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Today is ToonForum is 2 years old. I'm not as good at waxing lyrical about the site as Skalps was/is in his threads. Last season, from this point a year ago, saw the birth of the ToonForumIndex, along with the not quite so pretty graphics for it, followed in the summer by the transfer of ownership from Skalpel to myself.
Over that summer and going into the start of the season some changes were made; the fabled homepage was launched, the blog injected with life, regular features (a big thanks to Beatski, Yacob and everyone who has wrote a match preview) and NewsNow integration, the ads were overhauled and now look capable of supporting the site (another big thanks goes out to those who donated in the site's infancy), the TFI was reworked to give it its own section of the site, a few new features were added, such as media and tweet embedding, and we seem to have won the war on kitchen spam.
The site in general, following Smudger's heartless culling of GD, has continued to trend towards a *gasp* Football Discussion forum, so of course overall forum activity isn't as high as it was in its peak, and as always with forums, the user base continues to lose old faces and gain new ones more suited to the changing nature of the forums. My wording sounds a bit dramatic here, it's not meant to be
. But GD will rise again 
, hopefully.The transition to a more football focussed forum with an active blog has almost doubled the number of unique visitors to the site compared to the previous year, with visits overall up, but pages per visit and length of stay down. We've gone from a steady number of daily visitors with few peaks, to a similar daily number but with massive spikes on matchdays and on days with interesting blog posts.
So thanks everyone, and a big thank you to Skalps for getting this place started.
Then & Now
Two Years Ago
One Year Ago
Skalps' Homepage Concept
Can't find an old screenshot of the blog, so I'll leave it to your imagination.
Today
Two Years Ago
One Year Ago
Skalps' Homepage Concept
Can't find an old screenshot of the blog, so I'll leave it to your imagination.
Today
Stats & Stuff
These are from the start of the site.Top Posters (most prolific, non moderator)
1. The Rock Lobster (retains title)
2. Yacob (retains second place)
3. Jaiston
4. ALF (retains fourth place)
5. Livin' Davide Loca (down from third)
Top Sections
1. Football Discussion - 1.8m Views
2. General Discussion - 600k Views
3. Gaming - 110k Views
Top Way of Seeing New Posts
1. Forum Home - 1.6m Views
2. New Posts - 230k Views
3. Unread Posts - 180k Views
4. Active Topics - 170k Views
5. Ego Search - 150k Views
Top Cities
1. Newcastle-Gateshead
2. London
3. Leeds
4. Birmingham
5. Manchester (3-5 are within 250 visits of each other over the 2 years)
Top Countries
1. United Kingdom
2. United States
3. Ireland
4. Australia
5. Czech Republic
Top Browsers
1. Chrome
2. Safari
3. Firefox
4. Internet Explorer
5. Android Default Browser
Top Mobile Devices
1. iPhone
2. iPad
3. Nexus 7
4. Nexus 4
5. Galaxy SIII
Top Search Terms
1. ToonForum / Toon Forum / toonforum.co.uk
2. Newcastle United Forum
3. Lovenkrands big penis
4. DavideDuck
5. BGD is a pig f***er
Honourable mentions to "skalpels little penis" and "acid hippo fists tash toonforum"
Top Referral Sites
1. Google
2. Twitter
3. Facebook
4. Not606
5. Reddit
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My memory's a bit s***, so if there's anything that I've missed, let me know. Also the goldmine has been neglected over the last year, what have been your favourite TF moments in the last 12 months, and what deserves to be archived in the goldmine that hasn't? Also are there any changes you'd like to see this year?
HB TF!
.. Happy birthday 
!!
'sburg dynasty is over 3 seasons, 3 division 1 titles. 
