The Fold has been up and running for almost 14 months now. We've went from 5 visits per day to an average of just over 4500 currently. The whole objective of the site was to start it from the ground up, and not expect instant success. A lot of bloggers get frustrated with trying to compete with well-funded, media established sites. We have no desire to compete with them. Our budget is pretty much what ever is left in our penny jars. One thing we want to do more of is original reporting rather than just linking to other stories all over the net. Doing such would mean more local items, which is something that has always bored me. Since I'm not in Washington, original reporting eventually becomes local. Our direction over the next year will get much more local, especially during the 2010 midterms.
Some other interesting items over the last year are how visitors find the site or what links they follow to get here.
Top Keyword Searches
1. tea baggers
2. bush idiot
3. walk with god
4. circle jerk
5. democrats dumb
Top Sites That Link Here
1. TPM
2. The Fold Blog
3. Washington Monthly
4. democratic underground
5. yahoo.groups
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"...it is grotesque to view your page. You have hairy balls and prancing teletubies everywhere you look. There is no doubt the moral values you complain republicans don't have you don't have at all. The vulgarity is enough to be judged by somebody mightier than you. If you knew history you would no that never has democrats been on the right side. Their socialism will destroy this country. Sure you would like that. All your vulgarism proves democrats are again not on the right side. Someone greater than history will judge all this an d you won't be able to hide your blog then. You will have to answer for it. What will your answer be?"
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It's hard to top that one.
