UPDATE #5: The Back Office thinks the transfer to the dedicated server may have taken! You’ll already notice that some of your snazzy comments from the past 48 hours are not appearing. This is exactly as The Back Office told us would be the case! So, kiss those snazzy comments and embarrassing confessions goodbye. As the veteran Townspeople among us poke around, let us know is anything is out of whack. Thanks for hanging in there!
Previously…
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This was originally posted on 9/18/08.
In the months following the post we actually broke the 200,000 barrier only to drop back to 325,133 as I type. During this time our monthly visitors have gone up and up. The only explanation is that other sites have more visitors that use this dang ratings bar…
It’s been just about 2 years since the idea of the Rock Town Hall blog was first discussed. 1/12/09 will be the official 2 year celebration of the blog’s launch.
At the time of launch, RTH’s web rankings were in the high 7 millions. As I type this, our world wide web ranking is 454,276. What started out as a creative outlet and a means to reconnect a friendship has humbly taken off to a degree much higher than we had ever imagined.
And now we want to see how far we can bum rush the show!
The web ranker of the day is Alexa. It is an Amazon project and as flawed as it is in determining web popularity it is the currency of the day. It works like a Nielsen box. It counts hits on sites from browsers that have their “box” installed.
It is called the Alexa Toolbar and the more of us here at Rock Town Hall that install it, the more our ratings will increase.
I have had it installed for over a year and Mr. Moderator and others have had it installed for several months. No one has had any issues with it. Once installed it gets tucked into the lower right corner of your browser and looks like this:
Then you can see, and improve, the rank of every site you go to.
I understand that some of you might have big-brother issues and that’s cool. But sometimes to stick it to the man, you have to use the man’s own tools.
So this is a call to arms Townspeople. If you’re interested in participating in this mission go to http://www.alexa.com/site/download and follow the directions.
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You share this special day with Rob Zombie.
On behalf of The Rolling Stones and all of us here in The Back Office, we wish you all good tidings during this Solstice season.
ALERT: There’s something happening here. Rock Town Hall is growin’ up. They said sit down and we stood up.
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Welcome to RTH v.3: StickyRhino. The ever-changing world in which we live in. (StickyRhino is best viewed at a screen resolution of 1280 or higher.)
You won’t have to look too hard to orient yourself. The Rhino is a direct budding from DirtWeed and should in fact put to rest the long and hard fought flame wars of the AARP skin.
The gates of steel are being crashed Towsfolk. Hourly, by the throngs, rabid fans hell bent on devouring our unique brand of pablum are arriving. We are stardust. We are golden. We are half a million strong.* We can no longer fly under the radar. This is a call to action, fellow Townsfolk.
How you gonna come? With your hands on your head?
Command Performance!
REMINDER: Occasionally Townspeople experience login problems that initially hit other Townspeople when we first upgraded the site. Following is a repeat of some tips we posted back then. If you missed it – or it didn’t apply – the first time around, this repeat may be better than anything you’ve TiVoed in recent weeks. If you think you know it all and don’t need to read this, perhaps you’re wrong. Enjoy!
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Doors shmoors man, we’re talkin’ Eagles babies!
The Movie: The Eagles
You: Casting Agent.
Mission: Cast it. Duh.
Who plays who? Not just The Eagles but any relevant player in the scene, man.
Wiley, the publisher of the Don Felder bio-tome discussed here, was unable to secure us an interview with the man (missed it by this much) but has been kind enough to offer 10 free copies of Heaven and Hell: My Life In The Eagles (1974-2001) by Don Felder and Wendy Holden.
Soooooo. Here in The Back Office we have assembled an anonymous team of judges who will select the top 10 responses. You will be awarded points based on; creativity first and foremost, historical accuracy and neatness.
You have until I say you have to stop.
Ready….begin.
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