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5 Years And 500,000 Posts
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09-25-2008, 12:16 AM
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Administrator
Trade: Admin
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Texas
Posts: 8,388
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5 Years And 500,000 Posts
It's hard to believe that it's been 5 years since I started this site but time flies. ContractorTalk.com (Originally named ContractorsChatroom.com) was started in September of 2003. It's been a long road but I've had a lot of fun and have enjoyed ever minute of it.
Tonight, we reached another milestone... 500,000 posts. This is a huge number of posts containing some of the best information about the construction, remodeling, and service industry. We have become the place for professional contractors to meet online. I just wanted to post a quick thank you to the members of this site who call this their home and make this all possible. And of course this site wouldn't run if it wasn't for the help of the moderators who keep everything on track. Thank You All 
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09-25-2008, 12:19 AM
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Pro
Trade: Carpentry
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Boise, ID
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
NO! Thank you Nathan!!
you got this going for all of us, and we thank you for it You've got a great place here for us, good mods, smart people with expert advice. YOU ROCK MAN
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09-25-2008, 12:30 AM
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The Grand Wazoo
Trade: It blowed up real good!
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Illinois
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
The small baseball forum I run hit two million posts in a little over seven years, with a far smaller number of members, if you want to use that as a goal.
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09-25-2008, 12:44 AM
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Trade: Specializing in residential remodeling
Join Date: May 2008
Location: So. Cal.
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
Big THANK YOU Nathan! for making this contractor's site.
It's been a great place to learn,understand,acknowledge, and just kick back and see what so many contractor's here have to say as well as to show off there job-site photos,trade skills and workmanship to their craft. BTW Nathan I didn't receive my "free" Contractor Talk tee yet... Just a little reminder for when you get some free time to send it  Good Luck getting to 1,000,000 |
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09-25-2008, 01:00 AM
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Trade: general contractor/ remodeling
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Orange County, Ca.
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
We only had 275 posts the day before Malco and Genecarp signed up.
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09-25-2008, 02:01 AM
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Handle It!
Trade: Everything The Union Guys Do Not Want To Do
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Brooklyn, NY ~ Haverford, PA
Posts: 9,386
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
I like-a-dat!
1 Million is soon to follow!!!!
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09-25-2008, 03:13 AM
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Crash Test Dummy
Trade: Landscaping
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
Many thanks for such a great place.
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09-25-2008, 03:15 AM
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Handle It!
Trade: Everything The Union Guys Do Not Want To Do
Join Date: Feb 2008
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09-25-2008, 03:16 AM
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Handle It!
Trade: Everything The Union Guys Do Not Want To Do
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Brooklyn, NY ~ Haverford, PA
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Uh huh!
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Handle It!
Trade: Everything The Union Guys Do Not Want To Do
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Correct-a-mundo!
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09-25-2008, 03:17 AM
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Handle It!
Trade: Everything The Union Guys Do Not Want To Do
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09-25-2008, 03:46 AM
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Trade: general contractor/ remodeling
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Orange County, Ca.
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
We'll hit 1 million by Tuesday. If Gene is back from honeymoon, it will probably be Sunday-ish
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09-25-2008, 07:28 AM
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Apartment Rehab Corp.
Trade: Project Manager
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
It's a great site Nathan...props to you for starting it
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09-25-2008, 07:38 AM
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Trade: LI,NY designer, new homes, renovation work, concre
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts i am happy to contribute, and will continue to post hard, as long as my guys keep the ship afloat in the field....SIA- i am leaving for my honeymoon in a few weeks, computer comes along so all my ct buddies can enjoy some photos from far away lands
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09-25-2008, 07:44 AM
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09-25-2008, 08:23 AM
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egotistical prick
Trade: Wood Inlay
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Location: Swartz Creek, Michigan
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09-25-2008, 08:25 AM
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egotistical prick
Trade: Wood Inlay
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Swartz Creek, Michigan
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
I'll have you know, I have learned a lot from this site. I have added a piece here or there of my knowledge. Great place to visit except for one thing. Lost productivity. I have lost thousands of dollars squandering my time here when I should of been doing work! It's all your fault Nathan!
For all the pro's... 
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09-25-2008, 09:15 AM
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Trade: renovator
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Re: 5 Years And 500,000 Posts
Average ~15 page views per post, means ~7.5-million page views.
At about, what, one click on an ad per ~500 page views? At, say, ~25-cents per click (typical AdSense rate)... Means ~$3,750 in income so far from the site. Divide by 5 years =~ $750/year. Even if I'm off by a factor of 10, big max $7,500/yr. It must be for love of the industry, 'cause we're not making you rich doing this... |
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09-25-2008, 09:36 AM
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