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 ;)
uhm
May 2nd, 2008 at 02:42
Im here every day, sir. This is a great way to check whats new without combing lots of forums. Keep it up!
Wunz
May 2nd, 2008 at 03:32
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!
Wix
May 2nd, 2008 at 03:53
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.
andresimparts
May 2nd, 2008 at 04:32
Many greetings, you deserve it!!
amgsport
May 2nd, 2008 at 04:50
Congrats! Very nice. Keep up the great work.
Anonymous
May 2nd, 2008 at 09:05
Great news to hear.
Its a very nice site with important news about rFactor.
Thanks
Franklin
League Director Benelux Racing Online
gtrNL
May 2nd, 2008 at 09:20
I love this place, come here 3 times a day on some days.
Keep it up!
dabona
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:22
Grats Montoya…kepp up the great work. I am here several times a day.
Ciccio
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:27
No word!
THANKSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
deks
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:39
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
May 2nd, 2008 at 10:57
Congrats! Please keep it up with your great work.
Markus Möller
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:23
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
May 2nd, 2008 at 13:08
Congratulations Montoya.
You do a great job and you site becomes so important than RFC, RSC or Nogrip in my daily visits.
Montoya
May 2nd, 2008 at 13:12
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 :)
Gerdoner
May 2nd, 2008 at 14:51
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 ;)
Cristi Rus
May 2nd, 2008 at 17:31
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.
CuttlefishTech
May 3rd, 2008 at 09:55
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
May 3rd, 2008 at 11:22
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!