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The traffic growth of Amazin' Avenue.

over 2 years ago Aa_avatar_tiny Eric Simon 24 comments 1 recs  | 

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You should send Omar a bill for lost revenue due to his ineptitude.

No weekend spent pantsless is a wasted weekend.

by sireric on Sep 8, 2009 12:58 AM EDT reply actions  

Note

September is partial, obviously.

by Eric Simon on Sep 8, 2009 1:04 AM EDT reply actions  

What other blog are Mets fans gonna go to for in depth analysis and constant hilarity?

Metsblog?

"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."

by Evan_S on Sep 8, 2009 1:12 AM EDT reply actions  

Metsblog is hilarious

albeit unintentionally

You don't cheer for the Mets. You drink for the Mets.

by Kevin H on Sep 8, 2009 7:17 AM EDT up reply actions  

thats more tragically hilarious

or tragilarious as i like to call it, we get enough of that from just watching the games though… dont need more from Metsblog

by KeithsMoustache on Sep 8, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions  

Jeezy Creezy.

"If there was ever a man dying inside, it must be Jerry Manuel" - Vin Scully

by pingel on Sep 8, 2009 1:22 AM EDT reply actions  

MS Paint

I see a correlation between site visits and the use of MS Paint by contributors.

Grission and Husart - that is either the non-union Mexican equivelant of "Starsky and Hutch" or the key to winning the World Series.

by IanB in MD on Sep 8, 2009 6:42 AM EDT reply actions  

Anonymous

Was the internet executive anonymous?

by mnbv on Sep 8, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

I apologize for the lack of traffic in August

I was on vacation and did not check this site for like ten days. Serves me right too as I missed the whole Mike Sliva discussion.

Good job guys!

Just know, if there's ever a riot at Citi Field and Oliver Perez was the starter, I started the riot.

by meigs1414 on Sep 8, 2009 10:38 AM EDT reply actions  

lets all congratulate Eric and the rest of the AA crew by giving them all a great big hand!

AA truly is the illin’est mets blog in the series of tubes. i’ll still check it every day but unfortunately i started dumb ass grad school recently and my posting rate has correspondingly plummeted. maybe i’ll figure this whole ‘class’ deal out soon and i can go back to wasting more time here, but in any event: congrats again, i hope this means Amazin Avenue is reaping windfall profits!

Lets hope that when gut check time comes again the Mets will pass it with flying colors.

by kendynamo on Sep 8, 2009 11:14 AM EDT reply actions  

I find the opposite to be true

Grad school has increased the number of posts and time spent procrastinating on the internet.

I agree with you about given props to the AA staff. Especially James’ great posts and Joe does an excellent job with the applesauce

by Delgado on Sep 8, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

grad school theory, take 3

just so you know, my webtime has gone way down since i finished my PhD, so I say grad school is highly correlated with increased posting. But have to wait til the mets don’t suck to know importance of this variable.

I.M. Forme
"When you get yourself into trouble is when you feel you have to do something, and then you get yourself in trouble." --Omar Minaya

by itsmetsforme on Sep 8, 2009 3:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

take 4

im working on my PhD, which i believe means i spend most of my waking hours on the internet trying to avoid real work. This site with its endless stream of information about something I enjoy has been invaluable in achieving that goal.

by KeithsMoustache on Sep 8, 2009 5:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

kinda interesting to see as the season goes down the drain

we still see more people come and visit the site. you’d expect people to lose interest.

David Eckstein: so gritty they would eat him in the south for breakfast with some butter and sprinkle cheese.

by wrightHOF on Sep 8, 2009 4:26 PM EDT reply actions  

We need a place to vent

This site keeps me from having to pay a therapist.

by Reg Dunlop on Sep 8, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kudos, Comrades!

Glad to see the success. So more importantly, are you making decent cash off of the increased traffic?

I dunno how the internets pays these days.

by Mex_17 on Sep 10, 2009 1:02 PM EDT reply actions  

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