{"id":21454,"date":"2016-05-20T16:39:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T21:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidmcelroy.org\/?p=21454"},"modified":"2016-05-20T16:39:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T21:39:39","slug":"thank-you-for-being-among-my-first-million-readers-over-last-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcelroy.org\/?p=21454","title":{"rendered":"Thank you for being among my first million readers over last five years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By the standards of a major website, this isn\u2019t a big deal, but it\u2019s a very big deal to me that this site has now had more than a million visitors since it started five years and one week ago.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t sure what I intended this to be when I launched and it has definitely evolved through several stages. I\u2019ve published 1,418 articles \u2014 not all of which I still agree with, because my own thoughts about what’s important have changed over the years. I’ve elected to leave everything from the past, even the things I wish I hadn’t written, because they show a lot about my own evolution. I haven’t been writing as much for the last six months to a year, but I have a feeling I’ll return to writing more eventually.<\/p>\n

According to Google Analytics, I\u2019ve had visitors from 224 countries in five years. When I used to write more about U.S. politics, my readership was about 75 percent American, but slightly more than half of my current traffic comes from outside the United States. Having readers from all over the world makes me happy.<\/p>\n

Texas has sent more readers than any other U.S. state, followed closely by California and New York. After the U.S., most of my readers come from Great Britain, Canada, India and Australia. Of non-English-speaking countries, Germany sends the most readers.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what I\u2019ll make of the site in the future, but the first five years have been memorable for me.\u00a0There are still billions of people who\u2019ve never heard of me, so I have a long way to go. Still, this is a nice milestone to hit.<\/p>\n

Thanks to everybody who has visited at some point and been one of those first million readers. I appreciate you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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