Around Dublin Turns Two
The Around Dublin Blog turns two years old today.
Exactly two years ago we started the Around Dublin Blog to provide readers with an online community to learn about Dublin, share their hopes and aspirations for Dublin, and to have dialogue around the issues that are most important to us all.
Over the past two years, the Around Dublin Blog has had over 47,000 unique visitors – more than the population of Dublin. We’ve also had over 124,000 visits and 256,000 page views in the two year period. We are now the first returned result for the search terms “Around Dublin” and among the top five returned results for the search terms “Dublin blog” on Google, Yahoo, Bing, and other leading search engines.
While readers have commented over 3,400 times in the past two years, more and more community members are now using the Around Dublin fan page on Facebook, the Around Dublin Twitter stream, and the Around Dublin YouTube channel to keep their fingers on the pulse of Dublin.
We have seen many fascinating developments in Dublin this past year including the legal drama with the Promenade, the emergence of plans for the Dublin Muslim Community Center, and the new east Dublin High School (Tassajara Prep). Around Dublin community members shared a myriad of terrific ideas and passionate opinions for these new developments and many others.
Around Dublin also teamed up with:
- Blush Organic Frozen Yogurt for an online photo contest where winners received Blush gift cards, an 8GB iPod Touch, and Giants tickets; and
- Extreme Pizza for their grand opening pizza and t-shirt give-away and free catered lunches for Dublin and Pleasanton businesses.
The Around Dublin Team would like to thank each and every reader for your contributions to this online community. Your comments, suggestions, and readership helped shape our website into what it is today, and we cannot be where we are today without you.
7:16 AM on October 27th, 2009
Congratulations John – Great job on informing the city of Dublin with articles about our hometown. I find it to be a part of my on line daily newspaper reading.
Thank you again for publishing your information for the residence.
10:13 AM on October 27th, 2009
A hearty congratulations (and thanks) to Around Dublin on your second birthday. What a valuable resource you provide to us Dublin residents! I’m constantly amazed at the time & effort you put into keeping everyone informed about what’s going on in Dublin. What you have accomplished is especially impressive considering that you are still just a toddler! You truly deserve the gratitude of the entire city.
Three cheers to Around Dublin!
Tim Hall
11:28 AM on October 27th, 2009
Happy Birthday, Around Dublin Blog!!!Thank you very much for your efforts keeping us informed!
5:43 PM on October 27th, 2009
Congratulations on turning two!! Thanks so much for all that you do to keep the residents of this great town informed. Keep up the GREAT WORK!!
7:17 PM on October 27th, 2009
Thanks so much for all your hard work in keeping the Around Dublin blog up-to-date, current and relevant. Your blog is my primary source for Dublin news.
7:32 PM on October 27th, 2009
Congratulations, you guys! Thanks for all the work informing the residents of Dublin. This is definitely a must-read news site for me each week.
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3:37 PM on October 28th, 2009
Congratulations, AroundDublin team. Thanks for your efforts to keep us informed about happenings in Dublin. I agree with LeeAnne. This site is a must read for everyone in Dublin.