Blog’s 1st Year Anniversary

Today one year ago on June 12, 2008, I created “The Mayor’s Blog” as a means of keeping the residents of the City of Apalachicola informed as to the daily activities of their city government.

However, since that June 12 date, the popularity of this blog has grown to receive hits from 68 other cities and 19 states within the United States alone.

In addition, the blog has received hits from seven other countries, which include the countries of India, Bulgaria, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Spain, and Slovakia plus eight different cities within those countries.

During the 12-month period from June 2008 through June 2009, I’ve posted over 230 posts covering a range of subjects from the city’s budget to community events and received over 8,000 hits.

The posts receiving the most hits was the thread concerning the Tri-State Water Wars, that thread alone has accounted for more hits from the States of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas and Washington, D.C. than any other posts thus far.

With an estimated 100 million blogs over the internet, that’s not bad for a first year blog.

Because of this, I just like to thank each of you for taking time out to visit and for being interested in what I have to say.

I trust that you’ll stick around as I continue to use this tool to keep both you and the residents of the Historic City of Apalachicola informed.