A Defending Big D Milestone

by Brandon Worley on Sep 1, 2010 8:34 AM CDT in Dallas Stars News

Yesterday evening, sometime around 7 p.m. CDT on the last day of the month, Defending Big D celebrated our best month of traffic since we launched in January of 2009. At just over 86,000 page views for the month of August, we eclipsed our previous best of the 85,000 views we enjoyed in July.

What's impressive about these numbers is the fact that July and August are supposed to be the slow months, the time of the year when no one cares about hockey. August, especially is a rough month as we fight for ideas for content while the team stays out of the spotlight before starting training camp in September.

To give you an idea of how far we've come, last August we had just under 24,000 page views for that month.

That we have come this far is a testament to all of our loyal readers and those that find us every day. We hope that we provide you with the best Dallas Stars news and analysis (from a fan's perspective) that you can find. As Stars fans, we're going through a rough time together and my only hope is that we can continue to grow as a community and continue the excellent debates and comments we've been enjoying over the past year.

Heading into the season, we're committed to providing you with more original analysis and breakdowns than ever before. Hopefully September will soon become the best month in DBD history, and so on for each coming month.

Sometime in the next month we'll enjoy our 1,000,000 page view to Defending Big D. Then we'll really celebrate!

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Good Job!

You guys do a great job with your reporting.

by DFWFan on Sep 1, 2010 8:56 AM CDT reply actions

Keep up the good work.

And the results will only get better.
If you are fan of Stars, this is the best place for you.
All the knowledge you need is here and if it isn’t here, you have a link to the source.
I’m glad that I started reading this site for real.

by Henri Muroke on Sep 1, 2010 9:32 AM CDT reply actions

That's my bad...

I try and hit the refresh button a few hundred times a day, just to boost the numbers :-)

If you’re getting this many hits a month, just wait until we make the playoffs next season!

by Tsudbury on Sep 1, 2010 9:35 AM CDT reply actions

A playoff run

Would be a great, great thing for this site.

We’re building our page views toward the hundreds of thousands (I’m hopeful we can cross 100,000 in a month sometime this season) without a playoff season.

Then again, you might note that since Defending Big D came into existence in January 2009, the Stars have not made the playoffs. We don’t THINK it’s our fault, but… ;)

Defending Big D

by Brad Gardner on Sep 1, 2010 9:38 AM CDT reply actions

The Stars went 9-9-2 after I joined the DBD crew.

So…..it must be Brad, Brandon, B-Bibb or Art’s fault. I had little effect on the team ;)

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by Pat Iversen on Sep 1, 2010 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions

Nicely done guys

it is definitely deserved with all the hard work you put in

It's Time.

by Jason Brynsvold on Sep 1, 2010 10:40 AM CDT reply actions

All I do is read DBD during classes...

So my bad. Hope you guys don’t get too excited. Congrats and to another great year.

One of the last Matt Niskanen supporters in Dallas....

by RealDealNeal on Sep 1, 2010 10:47 AM CDT via mobile reply actions

Congratulations guys!

This is awesome but not too surprising. Y’all do a fabulous job!

Supporting your local ice troll, 24/7/365

by laughs2loud on Sep 1, 2010 12:00 PM CDT reply actions

Congrats guys

As a Stars fan in RI, It’s hard to find hockey news, especially good hockey news, so I check out this website sometimes twice a day and almost every day I find at least one new article.

by chris1989 on Sep 1, 2010 12:15 PM CDT reply actions