Overnight, another milestone occurred. As of 6:20 AM PST, the WUWT hit counter shows:
Thank you readers, thank you moderators, thank you guest contributors.
Traffic has slowed from about half of what it was during the heady days of Climategate and Copenhagen in December, but I note that this is not unique to WUWT, as other climate blogs have also experienced similar drops since then. However I’m pleased to say that WUWT has kept many new readers since then.
Here’s an Alexa comparison of WUWT and four other commonly visited climate websites:
For my part, I’ve gone through a period of exhaustion and illness due to keeping up the pace a couple of weeks back, and for awhile, resorted to posting a lot of press releases rather than analysis and commentary.
This is why I value the work of our volunteer moderation team and our guest contributors so much. You have my heartfelt thanks for your continued efforts.
At the moment, I’m facing survival issues with my own business due to the downturn the economy has suffered, and I’ll be unable to put as much time into WUWT as I have in the past. Even the Google Ad words hits have dropped off as the economy cools. The economy has finally caught up to my little niche.
Given the situation, I hope readers will forgive me if I showcase a weather station product or two in the future as a way to gain revenue. WUWT gets more hits than my business does, so I’d be a fool not to take advantage of this traffic. I figure many WUWT readers might be interested in some of the weather products I’ve invented and offer. Most recently I’ve been working on a personal weather radar channel, a small box that you can add to the back of any flat screen LCD TV/monitor, that gives you 24/7 automated radar display for your location, and without any data fees. Look for that in a week or two.
Again, thank you all for making WUWT the most visited climate science blog in the world. – Anthony
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Anthony – I just mailed you a check . Hope it helps a little .
REPLY: Thank you, sincerely. – Anthony
Hi Anthony and Mods
All the superlatives have been used up above, so in gratitude and for all of the above reasons I hit the tip jar.
look after yourselves and stay lucky!
Climate Progress is having a hissy-fit about this post, complete with analogies to skeptic skullduggery in general. It would be pretty funny if it wasn’t so petty.
REPLY:Heh. If Romm is upset, then we must be doing something right. – Anthony
It looks like Joe is crying because his quote at the top of his blog says “The Web’s most influential climate-change blogger” which is now false. It should say “I only wish I could get as many hits as Anthony Watts”.
REPLY: It’s hilarious. Since he won’t show them, somebody should go there and ask him how many hits he actually has. I don’t communicate with him any more since he told me never to email him again. Watch then as he’ll cite some excuse for not showing them “because its irrelevant” or he’ll simply delete the post. What is really funny would be if I hadn’t put him on the Alexa chart at all. Then he’d probably write a post claiming I was “afraid” to show his website. -A
Poptech (16:13:55) : edit
Here’s why Joe Romm has his knickers in a twist … daily reach is how many people read the site …
“It’s hilarious. Since he won’t show them, somebody should go there and ask him how many hits he actually has. I don’t communicate with him any more since he told me never to email him again.”
Anytime I have tried to post there he just deletes my posts. You can tell by the number of comments per post that he gets about 1/5 the traffic you do.
Mark Young (08:55:12) : I want the ProScope. I can’t figure out why I need it, yet, but I WANT it.
Wish you had not posted the link to it, Mark… now I find myself echoing your desire…
Anthony,
I’d never noticed your Weather Shop before as I was always focussed on the Surface Stations part and as a typically confused academic assumed that the money for the latter helped you to buy yourself needed weather equipment. Please don’t roll your eyes in disgust. So I visited your Weather Shop and there are some very pretty gadgets that I intend to buy, only just not quite yet, as money flow is currently a bit of an issue (with two kids in college and no scholarships or student loans in sight – but one will finish in a couple of months).
Given my own confusion perhaps it would help if you separated the Weather Shop and the Surface Stations.
I think many of us are feeling a little down as your initial predictions that Climategate was not going to destroy the AGW game immediately, and that there is a long battle ahead, are being proven correct. Hopefully in academia more of us critics of the scenario will be emboldened by Climategate to give voice to scientific reason. I know there will now be a good 2-3 hours of lecture in one course, and if I can fit it in, another hour to a popular course I teach that is usually jam-packed with engineering students. Word will spread, and you and your team deserve so much credit for this and for your fortitude and perseverance. But I wish to add my voice to others and urge you not to burn yourself out – please take time away and enjoy family and life.
You, CTM and the other mods, all have my most earnest best wishes.
I have a few friends that will love this site, I’ll certainly let them know.