Hey, it's our 1-year anniversary kids! That's right, Rock Hard times was brought to life exactly one year ago today. During that period we've had over 100 blogs, and a few were pretty damn good.These guys have been the top RHT Contributors: Hanif (28), DJ (24), Shoe (23), SuperVesey (15), EZ (3), JMLifeandTimes (3), Kip to My Lou (2), and legendary blogger Hutch (1). I really believe Hutch signed up with the single purpose of bitching about American Idol and MTV in that one blog.
Our most popular poll? The Most Beautiful Woman in Music. Big shocker there, huh?
Perusing our site stats, I see that we've had visitors from as far away as China, India, and all over Europe. It seems, for some reason, when folks are Googling something rock related, our little site pops right up on the first page.
We're also listed on several rock music sites as a favorite link, which is pretty cool.
One of my favorite stories is the one where some kid in Kansas was doing a school report on the Sign of the Horns and used our site as a reference. Yes, DJ's blog was listed as a resource at the bottom of a JH research project.
At one point we were threatened with legal action by another site called Rock Hard Times. After an emergency meeting with my Board of Directors, we made an executive decision to pretend we didn't get the email. As with most pests, we ignored them and they went away.
The blogs have slowed down a bit lately, so we need to step things up a bit. We're always looking for conributors, so please let us know if you're interested. We're not very particular. Hey, we let Vesey in.
So, we survived a year. Hopefully we can make it through another one. Have a great Easter.
At one point we were threatened with legal action by another site called Rock Hard Times. After an emergency meeting with my Board of Directors, we made an executive decision to pretend we didn't get the email. As with most pests, we ignored them and they went away.
The blogs have slowed down a bit lately, so we need to step things up a bit. We're always looking for conributors, so please let us know if you're interested. We're not very particular. Hey, we let Vesey in.
So, we survived a year. Hopefully we can make it through another one. Have a great Easter.
It's been a good ride, y'all! I've learned a lot since we started this site...here's to much more!
ReplyDeleteMade it a year.....exciting. I'm glad to have been able to contribute. DJ, that story about being cited in a research project is awesome.
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