Blog FeedWe’re One
That’s right folks, Aelon in it’s current blogging form was launched one year ago on this day. Before that, of course, we had a short 13 month stint at being a general gaming site with reviews and articles. I think our change of format to a blog based system was possibly the best move I ever made online - the site has since been a complete success. The time has passed pretty damn quickly, as it only feels like a short time ago that I was writing some of those articles I see are now 11 or 12 months old in the archive. Let’s go over what we’ve achieved to date…
- 96 blog entries including this one, from 10 different authors
- 745 comments totalling almost 80,000 words
- 58 different bits and pieces
- Two site designs - 1 2
- A pretty high ranking in this blog popularity contest, and this one
- A rank of #236 (out of over 34,000) last time I checked the SiteScore listing
- Some seriously popular articles
- An awesome group of forumers on boards which are only going to get more and more active
- An impressivley high proportion of users without IE as their browser
And things are only looking up. Last month we broke our own records for visitor numbers. This month isn’t even over, but we’ve broken them again (even more convincingly). Since we became a blog, we’ve had a six-fold increase in our monthly traffic. I’m not one to normally toot my own horn like this in front of everyone, but frankly I think the guys who are a part of this site all deserve a pat on the back. It’s been a great twelve months, with great content and a great community, so here’s to a great twelve more. And some more after that.
26th July | Reply
Incredible. I am very pleased to be a part of Aelon. Its continued growth has really kept me dedicated to the site and proud to be on the staff.
The past few months the site has really taken off and is becoming more than I imagined. Here is to many more years.
26th July | Reply
Now that I don’t actively mod anymore, I should get rid of IE once in for all…. but, I like upsetting you =P.
Kudos on the anniversary.
26th July | Reply
“An impressivley high proportion of users without IE as their browser”
thats because kangaroo nazi’s with an australian accent come to my house and smash my windows everytime I try to access aelon on IE…
26th July | Reply
Happy now?
26th July | Reply
In fairness to things, I think it was only relatively recently that the site started getting a reasonable number of articles, so expanding the number of authors is no doubt one of the biggest reasons why the site is becoming more popular. A small number of authors probably gets a little tired quickly but a nice diverse range keeps stuff relatively fresh, and that’s definitely a plus.
I’m still not sure of the site’s look though. If you go for another re-design, I’m voting for a warmer feeling…
26th July | Reply
Do we get cake?
26th July | Reply
The amount of cake given to each person is directly proportional to the number of posts and comments they have made on the blog. =P
As far as redesigning the site goes, Kelmon, I know I usually like to go for a new one every 6 months (so we’re already a month overdue for one), but I feel Aelons current design is functional and pleasing enough that it can last until Christmas. It’s unlike me, I know, but it also has to do with laziness and other web projects coming up which I am also procrastinating on.
26th July | Reply
So where’s my crumb then?
26th July | Reply
I believe you have to share your crumb with Tiny Tim… or fight him to the death for it.
Happy Birthday Aelon!
26th July | Reply
Hey guy, you can stop talking now.
It’s so time for ping pong.
Big ups!
26th July | Reply
Well, I’m pretty recent to Aelon - been reading regularly for only a couple months and made my first contribution just a few days ago, but I have to say: good game to Cyrris and Doc. This is a great site that you’ve got going, and it deserves to get a lot more attention.
There, enough sucking up. Where’s my cake?
26th July | Reply
eat my IE hit…
tee hee hee
27th July | Reply
Awesome sauce.
27th July | Reply
Happy Birthday Aelon.
Ive only been posting here since January(ish) but im glad that I do. I constantly enjoy coming here and posting, and the blog articles often help me to actually learn something!
And cheesecake is so much better than any other kind of cake.
28th July | Reply
I’ve been trying Firefox (Again) without modding… I feel like there’s not a huge difference, except for the fact that I prefer IE’s history.
Love being a heathen.
29th July | Reply
you could try firefox WITH some mods. I find navigating in firefox easier, where I have more relevant options in context menus (Copy link location, Copy image location, etc).
1st August | Reply
I just found out about this site, and I was instantly impressed. One of the sleakest designs I’ve seen in a long time and contents to match it. I think I’ll hang around for a while.