100,000

2009 July 30

by Tyler

I took a glance at my Sitemeter hits the other day and realized this blog was creeping up on 100,000 hits. You might be wondering what the number means. Basically that number is representative of unique visits, not page views, so it is legit. Lots of “hits counters” count not only hits but page views into the same number and it is inaccurate because of that.

It is pretty humbling to see that many people have come here even though I’ve never thought of myself as a writer.

Money tends to be pretty tight around our household since we’re both in school and both working part time, but I wanted to do something for you the reader.

So…the person who visits my blog on exactly the 100,000th hit will get a Powell’s Bookstore $10 gift certificate. It should be able to buy you a book on their website or if you live in Portland, at their store. If you’re in Portland it would be fun to meet up there and hang out in the Red Room and have some World Cup coffee.

All you need to do to win is take a screen shot of the SiteMeter tracker (down towards the bottom right of the sidebar) of the number 100,000 and email it to me at tybraun//@//gmail.com

Good luck.

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http://melindalgroth.blogspot.com/ Melinda

Wow, celebrity! Congratulations!
Does it count subscribers? I have it sent to my email and no doubt you have RSS readers. Just wondering if it might be even higher than your meter count.
http://manofdepravity.com Tyler

That would be 2 separate things. Although if someone subscribes through RSS and comes to the actual web page that counts as a hit.
Danny

What does that have to do with Nazi currency?

cheers
Danny from Germany
http://manofdepravity.com Tyler

Absolutely nothing. Just thought it was an interesting picture of the number 100,000. Not many currencies have that figure.
http://manofdepravity.com Tyler

And honestly I didn’t know it was Nazi money, I just thought it was German money. I don’t know German that well (though I took it for 2 years in high school). I bet that is offensive to have on there. Let me know if it is and I can take it down.
rose braun

That is hilarious! I thought the number 100.000 on that picture looked cool too. I had no idea what it represented…just comes to show how clueless we Americans can be! ha!
http://www.richkirkpatrick.com Rich Kirkpatrick

Very nice! Glad I have been at least one of those hits..