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 Ali Ali Watters Post Count: 3869 Msg: #1 814 days ago, September 8th 2007 | Today travelblog.org hosted it's 200,000th blog entry. Here it is: Beer and Birthday Cake | Some time very soon we will be hosting 1.5 million travel photos. And some time after this the 50,000th blogger account will be opened. Travelblog quietly passed it's 5th birthday, April 5th 2002 was the date of the first post... some drivel about my last day of work before what I thought would be a one year travel experience. Travelblog.org is the second largest travel community on the internet (source alexa.com) - only virtual tourist has more activity. Also according to alexa travelblog.org is the 3,700th (ish) most popular site in Australia, 6,400th (ish) most popular in the UK - and up there in many other countries.  This site that reaches over 172K U.S. monthly uniques. The site attracts a somewhat female, youthful audience. The site's visitors' interests are travel (The Africa Guide, Lonely Planet, ASAPTickets Service, RickSteves as Guide), business & finance (The Economist, investopedia.com, Financial Times, Bloomberg) and magazines (Smithsonian, New Yorker, Popular Science, Stuff). According to quancast.com - travelblog.org is the 10,735th most visited site globally. Quancast.com report. Despite some very active competition from well funded corporations - this position is being maintained. I'd like to thank everyone who has joined, shared their travel experiences, stayed with the site through some tough times (only a few weeks ago!) - and sent messages of support that kept me going through all night work sessions. Travelblog is much greater than the sum of it's parts... Humble beginnings... [Edited: 10:03 - Ali ]  Jo Trouble Jo McCarthy Post Count: 3018 Msg: #2 814 days ago, September 8th 2007 | Congratulations Ali! | Quite appropriate that the 200,000th blog entry was a celebration :-)  ciotog og Sophie Post Count: 13 Msg: #3 813 days ago, September 8th 2007 | Congratulations indeed! Thanks for the great site, long may it continue! |  The Travel Camel Shane Dallas Post Count: 1042 Msg: #4 813 days ago, September 8th 2007 | I searched many travel related blog sites before joining here. Not only was the Travelblog layout easy to use, but there was one sentence in the terms and conditions that was the decisive reason - and it is simply this "You maintain copyright of all your photos and text." The majority of other free travel related blog sites reserve the right to use your photos and text if they so wish for whatever purpose - so congratulations to you Ali for not implementing this practice. |  travellingmum Bobbie Post Count: 108 Msg: #5 813 days ago, September 9th 2007 | congrats!!! | I love this site. I originally was looking for a journal site for my friends and family. Basically travelblog won hands down for clear crisp layout with non obtrusive advertising (some sites put advertising in the middle of your entry several times! it is amazing how ugly some sites are) being free (many you had to pay to join, or if you wanted to add photos you paid for that awesome community feeling and again for being so damn good looking well done Jo Trouble Jo McCarthy Post Count: 3018 Msg: #6 813 days ago, September 9th 2007 | and again for being so damn good looking Bobbie; you're talking about the site right? ;-) travellingmum Bobbie Post Count: 108 Msg: #7 813 days ago, September 9th 2007 | of course... | well maybe there are a few bloggers who might fit that title ;)  Mikey M Mike Meggiato Post Count: 325 Msg: #8 813 days ago, September 9th 2007 | Ali congats mate, truly a milestone that is a testament to all your efforts and the community spirit which has built up on the site, hopefully many more milestones will be achieved by what i feel is the best blog site on the planet. When im off traveling and im in your neck of the woods id love to get a few beers mate:) | Thx Mike:) [Edited: 09:54 - Mikey M - spelling gremlins]  Ellen Around the World Ellen Post Count: 102 Msg: #9 813 days ago, September 9th 2007 | Good one Ali! 5 days til I'm unemployed, but I do have a marketing degree, should you need help with a TB expansion Business/Marketing Plan. You'll find me learning to dive somewhere in SE Asia! | [Edited: 13:35 - Ellen Around the World ]  an88e agnes lim Post Count: 12 Msg: #10 812 days ago, September 10th 2007 | Congaratulations Ali! It's a celebration! | operasingr rebekah luisse Post Count: 5 Msg: #11 755 days ago, November 5th 2007 | Congratulations for taking all the risks and using your courage. Power on! |  Mell Mell Post Count: 13950 Msg: #12 755 days ago, November 6th 2007 | Yes, Congratulations from me too. :) | Number of Users: 10 | Number of Posts: 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
