Dont want to bore you so will only announce the stats every 2 months but am extremely delighted to say that March 2008 has been the best month in the eight years of dannychoo.com.
March served just under 14 million page views (13,773,344) to an average of 84,450 unique daily users (up from 62,996 in Jan). The monthly unique users amounted to an accumulative total of 2.6 million visitors (2,617,958) up from 1,952,901 in January.
The new figures mean that this site has gained more users and page views than fellow sites like
Akibablog,
Famitsu.com,
Ascii.jp as shown via the
Alexa statistics.
The personal goal is to get into the worlds top 1000 websites by Q2 2009 (currently Alexa ranked 6560) which means we need to expand the server hardware and this is going to be possible thanks to
Joi Ito. Last years goal was to get into the worlds top 10,000 sites by December 2007 ^o^
Below will be the new home of dannychoo.com.
A ton of machines which will support the projected growth rate of this site.
A factor that has contributed greatly to the growth has been due to sharing. Feeds of members who participate in
Featured Feeds get their feed appearing randomly across the site and at the otaku news aggregator
Otaku.fm. In return, they place my rss feed on their site - they share their users with me, I share my users with them - it all makes sense and we grow together.
If you are interested in participating, register
my feed on your site. Go to your dannychoo.com account settings and register your feed - then contact [support at dannychoo dot com] with your user name.
Increasing the discoverability of articles and news items through
Mirai Gaia has been a priority which has lead to a higher conversion of folks who arrive on the site for the first time - welcome to all of those who have joined the community recently.
Another thing that we have been working on is improving the speed of the site and thanks to
Hector's webdev wisdom, we have introduced serialization of database queries which improves the site stability a great deal. Do let me know if you are experiencing turtle server like you did a week or so ago.
And as always, instead of shamelessly asking users to click on my affiliate links (which is bascially asking users for money), I ask that you consider installing the
Alexa Toolbar instead. The toolbar will not only enable me to gain a more accurate representation of user traffic, but also enable you to check the popularity of any site you visit and help your own Alexa ranking if you own a website too. Alexa is run by Amazon.com (
who I used to work for) so you need not worry about viruses ^^;
I would like to thank you all again for making the site what it is and will commit to continue to bring what you come back for and what I feel passionate about most - otaku subculture, Japan shenanigans and life in Tokyo.
Apart from my Featured Feed partners, I would like to thank the following for driving a concentrated flow of traffic to dannychoo.com.
And before I leave you with a few words from my partners below, I was curious as to whether you prefer Mirai-chan with brown or black hair. if you like the black then I will dye her hair and have her appear on the site here n there. Thanks once again and see you after the commercial break.
Hey Josh here from www.AnimeDaily.com I run this anime site that covers the great anime world with pictures, wallpapers, videos, reviews and a whole lot more come check it out and leave a comment! ^_^
AnimeUSA is your online store for authentic anime figurines and collectibles from Japan and the USA. Our diverse selection of anime products include AP Cards, Gashapon/Capsule Toys, Evangelion, Gundam Models, Idol/Lami Cards, Hello Kitty, Fullmetal Alchemist and more at unbeatable prices.
Our inventory of anime products is added to daily, so be sure to bookmark our website and check back soon!
Hi, I'm Joshua from AnimeXing and I look after customer relations. We, AnimeXing, provide
figure collectors the best and the latest anime figures and designer toys. Come see our store and enjoy our collection. If you have any special requests or questions, please feel free to contact me at joshua.artono@animexing.com
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DLsite.com is one of the first companies in Japan to provide a diverse array of Doujin items such as Doujinshi, CG collection, game, novel, music, and utility tool via online. All products are available in data format and can be downloaded instantly 24/7/365. DLSite.com now accepts works from outside of Japan, so if you are creator, start making money by selling your product on DLSite.com!
Greetings from Japan to readers of Dannychoo.com!
This is Toshiyuki Suzuki, founder and president of Hobby Search Co,Ltd.
Hobby Search is a company that deals with just about every kind of
hobby-related goods you can think of, items ranging from beautiful girls
figures, character goods, regular plastic models to Gundam Models.
A visit to our homepage is definitely going to give you an enjoyable
shopping experience.
We'll be waiting for you with beauty figures and with up-to-date information
about just what is going on in the Japanese Hobby Industry!
Hi this is Shimazo from Hobby Stock!
We are an online store selling Bishojo figures and other related hobby goods.
My name is Peter, and I'm the owner of J-List, a unique online shop
based in Japan that sells everything from bento boxes to our world-
famous "Now Accepting Applications for a Japanese Girlfriend" T-shirt.
We're also involved in licensing PC dating-sim games for the English
market.
Kid Nemo Company (also known as KNC) was founded in 2005 by an avid collector of anime figures and goods. Today, KNC is a fan’s favorite destination for new and upcoming figures from Japan.
KNC strives to keep current with the latest releases and while visiting our site, we try to give our customers a unique experience found only at Kid Nemo Company.
From background information about the characters, to streaming videos for the anime, visitors get more from KNC than just the figure and its price.
While keeping up with what is popular, we also try to be the trend setter for what is and will be hot and collectible.
By breaking the mold of a conventional anime retailer, Kid Nemo Company is finding new and innovative ways to showcase and provide unique and highly collectibles from Japan.
Find out why the “figure scene” is at Kid Nemo Company.
Hi Otaku!
My name is Sean, and at OtakuFuel I look after the purchasing for Figures
and Gundam Model kits as well as oversee the activities of our shipping
department. At OtakuFuel we sell a lot of figures, GUNPLA, and specialty
goodies like keychains, hats, bags, plushies, et cetera as well as all the
dvds, manga, and other anime related media you want to get your hands on!
Bunny (BunnySailormoon), who is also a member here on Danny's site is the
computer Otaku behind the scenes that is in charge of all the sparkle you
see on OtakuFuel, as well the sparkle you can¹t see on the surface. I think
there is a hamster in a wheel that turns gears inside a Linux box that she
feeds daily while regulating it's temperature with liquid nitrogen. Or
something like that...
At OtakuFuel, International customers are welcome, and can enjoy automated
calculation of shipping charges as well as checkout. We also give free
shipping for domestic (USA) orders over $99 and free mystery gifts for
domestic (USA) orders over $20.
Being fans ourselves, we've really made it our mission to be a store that
caters to fans. Please hit us up and give us a shout in your order notes if
you found us on Danny's site!
