Back on March 15th, 2009, I was amazed to find that WUWT hit 10 million on the internal WordPress hit counter.
I started the WUWT blog in late November of 2006, and it took me over two years to get there
Now just six months later, I’m amazed again:
Despite the many people of the alarmism bent who dislike what we do here, WUWT continues to be popular. As always thanks to the many many readers, the guest contributors, and especially to our moderators dbs, Charles, and Evan who keep the flow of conversation going smoothly.
I’m grateful to all of you for the continued success and support. I’m especially grateful to those who spread WUWT links on other websites, helping to drive traffic here.
Now my most important question: what could WUWT do different or better?
– Anthony
It would be nice to sees stats on “newcomers”
Who knew talking about weather (sorry, climate) can be so interesting?
Cheers Anthony, dbs, Charles, and Evan. This site is my daily addiction.
OT but me thinks accuweather should be under Pro AGW sites. Look a this drivel
http://global-warming.accuweather.com/2009/09/longer_term_global_temperature.html#comments
Thank you and hats off to you and the team!
Great stuff Anthony. I know I hit your site twice a day and link a couple of times a week. I think part of the appeal is the well reasoned, non-inflamatory style you bring to the discussion.
Here’s to 40!
I wonder how many AGW scientists surreptitiously visit this site and quietly agree with the comments made here.
Wished I were the one who got the 20,000,000th hit 🙁
Congrats Mr Watts & thank you for this informative blog. Here’s to a cool 40 miilion by years end??
It seems a quiet respectful scientific news letter has a place in the new Internet world.
I like the threads BTW, they are mostly respectful and sometimes humorous.
I like the moderation but especially the resultant explanation rulings on topic and behaviour, like everything else it is detailed.
Congratulations Anthony
I believe that you are making a difference! Thank you for your efforts.
Mazel tov.
Thank you for your efforts. This site is a valuable source of climate related information combined with stimulating discussion and a good dose of entertainment. A true light in the wilderness of politically correct dogma.
Congratulations Anthony and to your team.
I have a college degree in physical science. I have learned so much on this webblog. It was very dishearting to hear the mooney interview where he basicly trashed this webblog. Thank you so much Mr Watts you have educated many many people.
It´s just unbelievable!. Congratulations!
Congrats on one of the best sites on the internet!!!!
Thank you, Anthony, for your graciousness. For articulating the scientific basis for the questions this non-scientist instinctively had with human-caused warming, and for not being so much a pro or anti AGW person, but instead a “let’s look at the data and let it lead us to a conclusion” person.
Thanks also for the firm hand of moderation. I am sure it hurts when it comes down, but it makes the site so much more enjoyable because it keeps some of the wildest speculations and the worst bile from overpowering the rest of the content.
So, thank you, Anthony, moderators, contributors, and learned audience participants (e.g., Leif). Know that even when you get into esoteric details that the rest of us will never understand, we’re still listening and hopefully learning.
I really like your site. I have only been reading it for a couple of months, but have learned a lot by doing so. Thank You.
Congratulations. You’re obviously doing something right, and it’s not simply serving as an echo chamber. Keep it up.
I’m an addict. As always, Anthony, Thanks. I’m voting with my wallet. I suggest all the rest of you do the same. We need to keep this kind of information flowing. It’s a very small price to pay.
Anthony – Many congratulations to yourself and your worthy colleagues who help run this site. Congratulations too to the regular posters who help make the site what it is.
What you should know is that people like me (and there are probably thousands of people like me) come to this site on a very regular basis (in my own case, usually daily). We never post, we never ask questions and we never get involved in the various threads. But we do read. We do think about what is discussed here. And we do use the information to help us form our own opinions.
Here in the UK, it’s very, very hard to get any information through the normal media outlets other than that which follows the AGW/ACC line – apart from one or two columnist/reporters. I am sure those living in other countries around the world find exactly the same. So blogs like yours actually perform a very important service. It really does help to be able to look at things from a different perspective. It really does help to see the hard but, generally, fair critiques of the various papers, reports and general information released.
Many thanks and long may you continue.
It might be nice to include a contribution to support the site along with all the kudos.
Congrats and thanks from Denmark.
CO2 is LIFE
Congratulations, Anthony and moderators! Excellent site in all respects. This is what the internet should be!