{"id":137,"date":"2010-09-19T23:19:52","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T23:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2010-09-19T23:19:52","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T23:19:52","slug":"our-biggest-visitor-figures-ever-probably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/2010\/09\/our-biggest-visitor-figures-ever-probably\/","title":{"rendered":"Our biggest visitor figures ever? Probably!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been really great to see so many new people signing up on the <a title=\"metal detecting forum\" href=\"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/forum\/\" target=\"_blank\">metal detecting forum<\/a> and reading the blog over the last few weeks! However, it seems the spammers have given up on the forum for the time being and turned their attention to the blog. Fortunately the wordpress software handles spammers very capably indeed!<\/p>\n<p>Our visitor figure for the last 31 days stands at 20,846 unique visitors &#8211; probably our biggest month ever! The page view count stands at 46,517.<\/p>\n<p>This months numbers received a big boost after <a title=\"Metal Detecting.org.uk\" href=\"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\">Detecting.org.uk<\/a> was mentioned in one major news story about the <a title=\"North Korean Super Dollar, perfect forgery!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/html\/Super_Dollar_Famous_Fakes_and_Frauds.html\" target=\"_blank\">Korean Super Dollar<\/a>, the discovery of the <a title=\"Crosby Garrett Helmet Best Detecting Find Ever?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/2010\/09\/the-crosby-garrett-helmet-best-detecting-find-ever-maybe\/\">Crosby Garrett Helmet<\/a> and being featured on a major social book marking site.<\/p>\n<p>I just hope the server, which is long overdue for an upgrade, can withstand the traffic levels it is now receiving! It is probably time to start shopping around for a new one!<\/p>\n<p>A great big welcome to all our new readers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been really great to see so many new people signing up on the metal detecting forum and reading the blog over the last few weeks! However, it seems the spammers have given up on the forum for the time being and turned their attention to the blog. Fortunately the wordpress software handles spammers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detecting.org.uk\/blog\/2010\/09\/our-biggest-visitor-figures-ever-probably\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Our biggest visitor figures ever? 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