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Major Milestone
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:15 pm
by Pete Eeles
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
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:15 pm
by Nigel
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
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:29 pm
by Martin
Congratulations Pete...time to think about selling advertising space?
Martin.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:47 pm
by Mike Young
Congratulations Pete, a fine achievement.
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 2:00 pm
by Charles Nicol
excellent news Pete !!
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:03 pm
by George
Well done Pete - it is a fantastic site and many thanks for all your hard work.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:21 pm
by Padfield
It was me, Pete. Do I get a prize?
Guy
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:31 pm
by Pete Eeles
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
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:43 pm
by Denise
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
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:38 pm
by Padfield
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
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:28 pm
by Bryan H
A special day! One million hits!
From all and sundry (and some twits
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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
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:47 am
by Robin
Brilliant webmaster!!
Brilliant website!!
Brilliant contributors!!
Brilliant achievement!!
It's a National Treasure
Well done and thanks Pete,
Robin
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:32 pm
by Martin
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
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:22 pm
by Rogerdodge
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
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:53 pm
by Paul
Congratulations Pete et al, - great to be along for the ride!!
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:21 pm
by alex mclennan
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
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:28 pm
by Padfield
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
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:20 pm
by Gwenhwyfar
Better late than never - Well done Pete you must be well chuffed.
Love your new banner on the home page too.
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:26 pm
by Pete Eeles
Thanks Lisa ... er, Gwen!
Yeah - I obviously have too much time on my hands at the mo
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:03 pm
by Dave McCormick
well, better late too, well done, love the new flash banner. Really good work, well done.
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