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The hits just keep on coming here at beards.org. On the afternoon (US Pacific Time) of March 25th, 2011, the gallery views counter rolled over to sixteen million! We hit fifteen million back on January 2nd, 2011. The counting only began back on January 26th, 2006. So the real number is unknown but much higher.
I wasn’t here to see which was the sixteen millionth photo. So I selected one of Andy’s photos to illustrate this post.
Thanks for your interest in “all about beards”!
On January 17th, 1996, all about beards made its humble debut on the worldwide web. The little web site had embarked on its mission of promoting beards around the globe. Today, all about beards is growing stronger all the time and remains the world’s longest-running beard web site. On all about beards’ fifteenth anniversary, I’d like to thank all of the site’s friends, contributors, supporters, cheerleaders, and of course, beard growers for making all about beards such a success. Keep growing.
We are starting off the new year with a great milestone. The beards.org gallery views counter just hit fifteen million! The ceremonial fifteenth millionth photo was that of Josef of Germany. The counter rolled over to fifteen million at 9:28 PM Pacific Standard Time on January 2nd, 2011. We hit fourteen million back on October 11th, 2010.
Josef was one of the first to show off his beard in our beards of the world gallery. If you haven’t already, please join him in the gallery by submitting your entry today! To view Josef’s photo, click on the image above.
Thanks for your interest in “all about beards”!
As the clock runs out on 2010 in the US Pacific Time Zone, I’d like to say thanks to everyone for all of their terrific contributions to beards.org this year. You guys are all the best! Keep growing!
The second video in this series is now up on YouTube. This one features footage of Christopher, shot during his latest beards.org photo shoot. Scott still serves as an official spokesperson for beards.org in this video. Check it out:
Watch in full 1080p HD on YouTube.
Check it out:
Watch in full 1080p HD on YouTube.
Hey! Once more, we’ve got another million views on the gallery counter! I wasn’t at the computer at the time to witness the turnover to 14,000,000 views, so I don’t know which image was the fourteen millionth. So to illustrate this post, I’ve included another shot of Brian that appeared in his latest album update.
Thanks again to all of the friends and visitors to beards.org for your interest in the bearded cause. Keep growing!
Andy kindly participated in an official beards.org photo shoot on September 23rd, 2010. Unlike any other beards.org photo shoot to date, Andy’s photo shoot included a trip to the barber shop for a haircut and beard trim. Here are some preview shots from the first part of the photo shoot.
Stay tuned for lots more of Andy!
Customize your Firefox browser with a beards.org persona as seen above. It’s quick, free, and easy. Using your Firefox browser, just go to:
http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/247700
We’ve done it again! We’ve got another million views on the gallery counter! The thirteen-million milestone was reached sometime on the morning of July 4th, 2010.
We hit our previous milestone of twelve million gallery views back on March 31st, 2010. Remember, however, that the gallery counter started at zero on January 26, 2006. So we have had thirteen million views of photos in the gallery since January 26, 2006.
The number is a fun milestone to track, although the actual number of views is even larger. Sadly, when some images leave the gallery, their view counts get subtracted. That can whack off thousands from the counter at a time. Also, when Salvatore’s beard videos were hosted in the main gallery, the overall view count was boosted substantially. When I pulled the videos from the gallery (because they were using up all of the site’s monthly data transfer allowance), the overall count shrank some more, as well. If all of the subtractions were added back, the true number would be quite a bit higher.
Regardless, each additional million makes for a good occasion to stop and reflect for a moment and express thanks to all of beards.org’s loyal fans, friends, and visitors. It’s also a great time to thank and salute each and every bearded man who has joined the gallery.
I wasn’t at the computer when the counter hit thirteen million. So this post is illustrated with a previously-unpublished photo of Christopher.
Happy Birthday, USA! And best wishes to all friends of beards.org around the world!