JSmith Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I'm stuck in class and can't find anything to keep me entertained so I went through the Internet Archives for GA and found it interesting to see how much it's changed over the years. November 27, 2002 GA's creation date November 28, 2004 August 9, 2006 August 19, 2007 Today Lots of looks, but it just keeps getting better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Nice topic You should also present the progress of the numbers of members and of authors . Any way to imagine the presentation of the site anno 2015 ? . BTW, I hope to be still then, able to enjoy ( I would be 86 ! ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Moderator TalonRider Posted March 24, 2009 Site Moderator Share Posted March 24, 2009 You might be surprised what you can find in some of the old posts. Sunday, I googled a story while chatting with the author. The story is hosted elsewhere and I found a couple of links to here, one was a blog entry, and the other was a forum comment. I came across something interesting from 2006 that is now taking place. I won't tell you what I found as it could be considered a spoiler of sorts. GA has come a long way since the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeL Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Congratulations and thanks to the administrators and authors who have been involved with GA over the last seven years. If I figured it correctly, Joe was 12 years old at the beginning. GA has come a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W_L Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Wow, I love the living biography of GA. Why does 2007 look so sleek? Maybe I am starting to get into Campy things, but it seems cool, dan must fight the urge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 The 2002 one does not show how many users the site had. Looks like there were 2 hosted authors. In November of 2004 there were about 400 members, and about 8,200 posts. Looks like there were 7 hosted authors. In August of 2006 there were about 2,700 members, and about 41,600 posts. Looks like there were 20 hosted authors, and 2 shared authors. In August of 2007 there were about 4,600 members and about 90,300 posts. Looks like there were 3 promising authors, 5 shared, and 22 hosted authors. Today there are 6,858 members, and 172,047 posts. There are 31 hosted authors, and 14 promising authors. Wow... the site really has grown a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 From 2004 to 2006, the member Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Arbour Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 That was a pretty cool walk through memory lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Galahad Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Blimey, it has evolved over the years. Well done guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFriendlyFace Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 (edited) Very cool post, Joe! I can actually still vaguely remember the 2nd version that was in place prior to the change in Aug 06. Nice topic You should also present the progress of the numbers of members and of authors . Any way to imagine the presentation of the site anno 2015 ? . BTW, I hope to be still then, able to enjoy ( I would be 86 ! ). I'm definitely planning on us both to still be enjoying it in 2015, Old Bob! Wow, I love the living biography of GA. Why does 2007 look so sleek? Maybe I am starting to get into Campy things, but it seems cool, dan must fight the urge! I loved the 07 look too! To be honest that was probably my favourite; I loved the sidebar background! However, I'm a major fan of the new, expanded tab system we have at the top and I totally adore it! It's very functional One thing that I've noticed over the years is that I used to not actually navigate the site very much at all. I had all my favourite forums and author sites bookmarked and I would go to them directly. Now, I always start from the same place (the forum index) and go wherever else I need to go directly. I think a large factor in that change is how easy and efficient it is to navigate the site now Thanks for the nostalgia! Take care all -Kevin Edited March 25, 2009 by AFriendlyFace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Administrator Myr Posted March 25, 2009 Site Administrator Share Posted March 25, 2009 Most of the changes over the years were geared towards making navigating easier. Some of it worked, a lot of it didn't. I did a lot of studying of site navigation patterns when we came up with the current menu. Every major thing on the site is accessible within 3 clicks of every other major thing. (most within 1 click) As for growth? by making the site easier to navigate, people stay on the site longer and are far more likely to join. We continue to make efforts to recruit more authors. It was definitely an interesting stroll down memory lane. Myr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Aww I loved going back in time.. I kinda miss the August 2007 page, but I love the new one and the easy way to navigate and such. Thanks Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSmith Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 Just a few forum stats: Members that joined by month: July 2003 9 August 2003 15 September 2003 5 October 2003 3 November 2003 3 December 2003 25 January 2004 15 February 2004 10 March 2004 7 April 2004 10 May 2004 3 June 2004 6 July 2004 7 August 2004 3 September 2004 6 October 2004 7 November 2004 6 December 2004 11 January 2005 15 February 2005 25 March 2005 22 April 2005 73 May 2005 65 June 2005 37 July 2005 51 August 2005 76 September 2005 65 October 2005 56 November 2005 54 December 2005 79 January 2006 147 February 2006 149 March 2006 140 April 2006 335 May 2006 149 June 2006 131 July 2006 212 August 2006 213 September 2006 150 October 2006 130 November 2006 150 December 2006 145 January 2007 155 February 2007 142 March 2007 214 April 2007 158 May 2007 178 June 2007 128 July 2007 73 August 2007 186 September 2007 139 October 2007 80 November 2007 81 December 2007 76 January 2008 94 February 2008 153 March 2008 118 April 2008 136 May 2008 133 June 2008 146 July 2008 152 August 2008 149 September 2008 130 October 2008 116 November 2008 207 December 2008 226 January 2009 245 February 2009 243 March 2009 189 Total 6867 New topics by month: July 2003 1 August 2003 33 September 2003 28 October 2003 29 November 2003 67 December 2003 89 January 2004 58 February 2004 82 March 2004 74 April 2004 76 May 2004 76 June 2004 62 July 2004 86 August 2004 56 September 2004 45 October 2004 86 November 2004 55 December 2004 69 January 2005 65 February 2005 85 March 2005 72 April 2005 252 May 2005 387 June 2005 154 July 2005 331 August 2005 263 September 2005 147 October 2005 106 November 2005 117 December 2005 119 January 2006 176 February 2006 307 March 2006 290 April 2006 238 May 2006 246 June 2006 522 July 2006 489 August 2006 617 September 2006 670 October 2006 687 November 2006 722 December 2006 369 January 2007 303 February 2007 296 March 2007 281 April 2007 235 May 2007 256 June 2007 330 July 2007 270 August 2007 289 September 2007 253 October 2007 240 November 2007 178 December 2007 217 January 2008 391 February 2008 330 March 2008 454 April 2008 272 May 2008 287 June 2008 380 July 2008 506 August 2008 341 September 2008 283 October 2008 246 November 2008 260 December 2008 294 January 2009 333 February 2009 323 March 2009 219 Total 16570 New posts by month: July 2003 4 August 2003 113 September 2003 143 October 2003 134 November 2003 263 December 2003 457 January 2004 267 February 2004 511 March 2004 664 April 2004 589 May 2004 391 June 2004 403 July 2004 620 August 2004 446 September 2004 292 October 2004 758 November 2004 527 December 2004 581 January 2005 401 February 2005 698 March 2005 568 April 2005 1612 May 2005 2259 June 2005 980 July 2005 2285 August 2005 1733 September 2005 1771 October 2005 916 November 2005 857 December 2005 1178 January 2006 1956 February 2006 2205 March 2006 1993 April 2006 1875 May 2006 1702 June 2006 2766 July 2006 3195 August 2006 3775 September 2006 3659 October 2006 3402 November 2006 3998 December 2006 2597 January 2007 2776 February 2007 2533 March 2007 2114 April 2007 1998 May 2007 2643 June 2007 4604 July 2007 4856 August 2007 4593 September 2007 4351 October 2007 3369 November 2007 3364 December 2007 3624 January 2008 6577 February 2008 6261 March 2008 9631 April 2008 3993 May 2008 5599 June 2008 7004 July 2008 5567 August 2008 4418 September 2008 3696 October 2008 3408 November 2008 2904 December 2008 3649 January 2009 4205 February 2009 4181 March 2009 4538 Total 172000 Number of views by forum: Novel 2 Recruitment 9 Special Project 77 Validating Announcements 78 KenderCleric's Forum 301 Lugh's Private Workshop 546 CDEJR Web Services, Inc. 596 Editor Program Management 735 Anthology Private Discussion 770 Current Issue 788 GA Premium Content Discussion 898 Anthology Area 927 Authors Only Workshop 1156 The Den 1173 Karla Schulz's Forum 1222 Davey's Forum 1279 Mentor Program 1415 Poetry 1437 My Jump Off 1452 Myr's Private Work Room 1796 Gay Authors Newsletter 2397 Editor & Beta Reader Project 2451 Time In A Bottle 2769 Continuous Improvement Projects 3015 Harry Potter Fanfictions 3034 Apollo's Stories 3059 Author Lounge 3196 Author/Story Topic Archive 3889 Tech Support Team 3945 Topic Archive 4266 Mists of Fate, and Phone Call 4959 GA Conventions 4978 Admin Room 5028 Gabriel Morgan's Forum 5047 Staking My Claim 5315 Stefan Schmidt's Forum 5472 What's The Difference 5858 If By Chance 5968 Rec's Forum 6494 Topic Archive 6548 Short Stories 7159 Kit's Forum 7173 Bodega Bay 7227 Forum Moderation Team 7704 Meg's Stories 7829 Mark Arbour's Forum 8244 Tiffani Chin's Forum 8675 Dezlboi's Forum 9409 Melina Catt's Forum 9598 Writer Support Team 10337 Vampire Jarred and Service: Vampire Jarred 2 11083 Formosa's Forum 11171 Gay Authors Articles Discussion 11209 Sneak Peeks 11509 Administration Archive 12249 Empathy's Forum 12282 Topic Archive 12423 Writer Support Topic Archive 12897 Nickolas James's Forum 14368 Disputed Posts 15102 Altimexis 15472 Dawn of Tears 16042 Poetry Announcements 16585 Razor's Forum 16914 AFriendlyPlace 17966 The Gay Right 18458 CarlHoliday's Forum 19395 The Gay Left 20029 Duncan Ryder's Forum 20078 Grammar & Punctuation Workshop 20597 Matt's Stories 21466 The Zot's Forum 25095 Announcement Archive 25226 Krista's Forum 26812 Comicality Announcements 28160 Story Archive Announcements 30207 Luc's Stories 34783 Writing Prompts 35747 Story Reviews 36281 Underthehoodster Forum 42398 Viv's Forum 42638 Land of the Fey 43087 Dio Beckstead Stories 43660 Member Poetry & Short Stories 45313 GhostRyder's Stories 45786 Dreams of Humanity 48091 Comicality Cafe Archive 49166 Recycle Bin 50213 Bill W's Rainbow Youth Connection 50247 Jack Scribe's Forum 50859 Story Archive Suggestions 52264 Poetry Discussion 56255 Topher's Gopher Hole 56277 Gay Authors Anthology 59679 Promising Authors Story Announcement 72558 The Wizard's Corner 73473 Editor's Corner 78889 Other Recycling Bin 80240 Do Over and Do Over Redux 84974 Shadowgod's Forum 90874 Vlista's Forum 97294 Administration Communication 112683 Member Q & A 115356 LittleBuddhaTW's Stone Grotto 142804 Writer's Corner 146546 dkstories's Stories 162307 eFiction Story Announcements 194720 The Soapbox 220330 eFiction Discussion 264003 Comicality Cafe 270111 Gay Authors Teen Spot 280901 CJames' Forum 289090 Domaholics 289471 Games and Humor 317082 Hosted Author Story Announcements 341549 The Story Cafe 529021 Dom's Stories 575848 The Lounge 1698082 Total 8021445 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFriendlyFace Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Wow! Really great info, Joe! -Kevin (who has a love for statistics) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Wow! Really great info, Joe! -Kevin (who has a love for statistics) Lol. I love statistics too... not as a college class though.. scary.. haha. But! Thanks Joe for posting this, its like looking through like old shoe boxes.. haha.. which I keep of notes and letters and such.. but you posted a small GA version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdmotion Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 This is very interesting. It's great to see that the site is growing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRevol Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 statistics are great, thanks Joe haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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