Windy City Gridiron Has Hit the 1,000,000 Mark
by Adam T on May 13, 2009 6:44 PM CDT
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Windy City Gridiron was the first football blog on SB Nation. It has been a long and strenuous road at times, but we have finally reached the 1,000,000 visits mark at 6:32 PM CDT.
Doing a site like this is a labor of love. You have to put enormous amounts of time and effort into it for the sheer pleasure of doing it. It was a journey for me that started with a WordPress blog with 5 users to the biggest Bears blog on the Internet with over 1500 users. I have to tell you, it feels damn good.
I have some quick thanks to give out.
First, to whoever it was at SB Nation who thought based only on my small little blog, that I would be a good choice to run this site. SB Nation has provided us bloggers with the best platform and the best support from top to bottom.
We've been through a hand full of co-bloggers, but let me give a big thanks to ChiFan who was a big part of this boom we've seen in the last 8-12 months with me. Also to GeauxBears who came on board as the site was ramping up and helped get us there. Both guys have been vital to the success of the site and they are just as responsible for the product we have today.
Also to all the other co-bloggers I've had along the way. Scespy is still with us and you can expect to see more outstanding Xs and Os from him in the future.
But the biggest thanks has to go to all the great readers of WCG. We still have a good deal of WCG Originals; readers who have been with me for over 3 years. We've also seen a recent influx of new readers through sites like Yahoo. You have made this site great.
ChiFan13 edit: A big thanks deserves to go to WCG for all his hard work, time, and effort over these past three years.
Here's to the race to 2,000,000. See you there.
Thanks,
WCG
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Congrats WCG (blogger)!
You have hit an enormous milestone, and should be very proud. This is absolutely the BEST Bears blog on the internet, and I have no doubt that it will only get better.
Kudos!
Be nice. Flag comments that you think are offensive. Use the "reply" button. Drink plenty of water. Compliment others. Rec comments and posts you like. Don't call people names. If you don't like someone's comment, attack the comment and not the commentor. Learn the difference in your/you're, then/than, to/too. Exercise. Relax. Stretch often. Find good in the world.
Congrats, bossman!
Huge milestone and I hope it was worth missing 15 minutes worth of class :)
I'M A MAN! I'M 23!
Congrats to all.
This is the only damn site I go to. Wife doesn’t care because it could be worse if ya know what I mean.
Hear about the blind hooker, you gotta hand it to her.
by Bears fan 4-ever!!! on May 13, 2009 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions
LOL
I hear ya!
Because as far as we're concerned, there is still no team in the history of the NFL that could beat the '85 Bears.
by Ditkavsworld on May 14, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Congrats everybody
to celebrate, here’s a Gif
We thump the competition!!!
Think With Your Dipstick Jimmy!
by ifuwannacrownem on May 13, 2009 7:17 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
That's great ifuwanna.
lmao – they don’t have a chance do they?
Hear about the blind hooker, you gotta hand it to her.
by Bears fan 4-ever!!! on May 13, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Very nice sir.
I could watch that all day, and laugh every time.
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I'M BACK!
Unfortunately, I have been gone since last Thursday… I’m still trying to get caught up! However, I had to skip to this post because I am so excited.
Congrats and thanks for running all of this Mr. Boss. :) You wouldn’t believe how much I have learned here and how many more conversations I can have with GG now that he doesn’t have to explain every little thing. Lol.
I can’t wait to see 2 million! :D
"A lot of fans were drawn to me because they knew that whatever the score was, I was going to run as hard as I could on every play. You don't have that now, you have guys waiting for next week or even next year." - Walter Payton
Sweet job on the best blog ever!
Congrats Italian style…
or Indian style…
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
1st in the North, right?
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
11th
Sorry boss, I checked last night.
But you are correct, propheteer. Pride of Detroit will hit a million pretty soon, but no one else is even close.
I'M A MAN! I'M 23!
They aren't close because they suck
and we dominate!!!!!!
I’m honored to have been a part of this, even if I don’t really bring much to the table.
Because as far as we're concerned, there is still no team in the history of the NFL that could beat the '85 Bears.
by Ditkavsworld on May 14, 2009 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Well thank you, I do try to entertain if I can.
Because as far as we're concerned, there is still no team in the history of the NFL that could beat the '85 Bears.
by Ditkavsworld on May 15, 2009 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
way to go
i think that this is a very good page. it is a good way for me to keep up to date with the bears news since i have moved out of state. i hesitate to say where < cough ohio cough>, home of the no good football teams. unless you count detroit ha ha ha. anyways keep up the great work and i will continue to visit.
btw
i was wondering where did the good pics go in the den section? occasionally there would be one here of the in the vicinity section. but that has disappeared lately. how come??
Yeah, WCG and I were talking about that
The pictures will start reappearing on Friday’s version of The Den.
I'M A MAN! I'M 23!
Drew Rosenhaus called...
He said we have 1,000,000 reasons to celebrate!
Now all we need is a Lombardi Trophy and our plan for world domination will be complete.
Unreasonable people make life difficult...
Thanks
I’m pretty new to this whole thing, but I have really enjoyed it and appreciate how much work you guys put into this.
Congrats
There’s a reason it was the first to 1,000,000 – because it’s the best! -
Somebody should make a comic called "Tulowitzki the Combat Shortstop". I'd read it.
UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
Wow! I'm proud to be part of this great group.
WCG, you deserve all the props you get! I love this place.
Kick it to me... I'm open!
Impressed by...
The average length on the site— over 3 minutes. That’s good.
And, by the fact that you have over 8K unique visitors per day with an average of over 2 page views…that is also quite good.
This means that despite the high volume of traffic, your content is adequate enough to keep people on the site reading articles and clicking on links to see other info.
Keep it up!
Great site
It’ll remain my #1 Bears source as long as you keep doing the Dens, they are really good for catching up on what’s happening!
Grats guys
I am so glad i stumbled upon this site, when i get back to the “real world” i will be able to enjoy the site that much more. ie. see pictures, read all articles/blogs etc etc.
And as far as the people go, there is not one person i don’t enjoy reading posts from
except tempchad but he’s growing on me too :).
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