As far as traffic goes, two things sell really well around here: happy times and coordinator changes. Last September was the first time GTP cracked the half million hits/month barrier; second best month at the blog was this past January, when… well, you know what.
Since Pruitt’s still here, I guess this past month has to qualify as more happy times, as GTP celebrates a new traffic record: 564,621. That’s almost 19,000 hits a day. I used to go entire months without seeing that much traffic.
Thanks to all the regulars and not-so-regulars for dropping in. Hope you’ll stick with it. And I hope the program has more happy times in store for us.
Get The Picture 
Glad to see these numbers! Senator, if you ever decide to go big time and need a guy in ad sales let me know!
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Congratulations! GTP is a quality blog, administered and presented just right. Things will only get better, I’m certain. Thanks for GTP, Senator Bluto!
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Thanks for all you do Senator!
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Still the best way to get the day started. Thanks, Senator.
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I think it has more to do with this site being the most insightful source (that includes radio, TV, print, blogs, whatever) for UGA football news and opinion. Period. Keep it up! I know you will.
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I love the site. I also love that you can have rational discussion here unlike so many other sites for so many different schools.
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So glad that my urbane comments are appreciated.
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Yes they are. Smoke em if you got em rule went into effect at UGa yesterday. As of today it is a no tobacco smoking campus. I guess they can dip or chew? Congrats Bluto. You’re not that far from the magic number of 100,000 hits a day.
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No tobacco period AHD. Smokeless and electronic are banned as well.
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Are the UGA Police going to give tickets for smoking? Maybe arrest multiple violators? Fortunately, not many athletes smoke or use tobacco related products.
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Of course! That way you can police the ganja smokers better. Hope no one mentions incense
It’s time to go to the cookies. The first-named trademark one on the black market just created is Clandestine Cotton Candy Containing Chocolate Chunks (“6-C” or “sexsy”). I’m told that they are right habit forming. No diabetics, please. Patience, because the second trademark will have Equal as well as raw choc syrup and will be sun-baked. A naturally ripened and dried cherry will adorn the top.
We have “Overnighter”, “Weekender” and “Who Gives a Dawn” sizes and concentrations for our discerning college smokeless clientele. Our old fart clientele will receive angelically baked cookies under trademark names of “Wrinkly”, “Deep Ends” and “Who am I”. Those eating the latter cookies must wear a badge that say’s “Take me to the front desk.”.
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What choice do we have when you keep trolling us with Hutson Mason posts. 😉
But seriously I’ve been here for years and am still amazed at the quality of the posts and comments. Keep it up.
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Everyone should show their appreciation to the Senator by clicking a couple of ads today. If we all click one ad today it might pay him enough to buy a high quality glass of bourbon.
Cheers!
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This is my one, can’t miss, daily internet stop. Many thanks.
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Thanks for your efforts.
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If any football blog deserves healthy traffic, this one does.
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This is the best college football blog on the interwebs, UGA or otherwise. No contest. Thanks, Senator.
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I used to waste a lot of time reading more than I needed about UGA football. Now, I just trust that if it’s important enough to read, it will show up on GTP.
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So, Jefe, does this mean you can make the payments on your yacht?
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Yeah, the one I keep docked in Hahira. 😉
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Nice. Do you have data on how many unique visitors you get every day? Another way of phrasing that: Do you know how many of those 19,000 hits come from me hitting refresh ad infinitum while I’m at work, like Zuckerberg at the end of The Social Network?
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It’s about a 3:1 ratio of hits to unique visits.
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Don’t think I’d dock it there. It’s too close to Climax. And Syrupmakers.
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LOL. But actually CJ, Hahira isn’t that close to those places. It’s close to Adel and Valdosta. I grew up 9 miles from Climax, and 20 miles from the Syrupmakers.
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Congrats on your continued success. Thanks for giving this Southwest Georgia Dawg fan something to look forward to each day.
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You do a great job Senator. You are the only blog I read. It’s the gospel.
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I actually look forward to checking your blog as I eat breakfast every morning. It is basically the first website I check (even before news!). Guess you know where my priorities lie!
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When is ESPN going to put you on GameDay? Someone needs to get VanPelt to start touting this place. He’d fit in great.
Just don’t let them put you on with Finebaum. There are some things even a Bulldog just won’t do.
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To paraphrase (OK, steal) somebody else’s brilliant line a few weeks ago…
I come here for the sports, I stay for the sockpuppet battles.
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Thank you, sir. You realize this is all your fault, right? Most of us would be better at our vocations if you weren’t so good at your avocation.
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Congrats and thanks again.
I always thought the “unhappy times” drew more hits. As we know, it’s not the first time I have been wrong.
Here’s to happier times for all of us…
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Nor the last time you will be wrong if you are in the Football Pool.
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Great job! Keep up the good work.
You keep writin’, we’ll keep readin’!
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It makes working in Amsterdam easier knowing that GTPers will be keeping Coach Richt and Bobo up to speed on how to run the program. However even a Dutch soccer fan knows that you run Gurley on the four yd line…
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I can see the conversation now: Dammit, Hans, ik wed dat je 100 vergulders dat Gurley zou hebben scoorde een touchdown als Bobo hem net had gegeven de verdomde bal daar beneden
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Congratulations. My new policy is 1 ad click per visit. Glad to be on the team.
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Do you need a body guard, I’ll take a bullet for you (while patting your hair)?
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Congrats and thanks. I use your page to keep all the FSU, AU, BAMA, and UF fans who I work down here in the ‘Benny’, fully abreast on interesting UGA takes! GO DAWGS
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That’s great, Senator. I would imagine between Hoppy and me, you’re killing it in Montana. There’s no telling how much more successful I would be if not for the amount of time I spend reading your blog, but it’s certainly worth the tradeoff. Thanks for all your hard work.
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Congratulations. I appreciate the platform.
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I appreciate the honesty and insight. Thank you, Sir.
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Buncha brown nosers, 🙂
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And what’s wrong with that?
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Brown nosers? How long did it take Scorp to jump Bluto’s arse after this? With skeptic you can understand it because he is just miserable about everything so pounces on anything that isn’t anti the program, but Scorp is just an old fool, probably a Munson relative and skeered of witches and haints. Then out of nowhere, he goes postal on the Good Senator who was making a balanced, valid point. Lot of itchy trigger fingers around after last weekend. Gonna be fine this weekend, big time blowout coming Scorp. Come on, let’s tease those spirits and see what happens…might be more fun than sitting around growling. I even hope we draw our old buddy Penn this weekend, rather get his annual bloodletting out of the way for 2014.
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daily reader …irregular commenter …… love this place for not only Dawg bites but keeping up with SEC news
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Please allow me to brown nose for a moment. This is what a fan blog should be. Has become my go-to first read every morning during the season. GATA, GTP!
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Been here since dang near the beginning. Don’t post often, but love to see more and more people appreciating the site as much as I have over the years. Still the best one going, Senator. Keep up the great work!
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