New Overall Site Stats - Popularity vs. Big Bads

Reprinted from the TV_Vote Google Group:

On Jul 23, 8:23 am, judist63 <cjmass...@comcast.net> wrote:> "See just how popular this site is! It will be a shame to close it down."

The growing popularity of TV_Vote is great. In fact, I just checked and we received more weekly visits than ever before from July 13-19, with 56,963 visits. The previous record was March 25-31 with 47,411.

Although the site has always been kind of an fan arts project, time and money have intruded on the TV_Vote universe. Big Bads are lurking...

The main reason that TV_Vote is closing is that I just can't keep up with the work load anymore. What used to be an hour a day now stretches into as much as three hours daily, and I just can't justify the time.

I also made a grevious error trying to switch the site to its own URL (web address) last January with a different provider and paid a year in advance. The provider (Network Solutions) fumbled our live transition to the new site and no one from Europe could get in to vote so I gave up after one week and we went back to the current site (never should have left!) The advance payment was already made, so I was stuck with a pre-paid site I didn't need for a year.

I should point out that I had decided to end the poll one year after the move.

We had Google AdSense ads running here and although we averaged less than $.33 a day from that I could have made up the loss eventually but Google AdSense decided to drop us on June 4, 2008 because (they said) they didn't believe our growing hits fit into their Terms and Conditions (too many repeat hits from the same IPs) They said that wasn't fair to their advertisers and they kept the money we'd made in the previous eight months. I assumed one of their advertisers complained. We had AdSense ads from CBS and Fox and Hillary Clinton, but I doubt any of them blamed us for anything.

One of Google's AdSense advertisers, however, was Hey Nielsen, who I thought of as newbie competition until I finally went in and looked at their site carefully last week.

Turns out I was wrong about Hey Nielsen (Sorry, Jstn!). They are, in fact, owned by the same Nielsen Company that rates TV shows for the television industry (and, therefore, are at least somewhat responsible for getting your favorite shows cancelled.)

Interesting coincidence that Google cancelled our AdSense contract, which featured ads from TV's #1 Big Bad? Or dire plot?

Anyway, I do, as always, thank everybody for making the site a popular success. I used to say that there are always other polls and plug Hey Nielsen as a possible successor, but from what I've seen of that site it appears to be just a bogus front to ward off criticism of the Nielsen Company's inept TV rating methods.

So beware the Powers That Be, future independent pollsters. The Truth Is Out There, but Trust No One!

:o)>FLAtRich

Welcome to the Official TV_Vote Blog

Hi, TV_Voters!

Welcome to the Official TV_Vote Blog!

As we approach the end of our TV_Vote Poll (about 500,000 more votes to go until we reach the amazing final goal of 10 Million Votes), I thought I'd start this blog as a way for TV_Voters and other interested folks to keep in touch in the poll aftermath and keep up with the latest news about their favorite shows, fan efforts, etc.

The TV_Vote site sought out the most powerful force in the entertainment universe, namely Fan Power, and I think we proved it exists. Maybe now we can figure out how to make it work for the Forces of Good and eventually defeat those Evil Network Executives and their plot to cancel all the Good Stuff on TV!

Or maybe not. What do you think?

:o)>FLAtRich

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