Can SBYnews Retain The Hits?

The big question going around SBYnews was, after a record day on Monday, could we retain the hits, or was it just a fluke?

The answer is, yes. We were shy by about 100 hits but considering the volume, that doesn't bother me a bit. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed but the comments also continue to go through the roof.

Weekends are usually pretty quiet on the Blogs and that's one of the reasons Duvall didn't Post on Saturdays. However, our numbers have more than doubled on weekends. Comments alone were as follows.

1-7-09 Wednesday, 327 Comments
1-8-09 Thursday, 501 Comments.
1-9-09 Friday, 472 Comments.
1-10-09 Saturday, 150 Comments.
1-11-09 Sunday, 177 Comments.
1-12-09 Monday, 281 Comments.
1-13-09 Tuesday, 318 Comments.

It's one thing to get up every morning around 6:30 and get started with Salisbury News. I'll spend all day working on the Blog all the way till 11:00 PM each and every day. Fortunately I have one of the Contributors helping me moderate comments because if I didn't have someone helping me out, I doubt we'd have the traffic we currently do. The numbers above are just the comments we approved.

To give you an idea volume wise, go take a look at what the Daily Times has up each day comment wise and you'll clearly see Salisbury News blows them away too. Your participation and input is very important. In order to make changes, commenting on local subjects should allow our local politicians to understand how we feel and what direction the Citizens would like to see the City & County to go in. Not everyone can make the meetings and not everyone is willing to voice their opinion publicly.

Pretty much everyone now knows about Salisbury News and visits here daily. If you'd like to be heard, voice your opinion. While you can certainly do so anonymously, the impact of your message will be stronger if you use your name. You can always sign your name at the end of each comment like you would a letter, rather than having to register on Blogger. I strongly encourage local politicians to also get involved and voice their opinion here as well.

Thanks for visiting and we thank you for participating with comments. Believe me, it's not easy moderating all of them and we ask that you not use all capitol letters and or foul language as they will be rejected. In case some of you hadn't noticed, we have copied some messages and posted them with the foul language removed but that's only if we have the spare time. In the future we will not be so kind.