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Lucky Numbers – Part Two

Posted on May 2nd, 2008 in Misc – 18 Comments

At the very last day of 2007, I first expressed my surprise on how this blog has developed. Four months later, the numbers are even more impressive and I continue to be amazed on how VirtualR has developed.

In April, almost 200.000 users visited these pages, looking for downloads and the latest previews. That’s three times of my December 2007 visitors which I thought would never been topped. Another impressive figure are the RSS subscribers – More than 400 people have already subscribed to the RSS feed or the email updates. That does not include the category-specific feeds as I have no way to track them.

When I switched to the new 2.0 design, I was somewhat afraid that people would not like it. Now, six weeks later, I´m still happy with the look and most of you seem to dig it too! The final bug with the gallery and the adverts is (almost) ironed out – My apologies that very few banners manage to break through the new gallery too, there is simply no way to stop that.

All in all, a very pleasant development that I enjoy a lot. Working on this site has become a big part of my life as I spent quite some time of my day diggin for news, posting items and thinking of ways to improve the user experience.

I hope most of you won’t mind a “behind the scenes item” like that now and then. Apologies to those who read it all just to figure that it’s boring ;)


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  • uhm

    Im here every day, sir. This is a great way to check whats new without combing lots of forums. Keep it up!

  • http://www.mohamet.dk Wunz

    x2 from me :)[MohametRaceClub]Endurance Rank 2008

    Im here every day, sir. This is a great way to check whats new without combing lots of forums. Keep it up!

  • http://www.bsim-racing.com Wix

    Congrats Montoya.
    http://www.bsim-racing.com had about 150.000 visits in April. so i guess we have allot of mutual friends. Keep up the good work and succes on the Autosimsport venture.

  • http://www.andresimparts.com andresimparts

    Many greetings, you deserve it!!

  • amgsport

    Congrats! Very nice. Keep up the great work.

  • Anonymous

    Great news to hear.

    Its a very nice site with important news about rFactor.
    Thanks

    Franklin
    League Director Benelux Racing Online

  • gtrNL

    I love this place, come here 3 times a day on some days.

    Keep it up!

  • http://www.virtualracing.org dabona

    Grats Montoya…kepp up the great work. I am here several times a day.

  • Ciccio

    No word!
    THANKSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • deks

    I usually visit it 3-5 times a day.. no such place with all important info on 1 page
    keep up the great work!

  • AS-GTR

    Congrats! Please keep it up with your great work.

  • http://genetrax.de.vu Markus Möller

    I’ve discovered your site just some weeks ago, and i LOVE it :smile: i visit this place 1-2 times a day to get the latest news about our beloved hobby. keep it up :mrgreen:

  • crobol

    Congratulations Montoya.

    You do a great job and you site becomes so important than RFC, RSC or Nogrip in my daily visits.

  • http://www.virtualr.net Montoya

    Thanks for the kind word guys. I wasn’t really trying to fish for compliments, just thought you guys would appreciate to know how the site was doing :)

  • http://sonicrealmsracing.co.uk Gerdoner

    I’m a regular visitor (ca since Jan 17th), and your site rocks. Visit it 2-3 times a day… Keep up the good work.
    Oh, I have to say that you’ve got a strange day rythm since often you post news in the middle of the night ;)

  • http://cristi.idesign.ro/ Cristi Rus

    Hi, I follow daily this blog and it is very nice not having to go through tens of websites. I’ll add it to my blogroll and I think I’ll squeeze a little banner on my blog as well for support :)
    Keep up the good work.
    Cristi.

  • http://www.cuttlefishtech.com CuttlefishTech

    Thanks Montoya!

    I’m one of your 400 RSS subscribers! It’s certainly a great feature, and it lets me avoid all those “lame” old historic mods while focusing on the cutting edge! I’ve also appreciate your coverage or RaceDriver GRID, and I hope you continue to highlight games and mods beyond rFactor and GTR2!

  • Bram

    Thanks dude! I’m also a regular who has this site on the daily watchlist, its great to stay up to date on whats happening in a easy way. Keep up the great work!

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