The Mayor’s Blog celebrates its 2nd year anniversary

This past Saturday, June 12, 2010, marked the second full year since the conception of “The Mayor’s Blog”, created as a means of keeping YOU the residents of Apalachicola up-to-date concerning the activities of YOUR local government.

Your frequent visits and comments is the fuel that has kept this blog going over the past two years, and I just like to say THANK YOU. Those comments have been extremely helpful, as they have served as one of many ways for me to gauge the pulse of the community.

I am very excited to be celebrating this milestone with all of you; however, before we start the celebration, let’s take a quick look at what’s been going on over the past two years.

- To date, I have written 489 blog posts, including this one.

-New traffic to the site increased by 30.32% over the past year.

- Readers from 33 different countries have visited this blog, with most of the traffic coming from Canada and India.

- The blog has received traffic from every state in the union with the exception of Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont.

- Out of all the states that visited, Florida, Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and North Carolina accounted for most of the traffic.

- 133 cities within the State of Florida have visited the blog, with the majority of traffic coming from visitors living in and around Apalachicola.

-Posts receiving the most hits were the ones written about the Tri-State Water War and the Grand Opening of the City’s Community Youth Service Complex.

However, the greatest news of all is YOU, the followers of “The Mayor’s Blog”. I have really enjoyed using this means to communicate with you and I’m looking forward to many more conversations in the years to come.