I was all set to be disappointed before Christian sent me his quarterly report on how the site was doing, since the last report on July 2nd. He kept emailing me during the past week with dire warnings not to get my hopes up, because September had not yet reached the numbers for August. The first things I noticed in his email today were all the smileys and glasses of wine. 🙂 I’ll bet all of you thought that Christian, being of German descent, was a very calm and deliberate person. Well you’re WRONG!! He is a very funny man. Now on to the statistics.
We did well. Okay we did incredibly well!! Oh alright, we are rocking!!! 🙂 To show how much I’m jumping for joy I’m sending all of you a bottle of virtual Absolut vodka, including the hunk. 🙂
I hope that Val takes her pills before she reads this report because she is a nerd just like Christian; last time she tried to bill me for the cost of a keyboard when she spilled her coffee. How cheesy was that? Kidding!! The numbers speak for themselves but I’ll give you a brief rundown:
Our total number of hits for 3 months was 17,088,329 bringing the grand total since we moved the site in the middle of July last year to a staggering 46,461,425. The number of actual visitors increased from 528,287 to 804,065. September was a banner month with 100,000+ visitors!!! This success is all due to the outstanding guest reviewers – Aunt Lynn, Jenre, Kassa, Val, Lily, John, Leslie, TJ, Buda, Stacey and our new movie reviewer, Nathan. I must give special thanks to Tam who always comes up with the funniest naughtiest posts. A huge ‘thank you’ to all of our wonderful contributors, most of whom are authors, and I appreciate very much that they take time out from their writing to post on the site and by doing so help their fellow authors and you, the readers. Of course Christian Otto, our Webmaster, is the one who keeps the site running and he knows how I feel about him.
You bloggers have been incredible and I can’t thank you enough for always logging on and checking out the posts. Now if only I can get you to comment more on the reviews, that would be a great achievement and it would also make the reviewers happy campers. 🙂
I am very pleased that visitors have joined us from the following countries recently: Antarctica, Azerbijan, Iceland, Guernsey, Palestinian Territory, Yemeni, Andorra, Cameroon, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Cayman Islands, Kuwait, Belarus, Maldives, Iceland, Quatar, Benin, St. Kitts and Nevis, to name just a few of the 162 countries from where you access the site. Thank you guys for visiting and I hope that you will return as well as comment from time to time, and if you have any suggestions for improving the site please email me.
Here are the numbers in detail. Isn’t the chart pretty? LOL You can enlarge it by clicking on it.
Ummm, I am TOTALLY freaked out to be associated with a site with that many hits, visitors, etc. Eeeek. How did I get here? 🙂
It’s a good freaked out though.
Tam
YOU’re freaked? What about me? I was reminding Christian this morning how he had to drag me, kicking and screaming, from the blog. I loved it so much despite all the complaints that bloggers could not access it since it couldn’t cope with the load. 🙂
I think we all did good and Saturdays are not the same without you. 🙂 BTW, in case you were thinking about it, the raises are the same as last time. LOL
Wow looks reaaaaly good! Three wave hooray!
Ingrid
This is due to you bloggers in large measure. Thank you so much for your support. Enjoy the vodka – sorry it’s not the real thing. 🙂
I got the real stuff in the cupboard, don’t worry 😀
without the hunk though
Ingrid you should share with Christian. He needs a drink after getting emails from me every week. LOL
One double wodka on the rocks on its way 🙂
🙂
Got it! Thanks Ingrid. 🙂
I hope that Val takes her pills before she reads this report because she is a nerd just like Christian; last time she tried to bill me for the cost of a keyboard when she spilled her coffee. How cheesy was that? Kidding!!
Ha, ha! I do tend to have a total meltdown over statistics as impressive as these. Wave, this is just outstanding! I’m so pleased. 😀
Val
You guys are the ones who are outstanding for all your hard work, week after week. I think Ingrid should send us a bottle from her stash. 🙂
WOW! This is very impressive Wave. I join Tam in being totally freaked out to be associated with a site which 100,000 people read in a month! That is freaking unbelievable. Congratulations. And thank you and the guest reviews, the fabulous Christian and of course all of the bloggers who stop by and read and comment. This site would not be what it is without every one of you!
TJ
Thank YOU. Since I conned (I mean asked) 🙂 you to help out with writing reviews your contribution has been stellar. I’m so lucky that you guys like it here well enough to stay. I’m sure Buda will ask for a raise. 🙂
We should get Ingrid to send you some of what she’s drinking. She’s such a lush. 🙂
Thank you kindly Wave. And Hey – I went on strike for a whole week and got nothing! No raise for Buda.
Does Ingrid have bourbon? 😉
He’s getting the same raise as you – a big fat cheque from John when his oil wells come in.
There’s no bourbon in the Netherlands. 🙂
Wow! Talk about amazing! Great job, everyone! Congratulations, Wave!!
Hey Buda
Thank YOU too. You did contribute and I appreciate it muchly. It’s too bad we can’t take those numbers to the bank. 🙂
Christian – Your charts are beautiful. Like number porn! lol
Buda
Number porn??? I’ve never heard of that one. Damn! You, Christian and Val have your own language. LOL
LOL They are, aren’t they? *g*
*frozen in awe*
Those numbers are fantastic, Wave, huge congratulations! 🙂
And a huge thank you to you and your fabulous team for the time and effort to create such a great site! (that sounds a bit cheesy, right? but I guess you can deal with that after a shot of vodka/hunk or two… ;))
ETA: screw the vodka/hunk. “Number porn” is much better. Thanks buda for THAT! *lol*
Hey Lilli
Thank you for being a part of our success. Buda can make just about anything into porn. 🙂
I’m going for the vodka because of the naked hunk.
Congrats Wave!! I’ll ignore the slam about the travel budget. grin When my oilwell comes in, I’m treating. But don’t hold your breath.
Honored to be a small part of your success.
Hey John
It’s not my success it’s OUR success. We’re already spending the money from your oil wells because Christian has warned me that we need to move again – the site is creaking under the weight of the numbers. 🙂 Does he think I’m made of money? Next he’ll want to travel to Berkeley to meet with Lynn about the new site. LOL
Great idea, Wave! Want! ;D
Christian
I’ll give you Lynn’s phone number so that you can TALK to her instead of going to California. Do you think I’m rich like that man from Texas – John?? The oil wells in Canada are in Alberta which is almost as far away from where I live as Germany. LOL
WOW!!! What totally AWESOME news! Congrats!!!
Thanks Ben. It means a lot. 🙂 I’m constantly amazed at the hard work that everyone puts in, regardless of their busy schedules.
These are very impressive numbers and even me, as a self-confessed maths idiot, can see the growth in traffic. Well done Wave. Your hard work and dedication to this site really pays off.
Now, about my bottle of vodka….. :).
Hi Jen
Thank you, but you should pat yourself on the back. You worked very hard and almost doubled your outoput of reviews when the guest reviewers were dropping like flies in the summer – you even picked me up a time or two, for which I’m very grateful. 🙂 That’s what I mean by “team effort”.
You didn’t get the vodka??? That damn Christian!! He promised to send it out to everyone – I guess he’s drinking again. LOL
:#)
That’s fabulous!
Sorry I don’t always comment – sometimes there’s enough time to read but not to comment because I have a small child pulling at my clothing and dragging my hands away from the keyboard! Also, the clicking of the keyboard drives my husband crazy if he’s in the room. I’ll try to comment more often, though. Rest assured, even if I don’t, it’s not because I’m not enjoying reading the reviews. 🙂
Josephine
Thanks for commenting. I know that all of the loyal readers on the site have other responsibilities and the comments have improved. 🙂
holy…cow, impressing numbers!
On the other hand, what’s there to wonder at? Your page is simply great, it’s as simple as that.
Reading the list of visitor’s home countries I can’t help wondering who reads m/m in ANTARCTICA?
Guess they need something to get warm from within,though. Whoever this is will be mighty grateful for the Absolute including hunk, don’t you think?
Hi Feliz
I thought it was awesome that someone was logging on from Antarctica. I guess there are M/M readers all over the world. Who knew? 🙂 I hope he or she enjoys their virtual bottle of Absolute vodka as well as the hunk. LOL Even more awesome are some of the readers who log on from countries where being gay, or even reading the material on the site, could land them in jail or even worse.
Thanks for supporting the site Feliz – you are one of the readers who always drops by and comments. 🙂
It’s not surprising to me that the numbers are good. Though I don’t comment much, I stop by twice a day to see what’s new and find ideas for my reading list. The problem I have is that I wind up with too many ideas for the reading time I have available. 🙂 Obviously, I need to start working less and reading more. 🙂
Thanks to everyone who puts in the effort to make this site such a great resource.
Jeffrey
I personally value each and every blogger who drops by this site and it’s thanks to you and others like you that made the numbers what they are.
I noticed that lately you are commenting more and the guest reviewers and I appreciate that. 🙂
Jeffrey, when you figure out the key to working less so we can read more, please let me know. This is my problem, too!
My reading list seems to keep growing and growing, but my time doesn’t grow by equal measures. 😉
Congratulations Wave!! I know you have lots of help with the site, but you’re the “mom” and deserve a heaping helping of kudos 🙂
Hi Wren
Congratulations on the new book first of all. I’m looking forward to the review which is coming up soon. 🙂
Thanks for the compliment but you know it’s a joint effort because you’re one of my biggest helpers. I promise to send you the information I promised this week – I pulled it out just yesterday and am working on it.
Thanks Wave. You know I am happy to help!
Wow! Great numbers, but there is a reason for that…This site is wonderful, the reviewers are great, the content amazing and I don’t think there has been a single post that I did not enjoy! Great job Wave and everyone! I said it before, but it bears repeating: I love it here, and I know it’s a lot of work, so hats off to all of you that help bring it to a greedy girl like myself. Thanks and Congrats on the amazing numbers….I hope they keep growing. 🙂
Elaine
Thank you on behalf of everyone who puts on this show, and believe me, it takes a lot of us to write the content you read. You just have to look at the names on the posts to get an idea of how many of us contribute.
I know that those are incredible numbers and I realize that someday Christian will burst my bubble but so far it’s a wonderful ride. 🙂
Congratulations, Wave. I look forward to checking out the site everyday both for the thoughtful pieces of writing by the guest authors and the interesting reviews. And, of course, Tam’s creative contributions!
Patty
Bloggers tell me all the time they check out the site every day and that’s such great news for all of us because it means that you like what we’re saying. 🙂
>> And, of course, Tam’s creative contributions! << You are so discreet. LOL
Marvellous statistics, congratulations on everyone’s hard work and commitment and just general overall LURV :).
(and sorry for the late comment from me…)
I did want to post here my immense gratitude for all the great work the reviewers do. I really do appreciate it as both reader and author, and I *love* reading them! But although I also appreciate your call for more comments from the readers – who doesn’t like feedback?! – I’d have to say that I for one am wary of commenting on fellow authors’ reviews, after being cyber-bullied the last time I did :). But I’ll certainly bear it in mind for future.
Keep up the great work! 🙂
Hi Clare
Thanks for commenting. I’m really happy with the stats and will try harder to keep all the regulars.
We are all appreciative of the authors who help out on the site and while not every book is deserving of 5 stars or 4 stars we try to be constructive when we review.
I understand how you feel but that was one author’s followers and she should be ashamed of herself for sending in her attack dogs. It just goes to show that there are horrible people in every profession. I hope you will feel comfortable enough at some point to comment again on reviews because the reviewers work very hard, and without feedback we won’t know if we are doing a good job or getting it right. 🙂
This? Very cool. And a sign that people really do appreciate all you guys’ hard work… and possibly point others in your direction! 🙂
Of course, with all the fun (and funny) posts, pretty pictures, fair reviews and witty banter, it’s hardly surprising that word’s clearly been getting out.
Congratulations on such incredible stats! Well deserved!
~Tis
Thank you so much Tis. I think its probably the the fun posts, witty banter and hot guys. LOL We do try to have fun while slaving away over those tough reviews – don’t want those authors to think we’re not looking when they try to slip one by us. 🙂
I found your site in the last 6 months, Jane Seville’s site recommended it for reviews. The reviews are helpful but what brings me back to this site so frequently are the extra articles and the friendly supportive tone of this community. I had my sons read the coming-out stories. The author articles are an interesting insight into the industry. Thanks to all the contributors. I can always count on smiling when I come here!
Congradulations!
Thank you Reggie. We can’t be all things to everyone but we try to write funny, insightful posts as well as reviews. I’m so glad you had your sons read the coming out stories. That is I think the post of which I’m most proud and I thank the guys who let us into their lives for a few brief moments. They are wonderful to do what they did.
Everyone on the site contributes in his or her own way and I appreciate them all.
Congrats to all who maintain & work on this website!
I visit often because it is a great place to find reviews, author interviews, and the many varied topics covered.
Rdafan7
Thank you for visiting. We are trying to improve every day and vary the content as much as possible.