EDITOR'S COLUMN: TAKING A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.Byline: Annie Hundley valleynews.com editor If you haven't been to valleynews.com yet, you're missing out on something big. We just got our first statistics in this week, and I am very excited to report that valleynews.com has had nearly 100,000 page views, or ``hits,'' in August. For a brand-new Web site, I think that's an awesome number. In addition, valleynews.com now has 816 registered users. That's nearly 1,000 people who have joined our online community. Three hundred and sixty four people have posted a story, event or blog blog, short for web log, an online, regularly updated journal or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. to valleynews.com just in the past week. The energy and response we are receiving shows that Valley residents are more than ready to take on this citizen journalism News and commentary from the public at large. Using wiki sites and blogs, anyone can contribute information about a current event. Also known as "collaborative citizen journalism" (CCJ), "grassroots media" and "personal publishing," the concept behind citizen journalism is that many project. Already we're getting amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. contributions. Follow Studio City resident Jenifer Johnson's journey to prepare for a San Francisco-Los Angeles bike ride on her blog at http://valleynews.com/aJensAIDSLifecycleblog. Read Allan Garcia's account of what it was like to be at the latest World Cup on the Warner Center site on valleynews.com. Follow the latest controversy surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. Glendale's Grand View cemetary on Lisa Burks' blog -- http://valleynews.com/alisaburks. But most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , get invovled yourself. Post a story, event or blog and join the conversation. |
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