When I posted a thank you note last year with the Google Analytics map, it felt wonderful to know that the Tangents blog reached such a wide audience across the world. Out of curiosity, I had to see how the same three month period for 2010 would compare. Well, in the last quarter of 2009 there were over 251,000 visitors to the Tangents blog …. and for the same period (Oct-Dec) in 2010 there were over 372,000 visitors! That is nearly a 50% increase in the number of visits to the Tangents blog in a year’s time!
I am equally stunned and thrilled and humbled by this. Thank you! Thank you to everyone who commented and helped, and added advice and info and helped turn this blog into something to be very proud of. And thank you to everyone who passed this website on to photographer friends.
This is all wonderful motivation to keep expanding this site, and the range of topics. I look forward to 2011.
As a side-note, I see that last year this time I mentioned the avalanche of emails, and was determined to catch up on them. I never quite did. But now with the forum, there’s actually hope that I can more effectively reply to questions and keep in touch.
Neil vN
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Comment by 2121 — January 2, 2011 @ 12:26 am
Thank you Neil, for such an excellent blog and for sharing your talent and expertise so freely.
I look forward to my daily visit.
Best for 2011, P:)
Comment by pasquier — January 2, 2011 @ 2:54 am
Neil, your blog was my present for my birthday. It was the first time when I discovered it and I wrote something here. You really deserve the best, cause you really are a wizard… with 2 hats…
I thank you.
Comment by Dragos — January 2, 2011 @ 6:51 am
Neil,
It’s no surprise to me that your stats are so good. This is simply one of the best blogs there is and I thank you for devoting so much time and energy in spreading your knowledge and skills to the larger photographic community.
Every success for the year ahead.
DT
Comment by DT — January 2, 2011 @ 7:15 am
Neil, all I can say is thank you very much. I have learned so much from your site and tell all my friends about it. Thank you very much, Scott
Comment by Scott Boyer — January 2, 2011 @ 12:02 pm
Congratulations on the milestone. :-)
Comment by Stephen — January 2, 2011 @ 12:16 pm
No wonder actually.. you deserve this Neil.. and thank you so much for all the effort you’ve put in.. this is not just another photography blog, this is in fact a photography encyclopedia..
Hats off..
Naieem Kaiz
Comment by Naieem Kaiz — January 2, 2011 @ 12:40 pm
Neil, don’t forget all of us reading the feed. Google Analytics doesn’t pick up that.
Great blog, keep it up!
Comment by Daniel Rubin — January 2, 2011 @ 1:15 pm
Comment by Neil vN — January 2, 2011 @ 1:48 pm
Thank YOU Neil! And, yes, I have shared your blog with other photographers because I definitely always find something here that interests me. These days I think I check daily to see if you have posted something new. Happy New Year!
Comment by Sheri J — January 2, 2011 @ 4:39 pm
Thank you Neil.
Learned a lot from your blog starting many, many years back (first time I’ve heard of “dragging the shutter” actually).
Good luck in everything you set on doing this new year, and if you’re ever in my neck of the woods (Toronto) please drop me a line (will pay for the beer :-) )
Cheers!
Bogdan
Comment by Bogdan — January 2, 2011 @ 4:40 pm
Put simply the best photographic blog on the net.
Your philosophy truly must include that knowledge is of little use until it is shared.It is only the sharing that will allow knowledge to continue to expand.
Have a great 2011
Thanks for being a special sharer Neil.
Comment by Danny Cahill — January 2, 2011 @ 5:09 pm
I remember, when I first stumbled on Tangents, saw the surname, and figured you and I had a common heritage, and started to follow your blog. With time, I found myself coming more often to your site, often in preference to the other larger blog on the subject ( which I still also read all the time though, and appreciate as well ).
Like everyone, I find the things that characterise Tangents, to be your generous and common sense approach to the subject. It just has a fresh faced appeal, and the ‘sincerity’ inherent in the way you impart your knowledge to all, is what stands out.
Thank you, Neil, baie dankie, and merci beaucoup!
Comment by Jeremy — January 2, 2011 @ 6:19 pm
É maravilhoso está aqui e ficamos felizes em compartilhar conosoc suas tecnicas maravilhosas.
Meu muito obrigado
Feliz 2011
Ricardo Carvalho
Ilha Grande – Piauí – Brazil
Comment by Ricardo Carvalho — January 2, 2011 @ 8:03 pm
Neil, well done. As many people have mentioned, your blog has become a ‘first check’ for solid content. In 2010 I noticed a bunch of previously excellent blogs that have degenerated into pure marketing with less and less value for the reader. Yours has maintained value to the photographer community.
Thank you.
Comment by Lawrence — January 3, 2011 @ 1:44 am
Hello Neil
Happy New year to you .
just like all the people connecting to your websites I have to say a huge THANK YOU for this tremendous site, so inspiring and generous.
I even sneak a few minutes at work -hope my boss will not see this – is this the first symptomes to becoming a “tangentholic”
I now have you book which is absolutley great and teaching me things.
I am a reader from France and I am sure that you have very many fans here in spite of the language barrier.
Thanks once again and please keep it going.This site has become a must …I’m now going to the tangents forum as I have an ever so important question to ask.
Alex
Comment by Alex-D — January 3, 2011 @ 3:55 pm
Neil,
Thank you, I have to say that I have learned a lot on your tangent blog. Got it first on my bookmark and not a day that passed by that I always check on it first. Keep up the excellent work. Again thank you.
Comment by sbnpn4 — January 3, 2011 @ 5:25 pm
As many others before me have already said, there’s a good reason you get so much traffic. And it is us, you readers, that should be thanking YOU, not the other way around! :) THANK YOU!
Comment by Jesse Kaufman — January 3, 2011 @ 6:44 pm
Neil,
Just saying thank you for helping my photography a very very lot!
All the best for 2011!
Alwin
Comment by Alwin Koops — January 4, 2011 @ 7:35 am
thanks for providing great content on the web!
Comment by Jun — January 4, 2011 @ 1:17 pm
Hej!
Jag vill tacka dig för allt hjälp och inspiration jag får varje dag, bor i Stockholm Sweden och läser din blogg dagligen!
Hälsningar
Luis.
Comment by Luis Romero — January 5, 2011 @ 6:38 pm
Thank you so much for all the knowledge and advices you share with us! It’s always pleasure to come here and it never ends for me with reading just one post :) Which is great!
Thank you!
Comment by Joanna Kapica — January 29, 2011 @ 7:49 pm