off the Hook

 Sorry for the delay on this - I decided to take one of those vacation things.

 

To be fair though, these stats (thank you Chris) were pulled on 2/20 after just 32 days of existence (and BEFORE the recent Taking Notes podcast about BleedYellow.com and bevy of other recent activity):

 

1,440,419 hits  (around 46,000 hits per day)
263,384 page views (around 8,200 views per day)
13,119 direct hits to the /blogs url

73 blogs with a total of 215 posts and 157 comments - with new blogs being started pretty frequently

1,067 registrations

 

I haven't counted the dogears, communities, or activities, but there has been some significant activity there too.

 

Also interesting to me is that a google.com search of bleedyellow.com returns 5,320 hits (not too shabby).

 

Thank you to all of you who have participated in making this fantastic and still growing community a success. I can't wait to see the next month's stats!

BleedYellow.com has been a wonderful success. With over 750 global registrations, dozens of new blogs and communities, and thousands of hits in just the 10 days since its launch, I think it's safe to say that we have interest. So what's next? Well, we certainly plan to keep the site up to date with the latest versions of Connections as quickly as IBM will let us. In the coming months, look for a variety of enhancements, including disussion forums, presence awareness, an enhanced home page allowing personalization, and other features that are slated to be delivered with Connections 2.0. In addition, we hope to attract some additional bloggers to perhaps migrate to this site as well as some developers to dig into the Lotusscript API that we have developed for Connections to build integration between Domino applications and BleedYellow.

 

Finally, stay tuned over the next few weeks in particular for some special post-Lotusphere surprises that we really think you'll enjoy.

 

The bottom line is that this site is here to stay and we are committed to continuing to enhance its value based on your feedback - so enjoy, and get involved.

 

Sincerely,

Scott Hooks

VP of Services, Lotus 911

We are very proud of the more than 600 registraions, dozens of blogs, dogears, and communities, and thousands of hits that bleedyellow.com has gotten in the 5 days since its launch (stay tuned for official stats after Lotusphere. Someone asked me today if I thought it could become the next Notes.net, which made me recall a conversation I had with a colleague where we discussed how participation in Notes.net (now developerWorks) has started to fall off, and how the truly useful information is now most commonly found in blogs. So how do we capture all that knowledge into a single searchable source? Google is great, but often returns way more irrelevant information than relevant information. PlanetLotus.org's RSS consolidator is my current favorite one-stop shop, but you need the operator's approval to be added to the list (sorry Yancey. Oh, and can you add the bleedyellow feed?). More importantly, how do we INSPIRE those with the knowledge to share it?

 

Our answer is bleedyellow.com. One central place where the Lotus faithful can gather to start blogs that will have high visibility and searchability, as well as find each other, share bookmarks, and form communities. Furthermore, what if you find the answer, but need a quick clarification? Just add im.bleedyellow.com to your Sametime communities and hit the author on chat.

 

Let me assure you that bleedyellow.com is not a "Lotusphere stunt." We are committed to keeping this site going, applying the latest innovations from the Lotus Development team, and adding our own enhancements as well as folding in enhancements from the community itself.  As Nathan just posted on his blog, we are pleased to announce a LotusScript API for Connections that will provide a bridge for Notes/Domino developers to build applications that integrate with Connections using the skills you already have.

 

So it it the next Notes.net or something else entirely? Only time will tell.

 In case you missed it in Chris's post, registered users can sign in to im.bleedyellow.com using your Sametime client and your email address and bleedyellow.com password and chat with other yellow bleeders. Want to know who's online? Just add the YellowBleeders public group to your chat list.

Thank you to those who have already started participating in BleedYellow .com. We have over 250 registrations and thousands of hits in just 2.5 days. Wow! This is a great opportunity to start a blog and gain visibility from the community. As of today, we are announcing an initiative that will allow Domino developers to build applications that integrate with BleedYellow.com or your own Lotus Connections implementation. So, I'd like to know... What other features you want to see added to BleedYellow.com? With this community, the sky is the limit. Share your ideas and let's start collaborating and building this community together.

 That's not a bad thing folks. It all started at 2:24 PM today. Chris Whisonant (your bleeedyellow.com administrator) announced the launch in his blog at that time and we waited for the faithful blogging community to pick up on it. Within an hour (and with a little IM help from Nathan), we had 10 registrations and about 100 hits. Over the next 5 hours, we achieved over 100 registrations and 800 hits, and were posted on at least 6 blogs that I saw. We've had a few people start blogging already and new communities and dogears created too. So for those of you that have helped us get this started, here is a special early bird surprise: Look for the Lotus 911 / Bleed Yellow branded tour bus (no joke) pull up to the Dolphin at about 5:00 PM and be the first to get some Bleed Yellow SWAG.

 

Thanks to all of you.

 

Scott

BleedYellow.com was created by Lotus 911, Inc. in an effort to (1) showcase the capabilities of Lotus Connections, (2) create an online community and central gathering spot like Facebook specifically for the Lotus faithful, and (3) provide an integrated Domino server and development environment for registered Domino gurus.

 

We are very excited about hosting this community and continuing to expand its capabilities and invite you to share the ownership of this community with us.  If you haven't already, please register and unlock the power of social networking today.

 

Thanks,

Scott Hooks

VP of Services, Lotus 911