{"id":5017,"date":"2009-09-01T07:51:24","date_gmt":"2009-09-01T07:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.co.uk\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2009-09-01T18:52:45","modified_gmt":"2009-09-01T18:52:45","slug":"2000000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/2000000\/","title":{"rendered":"2,000,000 and site relaunch soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big thanks to everyone who has visited my site this past year. I started my site back in October 2006 and wrote my first blog in November 2007. At the end of April this year I got to 1,000,000 hits and whilst I was asleep I broke the 2,000,000 barrier. Basically the past four months have been very popular!<\/p>\n<p>I try to keep my blog, reviews, info updated as often as possible so of course it takes a huge amount of work. But I get such good feedback it makes it worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>Shame that magical 2,000,000 visitor didn&#8217;t get a screen grab. Had a brand new Canon 7d for that person, oh well. Guess I will have to keep it \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/26985441.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[5017]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5018 lazyload\" title=\"26985441\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/26985441.jpg\" alt=\"26985441\" width=\"192\" height=\"288\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/26985441.jpg 320w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/26985441-200x300.jpg 200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 192px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 192\/288;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5018\" title=\"26985441\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/26985441.jpg\" alt=\"26985441\" width=\"192\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/26985441.jpg 320w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/26985441-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a>The above grab was by <a href=\"http:\/\/magicarp.com\/\">Jeff Carpenter<\/a> on his iphone, sooooo close&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.domisljije.si\/\">Peter Prevec<\/a> was also one out&#8230;<\/form>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-09.01.32.png\" data-lightbox=\"gal[5017]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5023 lazyload\" title=\"Screen shot 2009-09-01 at 09.01.32\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-09.01.32-300x190.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2009-09-01 at 09.01.32\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-09.01.32-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-09.01.32-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-09.01.32.png 1415w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/190;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5023\" title=\"Screen shot 2009-09-01 at 09.01.32\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-09.01.32-300x190.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2009-09-01 at 09.01.32\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-09.01.32-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-09.01.32-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-09.01.32.png 1415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\n<\/form>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">My site is currently being redesigned and should be relaunched in about 2 to 3 weeks.<\/form>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">Here is a snapshot of the front page&#8230;<\/form>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-13.31.34.png\" data-lightbox=\"gal[5017]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5032 lazyload\" title=\"Screen shot 2009-09-01 at 13.31.34\" data-src=\"http:\/\/staging.philipbloom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-13.31.34-1024x653.png\" alt=\"Screen shot 2009-09-01 at 13.31.34\" width=\"650\" height=\"414\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-13.31.34-1024x653.png 1024w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-13.31.34-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Screen-shot-2009-09-01-at-13.31.34.png 1043w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 650px; 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