Date   : Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:13:27 +0100
From   : Jon Ripley <beeb@...>
Subject: Over 150,000 hits to the BBC Micro Mailing List Archive

Hi all,

Since the release of the mailing list archive I have been astounded at
the amount of interest that it has generated.

Last month alone, when the list went public, there were over 75,000
hits. Bringing the total so far to what I believe is over 150,000 hits
from browsers the world over. The web server that hosts the archive is
doing not much else other than serving the archive.

Over 15 search engines seem to have picked up the list and the list
keeps cropping up all over the place and can sometimes be found as the
top search result on Google for a variety of queries.

But it is not just search engines that have been looking at the archive
a huge number of individuals are also browsing.

>From emails I have received I believe that there has been at least one
new member who joined after discovering the archive.

Another side effect seems to be that members who include a URL to their
web site in their messages, may actually be climbing higher on the
search engine rankings.

I'm not sure if all this is a good or a bad thing but I must say that I
never expected this level of interest.

Regards,
Jon R.
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