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Think about this: WashingtonPost.com April 4, 2006 - New Trends in Traffic:
While growth is slowing at most top Internet sites, it is skyrocketing at sites focused on social networking, blogging and local information.
Pressed for time, more and more young adults are turning to the internet to get their news. Sticks of Fire is a key component of conversational media, and focuses on Tampa and Tampa Bay. We report on events and issues of concern to you and your neighbors in the Tampa Bay area, and those neighbors take an active role in the dialogue. Likewise, we endeavor to serve as a significant vehicle for businesses within the greater Tampa Bay area.
Sticks of Fire boasts of over 6,000 page views each week, of which about 88% come from consumers within the Tampa Bay area. Many of our visitors come to this site on a regular basis, and actively participate in various discussions. Approximately 10% find there way here by searching for “Tampa” with other keywords. We continue to grow in leaps and bounds, constantly adding content that is important to local folks interested in supporting their neighborhood.
Sticks of Fire is recognized as the leading website in the area for local news and information, and has garnered many accolades:
First place Creative Loafing Best of the Bay 2007 - Best Local Blog, Readers’ Choice.
First place Creative Loafing (formerly known as Weekly Planet) Best of the Bay 2006, Reader’s choice for Best Local Blog.
Beat both the Tampa Tribune and the St. Pete Times to news of a new development, prodding the St. Pete Times to take a closer look.
Named as one of Tampa’s Best Read Bloggers by *tbt, the St. Pete Times weekly.
First place Weekly Planet’s Best of the Bay 2005, Editor’s choice for Best Local Website.
Third place Weekly Planet’s Best of the Bay 2005, Reader’s choice for Best Local Blog.
Listed on Civic Strategies urblog list as Tampa’s best representative since 2003.
Other rave reviews:
“Sticks of Fire is one of the more lively things happening locally on the Internet…” Kevin Walker, Entertainment Guru, Tampa Tribune
“Sticks of Fire … is arguably Tampa’s premier blog…” Billy Townsend, Tampa Tribune Reporter
“…great contributors and they offer a unique citizen journalist viewpoint to life in the Tampa Bay area.” Greg Hoffman, Marketing Gorilla
“Tampa’s premier blog… the one that is essential” David S. Banghart, Seminole Heights.
“Sticks of Fire, a kick ass state blog…” Michael, Truman’s Conscience
“Sticks of Fire Reigns Supreme” - Weekly Planet
“A definitive blog source…[with] stinging satirical wit” - Tampa Bay Times
“A must-read for Tampans” - Dave Piniero, Tampa Rail
“favorite local blog” - Lisa Ciurro, Tampa Film Fan
“a witty review of news in Tampa Bay” - Otis White, Civic Strategies
“I found Sticks of Fire in my first search” - David Rothacker,
“Tampa’s best online writer” - David Harper, Space Coast Web
“Enviably perfect, poreless skin” - Rachel Moran, freelance writer.
No, I’m not sure what that last one has to do with anything…
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