Milestone

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Yesterday, the 100,000th person came to Revitalize Your Church!

It's incredible, really, that one can make a global connection with 100,000 people from a little town in the northwoods.

Comments

  1. Keetha Broyles3:53 PM

    100,000 visits!!! WOW.

    Now, not to burst that bubble or anything, but do you actually only count the FIRST visit, or is that a "hit" counter? I mean - - - I come multiple times a day you know!!! :-)

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  2. Anonymous8:32 PM

    So, YOU'RE the one who came 100,000 times!! Actually, there's some truth to what you're saying. You'll be counted as a unique visitor if you come back after six hours.

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  3. Anonymous8:35 PM

    One more thing -- my favorite site meter is statcounter.com

    It lists the page views, the number of visitors, and how many of them are "returning visitors"

    For instance, last Wednesday, I had 298 different visitors -- 82 of them were "returning"

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  4. Anonymous9:26 PM

    And we ordered in some pizzas!

    Romans Fan

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  5. Anonymous9:47 PM

    congrats mark...not only is your milestone impressive but your service of connecting many of us together is appreciated...

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  6. Dale Argot7:41 AM

    Congratulations Mark! Thanks for the ministry that you provide to the church. Your writing has been a great encouragement to me. Hopefully, we will be able to meet this year at a FLAME event. I am heading to Frankfort in April and I will probably be at one of the FLAME's in SC. Blessings on you my friend

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  7. Anonymous9:01 AM

    Hope your site stays as your church. There is a place for everyone!

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  8. Anonymous9:21 AM

    The fact that there are so many RETURNING visitors is what's really impressive! That speaks volumes. Keep it up!

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  9. Anonymous8:38 AM

    Mark,

    Thank you for not making any visitor feel unwelcome to your site, even when they disagree with you. That is the reason they return, again and again.

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