BESG hits 10 million visitors

YC Wee
on 6th September 2016

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I am not sure whether anyone noticed that the overall visits to the Bird Ecology Study Group website clocked 10 million on 4th September 2016 – 10,001,044 to be exact (left).

Yes, we had more than 10 million visitors visiting the BESG website since we first set up the site in 2005. Visitors came from 69 countries from all over the world. The image below shows the visitor map for the month of August 2016, with 18,512 visits for that month.

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The top number of visitors, as always, came from Singapore, followed by the United States.

We have so far posted 4,600 plus illustrated articles mainly on bird behavior, during our more than a decade of existence. On average we have been posting once a day.

Obviously there is a demand for information on bird behavior, as the success of our site shows. And credit of course goes to our contributors, many of who have been contributing since we first started. We also thank the many visitors from all over the world who contributed to the 10 million success. Thank you all!

YC Wee
Singapore
5th September 2016

If you like this post please tap on the Like button at the left bottom of page. Any views and opinions expressed in the articles are solely those of the authors/contributors, and do not represent nor are they endorsed by the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore (LKCNHM, NUS) or any of NUS’s affiliates or subsidiaries. Readers are encouraged to use their discretion before making any decisions or judgements based on the information presented.

YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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14 responses

  3. Congrats Prof! You have achieved the improbable through sheer dedication and commitment. I am positive that most of us could not have done what you did to make the BESG Blog a massive success and a major resource for students worldwide.

    Thank you!

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  5. Many congratulations to YC and all those directly involved in the management of the site. And to the many regular and occasional contributors, without whom there wouldn’t be ten millions visits. What a fantastic resource for everyone with an interest in birds.

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  6. Congrats, YC! Your BESG site has been very much the inspiration for me to continue blogging on mine for the past 7 years. Do keep at it! The birding (and nature) world will be much poorer for it, without BESG. 🙂

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  9. Congrats to BESG on reaching yet another milestone.
    This is a fantastic site for knowledge on birds and nature. Glad to have visited since many years back.

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