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Comments and Visitor Experiences

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TOP SITE AWARDS:
1. A very relevant, on-topic site . . . thank you for making the internet a better place! :) AL, 2004
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"In your story BUTTERCUP, I believe it is supposed to read 'the great big witch" but it reads, "the great wig bitch" . . . thank you. - HC

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"Enormt omfattende...og kjempebra!!!!" - MF (Bergen)

"Utruleg bra og innhaldsrik." - SH

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Site Statistics

In 2007 there were some 687,000 visitors and 1,3 million page visits (source: Google Analytics). Further, MSN had 20,200 page references to the site in late December.

Visitors in 2007 came from (rounded numbers):

1. United States: 300 000 visitors
2. Norway: 84 000
3. United Kingdom: 56 000
4. Canada: 34 000
5. India: 34 000
6. Australia: 19 000
7. Germany: 14 000
8. Philippines: 9 000
9. Ireland: 8 000
10. Sweden: 7 000
11. Netherlands: 7 000

The most visited pages in 2008 (as the year before) contained folk tales, proverbs, fables, Latin phrases, art, gist of Buddhism and yoga, and info on some prominent psychologists.

Most visiting countries in 2008:

1. United States
2. Norway
3. United Kingdom
4. India
5. Canada
6. Australia
7. Germany
8. Philippines
9. Ireland
10. Netherlands
11. Sweden
12. Malaysia
13. France
14. Singapore
15. Denmark
16. Etc.: 222 countries are on the list in all.

Happy New Year,
Tormod Kinnes