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Feb 20, 2001 | 4:02 am
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Eek!
Hi all
You know how sometimes you do a search on the Internet just to find web pages to see there is a web page that has mentioned you or your web page but that you didn't know about (sometimes you find some interesting surprises).
I did a search on "FFhound" to see if anyone else had mentioned my nickname.
This was the result
http://www.usatoday.com/life/travel/...000/ltl260.htm
The article is from last year and makes a brief mention of ffhound. I didn't even realise I had been indirectly mentioned. Mileageaddict and Milesnut also got mentioned (as well as Randy).
Would this article have been printed in the paper version of USA today?
cheers Peter
You know how sometimes you do a search on the Internet just to find web pages to see there is a web page that has mentioned you or your web page but that you didn't know about (sometimes you find some interesting surprises).
I did a search on "FFhound" to see if anyone else had mentioned my nickname.
This was the result
http://www.usatoday.com/life/travel/...000/ltl260.htm
The article is from last year and makes a brief mention of ffhound. I didn't even realise I had been indirectly mentioned. Mileageaddict and Milesnut also got mentioned (as well as Randy).
Would this article have been printed in the paper version of USA today?
cheers Peter
Feb 20, 2001 | 4:41 am
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3 Stars Are Born. 
Be a long time since Peter was in a dark tavern in Boston methinks?!
This bit interested me. Wonder what the hits are now in 2001?
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~ Glen ~
Be a long time since Peter was in a dark tavern in Boston methinks?! This bit interested me. Wonder what the hits are now in 2001?
The site, an offshoot of Webflyer.com, generates about 5 million hits monthly.
~ Glen ~
Feb 20, 2001 | 4:49 am
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[quote]Originally posted by ozstamps:
That's about 160,000 hits a day? Surely this can't be correct? There couldn't be that many lurkers.
cheers peter
[This message has been edited by ffhound (edited 02-20-2001).]
The site, an offshoot of Webflyer.com, generates about 5 million hits monthly.
cheers peter
[This message has been edited by ffhound (edited 02-20-2001).]
Feb 20, 2001 | 5:06 am
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I only trust statistics that I falsify myself.
I am pretty sure that the figures given are correct ... BUT that every time you hit another forum and from topic to topic is counted.
I am pretty sure that the figures given are correct ... BUT that every time you hit another forum and from topic to topic is counted.
Feb 21, 2001 | 1:16 am
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Hi again
(Thanks for the kind comment Maggie)
But wait there's more...
Seems I made the Wall Street Journal today!
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/...9876130731.htm
"Bargains aren't all that uncommon," says Peter Berrett, a top-tier United flier from Victoria, Australia, who has joined in an ongoing online discussion about the ual.com incident. Last year, Mr. Berrett says he took advantage of a legitimate United promotion that offered a round-trip ticket for travel between Auckland, New Zealand, and Melbourne, Australia for $53. The regular fare on this route would have been close to $800"
It's a great article however there's just one problem.
As far as I know I'm not or ever likely to be a top tier United flier. I've no idea where Ms Costello got that idea.
Perhaps United know something I don't?
cheers Peter
ps I must remember to keep an eye on the cover of Time Magazine
[This message has been edited by ffhound (edited 02-21-2001).]
(Thanks for the kind comment Maggie)
But wait there's more...
Seems I made the Wall Street Journal today!
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/...9876130731.htm
"Bargains aren't all that uncommon," says Peter Berrett, a top-tier United flier from Victoria, Australia, who has joined in an ongoing online discussion about the ual.com incident. Last year, Mr. Berrett says he took advantage of a legitimate United promotion that offered a round-trip ticket for travel between Auckland, New Zealand, and Melbourne, Australia for $53. The regular fare on this route would have been close to $800"
It's a great article however there's just one problem.
As far as I know I'm not or ever likely to be a top tier United flier. I've no idea where Ms Costello got that idea.
Perhaps United know something I don't?
cheers Peter
ps I must remember to keep an eye on the cover of Time Magazine
[This message has been edited by ffhound (edited 02-21-2001).]