By the time you read this, Rugby-Talk had already glided seemlessly past 10 MILLION PAGE IMPRESSIONS (10 Million CLICKS to open or refresh the different Articles or Pages of Rugby-Talk).
For a website which started as a little discussion website between friends, about rugby and as a break-away movement from another rugby website which had resorted to racism, political immaturity, trolling, endless insults and general abuse, it’s not shabby at all, would’nt you say!!
Rugby-Talk is, according to my reconing now the prime Rugby discussion forum in the world, carrying impressive rugby news and information and has become the benchmark for rugby blogging in the known universe and has become the best rugby community on the Internet.
At around 21:38 SA Time on Sunday 18 May 2014, we went over the magic 10 Million mark.
Let me give you some facts and figures to ponder, about Rugby-Talk:
- In excess of 420 000 Page Impressions a month, highest so far was in March 2014 (451 296 Page Impressions)
- Over 50 000 Individual Visits per month, highest so far was in March 2014 (61 490 Visits)
- 9 318 Rugby and related Articles published
- 206 Additional Web Pages
- 330 986 Comments by subscribers
- Media Accreditation with the IRB, SARU, NZRU, ARU, RFU, FRU, WRU, IRU, SRU, all 14 SA Rugby Unions, all 16 Super Rugby Franchises and various UK & European Clubs and bodies
- Busiest days on Rugby-Talk: Saturdays, Fridays, Thursdays & Mondays
- We have a global viewer and contributor footprint, with South Africa providing the biggest following, followed by the UK, Europe, North America (USA & Canada), Australia, New Zealand and activity in every country on the globe, even on remote islands in the Pacific Ocean. We are read in Japan, China, Korea, the old Russian Federation States, the UAE, Mongolia… well all over really
- Rugby-Talk is read and indexed by all the major Search Engines, including Google, Bing, Yahoo, MSN, Alexa, Ananzi and countless others
- Viewed on Platforms with web browsers ranging from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, Android Browser, Blackberry, iBrowse and wherever else the internet can be accesed from
- Rugby-Talk started on 13 August 2009 and is therefore just shy of 5 years old at this juncture
The little hobby has grown into a monster, the group of friends has grown into a community.
Friends gather on Rugby-Talk to discuss and celebrate rugby, new friendhips are made, news is shared and the debate is always respectful.
No wonder that Rugby-Talk has become known as “The Friendly Rugby Website and Discussion Forum”.
When I initiated Rugby-Talk, I never thought it would go so far and become what it has become. I am a proud “Daddy” of the little child which has grown into this powerful individual.
At a juncture like this, one reaches back to those one has to thank for their contributions and the help along the way… well I am quite speechless actually, thankful and happy does not aptly describe the feeling. So let me just thank each and every reader, contributor, author and friend, from the bottom of my heart.
Let me continue by thanking my family, specially my wife Annelie – I tend to call her Handbriekie from time to time, because someone has to put the brakes on in order to reign me in at times otherwise I might explode with the exuberance of life.
Also a special word of thanks to BGB Investments (Pty) Ltd trading as Big Bang Events & Marketing Solutions, the marketing company who has now also started handling the Commercial Elements of Rugby-Talk, with Directors Annelie Geldenhuys, Angelique Booysen, Leoni Bekker and Attie Bekker…. I see a bright and lucrative future together and look forward to implimenting the plans now formulated and to put them into action.
All in all, it makes the money I have spent from my personal pockets, to host, maintain and develop Rugby-Talk an absolute privilige and a pleasure.
As you know, Rugby-Talk has absorbed countless hours of mine, to get it where it is and where it will be going, so I consider myself blessed with the good health and fortune I have had over the years, to be able to continue with Rugby-Talk. It has not all been plain sailing, sacrifices have had to be made, priorities re-arranged, friendships re-eveluated, time-management re-routed and the most difficult part has maybe been to act as “Policeman on the job” to keep trolls and riff-raff out and to set the tone for the friendly rugby community.
Luckily I have very, very few nasty issues to contend with, very few occasions where I have to show someone the door… and a heap of friends who watch out for Rugby-Talk with me!
Rugby-Talk continues to grow, every month and will continue to prosper, even in this difficult economic climate where Media Houses are often hit hardest, all of it due to the solid foundations laid, the passion involved and the support we receive.
The Milestone Counter is right at the bottom of each and every Rugby-Talk Page!
Rugby-Talk has also been a wonderful impliment and school master in making me a better person, a more knowlegeable rugby man, better pogrammer and to hone some IT skills I had wanted to do for a long time. I have indeed learnt a lot and will continue to do so.
Today I am proud to be a Rugby-Talker!
Regards,
It’s been a privilage, a passion, a work, a work in progress, a place to relax, a place to enjoy rugby, a place to make friends!
It’s been a blessing, a curse, an addiction, a comfort.
It is all good!
It’s been a labour of love, it’s been hard labour, it has kept me awake when I should have been sleeping…
The BIG count has begun… less than 50 to go
Just 40 more
Make that 30
15 to go!
8 to Go….
6 To Go
4 To Go
2 To Go!
Kaboooooooooom!
It is done, the 10 Million is complete!
Congratulations, GBS ❗ To mark the occasion, I would like us all to take a moment to think about how awesome the Sharks are
(I knew you would like that.)
Congratulations GBS! You certainly put a lot of effort into our site, thanks a lot for having us on board.
Rugby is special and so feel all of us.
To have a mature audience to share our thoughts with is a central place is rare and wonderful.
Made some acquaintances here that turned into real life friends, that the best part!
Thank you for all the hard work GBS, to you and the team
Be well
Congrats Grootblousmile.
Great work done by you. Keep it up and enjoy the fruits of your labour.
You deserve it.
Thanks for the friendship we have because of our passion. I am glad you led us away from that unpleasant Rugby site to this
so paar ou segoed , van daai tyd……..
Isigidi-
Baas belsuit om blondie se wiskunde te toets.
Baas: As ek jou R5 miljoen gee minus 17 ? – Hoeveel trek jy af?
Blondie: Alles meneer. Skoene, rok bra, pantie – FOKKEN ALLES!
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009, Pietman in Korea wrote:
Rudi,
PisMier is n goeie roep.
Wag tot sy eerste artikel verskyn en kyk hoe versprei die varkgriep op keo, hulle gaan hulle bekuk oor sy teenwoordigheid by ons!
n Maand terug het hulle gese die site is niks meer as GBS se FB nie, hulle dink nou bietjie anders.
Em met Pismier daar kan hulle nie die Orania kaart so lekker speel nie.
Ek het Morne Pissmier gebel…….. hy is nou amptelik een van ons Authors… en soortgelyk het ek nou Author-status op Ruggaworld gekry.
Morne gaan sorg dat hy behoorlik bydra en blog by ons… en ons het toestemming om 2 Artikels per dag vanaf Ruggaworld netso te Copy en Paste… en hulle mag 2 Artikels per dag van ons RT copy & Paste.
Hulle het daaraan gedink om Ruggaworld te shelf / cann / Discontinue… so ek sien ‘n ding vir die toekoms…. Rugby-Talk gaan die groot ene word…
Ek het ook heelwat antwoorde gekry vir ons Reply To Button….
Hier gebeur die dinge !!
Gooooooooooooooi Mieliesssssssssss !!
Paul said-
Jy beter ons almal vooraf waarsku oor daai “reply to” button sodat ons die brandewyn en sletsappies kan regkry!
Lekker om bietjie terug te kyk na die begin, voel soos gister.
Nogmaals GELUK GBS
KEO in 2009
• 94. Diliza :
September 2nd, 2009 at 3:18 pm
#92 Transformation: I have no interest in joining the great trek, for one I’ve just joined the site.There’s just such an anti-climatic feel about this place,almost synonymous with arriving in Berlin in 1945.
You know a major war was waged,but all you have left are the vestiges of the conflict & a population of peace loving citizens who are scared of their own shadow let along constructive debatse. Hell I even through out the juiciest bait,Luke Watson take a bow,and all I got was a “shut up” from Dawn and a very quick retort through the time honoured fashion of sarcasm(weapon of choice for the not so witty) from Gunther.
• 95. Martin :
September 2nd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
#88 Diliza: the real fact of the matter is that this medium has/is used by certain bloggers to push their agendas than to talk rugby and the moderator allows it as it pushes up the hits.the majority of knowledegble bloggers have taken this exodus to the detriment of this blog.
Well done!
Well done GBS.
Big day indeed.
Ons praat baie kak, en partykeer maak ons mense kwaad
But it has been a privilege to share this site with you all
I will never forget the day when Pietman and I decided to call it a day on Voldy… 28 July 2009.
We just decided enough was enough, that we would take our things and make our own thing.
We announced to all at Voldy that we were going and we just left, never to return there again.
I am sure most thought we would simply be back there soon enough, but it never happened.
Who was to know that a few measly years later exactly the opposite happened, and that Voldy is no more, with OUR website the one going forward.
I have one flaw and failing in life, which is possibly also one of my biggest plus points… I always dream big and I am stubborn and persistent enough to make it work!
Come ON, let’s make this thread one of the best ever, a celebration, a real party thread!
Come on, everybody join in, old hands here, our new friends… everybody!
Congrats, GBS, great and informative site, and to everyone else for their knowledgeable contributions. I think I almost understand what rugby is all about now.
24 @ Just For Kicks:
Hehehehe
Thanks Kickers
16, 17 & 18 @ superBul:
Hehehehe
Who would have thought we would get so big!
Classic quotes!
13 @ kaksioek:
Farkit, I expected a dry and twisted comment from you… but involving the Sharks is a new low, even for you!
14 @ Bullscot:
A very personal word of thanks to you, Bully, my friend… you are by far the 2nd most active author here now, keeping our European content going so well!
It is appreciated… would have been good if we could have shared a doppie on this milestone together!
Thanks Gena, Nortie & MoooosaBull… much appreciated!
20 @ Scrumdown:
Mr Kempies, another of our Authors… thanks boeta, thanks for keeping the Lions end up, here!
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