

As for everyone else - you know who you are. Which includes those who have kindly contributed their photos, those that take the time to respond on the forums, etc. etc. ... I thank you all!

Thanks for the avatar Charles

Cheers,

- Pete

Denise · Post by **Denise** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:43 pm

Congrats Pete,

I think I speak for us all in saying thanks for this great site. I've learned so much already and am looking forward to the new butterfly season and the inevitable fantastic pics and banter.

Denise

Post by **Padfield** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:38 pm

I've been butterfly watching since I was 7 (in 1971) but it wasn't until the internet came along that I really met any other fanatics. I started putting my own photos up in 1999 (135356 unique visitors to date...) and was soon contacted by Tim Cowles and Matt Rowlings, with whom I have been on many fantastic trips in Switzerland and Spain. I've visited Roger Gibbons in the South of France and met Paul Kipling here in Switzerland, all because of the internet. Now, through UK Butterflies I feel I 'know' dozens more butterfly watchers and hope I will meet many of you in due course. Sites like this don't just inform and entertain - they bring together dissipated communities in a way quite unimaginable before. So on the occasion of our millionth visitor let me pour myself a pint of good English homebrew and drink to butterfly watchers everywhere!

Cheers!

And thanks, Pete,

Guy

Bryan H · Post by **Bryan H** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:28 pm

A special day! One million hits!
From all and sundry (and some twits

)
No more deserving, 'tis what I feels
For all the good work by Pete Eeles

Forego for now the 'wheres' and 'whys'
On this landmark for UK Butterflies
It surely is a fluttering feat
Our cheers go out to you, dear Pete!

Bryan

Robin · Post by **Robin** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:47 am

Brilliant webmaster!!

Brilliant website!!

Brilliant contributors!!

Brilliant achievement!!

It's a National Treasure

Well done and thanks Pete,

Robin

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:32 pm

padfield wrote: So on the occasion of our millionth visitor let me pour myself a pint of good English homebrew and drink to butterfly watchers everywhere!

I'll drink to that...I'll have a Guiness

Rogerdodge · Post by **Rogerdodge** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:22 pm

I also raise a glass to-

1, This brilliant site
2, The excellent Peter Eeles
3, All those really nice people I have met through this site
4, All those people I will meet in the future via this site.

Cheers
Cheers
Cheers
Cheers
hic

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:53 pm

Congratulations Pete et al, - great to be along for the ride!!

alex mclennan · Post by **alex mclennan** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:21 pm

Pete, a magnificent milestone! Very well done!
Guy, I shall probably be at The Eels Foot on Thursday night to see off a few real Adnams (Come to think of it, rather an appropriately named pub to celebrate Petes's success)
Alex

Post by **Padfield** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:28 pm

Yep - my brew is better than the local pissevache but can't hold a candle to the real thing!!! I'm jealous!

But you have changed my picture of the universe for ever, Alex. Henceforth it shall be the 'Eeles Foot'.

Guy

Gwenhwyfar · Post by **Gwenhwyfar** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:20 pm

Better late than never - Well done Pete you must be well chuffed.
Love your new banner on the home page too.

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:26 pm

Thanks Lisa ... er, Gwen!

Yeah - I obviously have too much time on my hands at the mo

Cheers,

- Pete

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:03 pm

well, better late too, well done, love the new flash banner. Really good work, well done.