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Post by Rick Henry on Apr 8, 2005 9:44:01 GMT -5
 Hi all... I am this totally into numbers and statistics type of person. so, I thought I'd share some of the stats with you. In the last month the website part of The Carpenters Online has received an average of 250 visitors a day. The forum receives an average of 155 unique visitors a day with around 650 page loads. The most popular pages on the forum other than the main page are: The History Of The Carpenters The Albums: Song By Song Pictures Carpenters Wallpaper Different Light The following are the most active members on the forum (with the exception of me (Rick Henry): Cam83 (929 posts) Global Moderator smoothie2 (904 posts) Super Galaxy Member Karen69Roland (808 posts) Honorary Moderator Dave (754 posts) Super Galaxy Member enigma (512 posts) Super Galaxy Member Moe (470 posts) Worldwide Superstar Member beaner (420 posts) Worldwide Superstar Member Rob813 (385 posts) Worldwide Superstar Member Jim (361 posts) Diamond Member Beth Mosior (315 posts) Diamond Member YesterdayOnceMore (294 posts) Diamond Member Thank you to all who visit this forum and website daily. It's you who make this place a family! Thank you very much!
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Post by Ming on Apr 8, 2005 11:26:09 GMT -5
These shows that this site and the Carpenters are very popular.Thank you,Rick.I enjoy this site very much.
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Post by Carps1000 on Apr 8, 2005 11:34:54 GMT -5
Hey what about me.  The notorius Carps1000? Top 5 or I wont tell you next weeks chart placing in the UKs top 75 of Gold G H. LOL |
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Post by cam83 on Apr 8, 2005 13:17:45 GMT -5
Rick,
This is an awesome site. I am very glad to be a part of it. I enjoy all of the topics. I know Karen, if she were alive, would be blown away by the internet, and her large fan following.
Cameron
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Post by enigma on Apr 9, 2005 9:10:20 GMT -5
I also enjoy this forum. I am also certain Karen would be quite happy her legacy is still strong after all these year. I should not be surprised but I am surprised that Karen has this big a following. I always heard about this underground community of rabid Karen Carpenters fans but I always thought it was a myth or at least an exageration. This site proves that what I thought was wrong and I have never been happier to be wrong. Keep up the good work Rick and company this is truely my Place To Hideaway. Nice stats Rick its nice to know what goes on on this forum thanks for sharing,    |
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Apr 9, 2005 10:41:57 GMT -5
$&? It's not surprising to me at all that this forum is so often occupied by those you listed and more, Rick. It's a thorough, fun, and well done web site. I say it again - Kudos to you for such an awesome site. Thanks to all for the incredible information shared. |
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Post by Rick Henry on Apr 9, 2005 11:34:26 GMT -5
I also enjoy this forum. I am also certain Karen would be quite happy her legacy is still strong after all these year. I should not be surprised but I am surprised that Karen has this big a following. I always heard about this underground community of rabid Karen Carpenters fans but I always thought it was a myth or at least an exageration. This site proves that what I thought was wrong and I have never been happier to be wrong. Keep up the good work Rick and company this is truely my Place To Hideaway. Nice stats Rick its nice to know what goes on on this forum thanks for sharing, Until the internet came around I wasn't quite sure of just how popular Karen has remained after her death. I had an idea when I noticed the continual release of compilations throughout the world - throughout the 90's. Then in 1998 (or was it 1997) I really began to notice after the VH1 Behind The Music show. And then with "Love songs" on the charts in 1998 for 25 long weeks. I just knew that Carpenters/Karen were still extremely popular. But even then I didn't quite yet have the entire scope of their ongoing popularity. Finally in 2001 one of my best friends purchased a computer. I remember the first time I used my friend's computer. I did a search for Carpenters and all these websites came up. I was very surprised that they were fairly well represented on the internet. Then finally I bought my own computer in October 2001 (I was a late bloomer). At first I never thought of starting a Carpenters website. Though I did go into partnership with a few web based businesses have done fairly well. Then I started a general music website which was up from June 2002 until February 2003. The website was called "Popular songs Music Voice". This site featured music from different genres including Pop, Easy Listening, classic rock, modern rock, disco, funk, classic r&B, new wave 80's, alt-rock and others. I was in partnership with a friend named Mike on that site. The site did well for a first try at this type thing. But it was tons of work (which I did about 75% of all the edting) and I just wasn't 100% interested. Knowing I was going to shut down "Popular Songs Music Voice" I developed "The Carpenters Online" in November 2002. The site took off fairly quick. There were tons of Carpenters fans waiting for a new Carpenters website. The first incarnation of the website wasn't all that great as you can witness by checking it out through this link: web.archive.org/web/20021127141714/http://www.carponline.bravepages.com/ . Some of the images on the archived first page of The Carpenters Online are missing due to the fact they have been deleted. Check out that first favorites list. The songs used in the list were compiled by my friend Tom Boats. Tom wrote a line or two for about three of the songs, but I wrote all the rest of the captions. There's also a link to "Popular Songs Music Voice", most of the site is no longer available but some of the pages have been archived. *a little note on "Popular songs Music Voice" unfortunately about 3 or 4 months after I closed down the website someone highjacked the web address and developed some sort of political site using the same name. Enjoy!!!  |
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Post by cam83 on Apr 9, 2005 15:20:51 GMT -5
Yes, it is neat to see what the old site looked like. I remember the first time I went on the internet. It was 1997. I was in Winnipeg, and went to the public library with a friend. So I went on and thought I would search THE CARPENTERS. And out came all this info on Karen, I thought I would die. Then I came across NEWVILLE AVENUE and that was so much fun to hear other crazy Carpenters fans talk about their love of Richard and Karen. I had thought I was the only one. Plus, I was blown away by this internet stuff. And since then I have been hooked.
Cameron
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Post by YesterdayOnceMore on Apr 9, 2005 19:06:52 GMT -5
 The first website is pretty cool, and especially for the time, Rick. I'm sure it was as much fun, and one could learn thoroughly as much as we do through this forum. You have learned a lot about computers and the "how-to's" of them in a short time if you just started on 2001. Wow. This site is wonderful, and we just love it. Thanks.
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Post by rmjoots on Apr 9, 2005 19:45:04 GMT -5
I've been on the internet since late 1996 - 1997. But since 1990, I was a Carpenter fan, but I felt fairly alone and I had no access to most anything. Karen was just my "Favorite Voice" without a personality.
I was really late checking out Karen's sites on the internet starting in December 2004!!! Since those mere 4 months, I've seen their TV specials, videos, got their autographs, 9 albums, well, etc, etc! Its like some sort of Renaissance for me and I must say I'm addicted to the forum sites devoted to her. I check a few times daily! This is what happens when someone spends 15 years in complete isolation from other fanatics. Now you can't drag me away.
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