Today is the six month anniversary of the launch of America's Debate.

Our growth has been strong and steady over the last six months. We have grown to nearly 300 members, and well over 13,000 posts. Just this past week, we reached our 1000th unique topic.

We have every reason to believe this healthy growth will continue into the future.

For those who are interested, I have posted and will explain some of the statistics below:

• Hits- The number of hits is actually quite misleading. A hit is simply a request for a file. Each page you view may include twenty or thirty graphics or other files, and therefore this number is quite inflated.
  
• Pages- This is the number of actual pages requested in a given time period. This is also referred to as "pageviews".
  
• Visits- This is the total number of unique visits to the site in a given time period. If you went to the site on Monday, for example, that would be one visit, and if you went to the site on Tuesday, it would be another visit. Every time you log in and log out, it is a visit.
  
• Sites- This is the total number of unique computers that connect to the site in a given time period.

Thanks, everybody, for participating, and making America's Debate successful!

Mike