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EzineArticles is 8 Years Old Today
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On a chilly November 19th in 1999 EzineArticles.com was born. Today marks our 8th birthday. :-)
Frankly, today snuck up on us and we’ve been so busy behind-the-scenes that we didn’t plan any big party or promotion to celebrate this milestone.
I wish we could recognize our 7 or 8 year members but the reality is that our website was completely re-designed and re-launched in August of 2004 and we didn’t have members till October of 2004.
So for fun, let’s recognize our first member to sign up: Cathy Stucker, yes, the Idea Lady.
Ironically, Cathy is one of the less than 5 experts that I’ve worked with to help with new product creation and I’ll be doing a free teleclass with Cathy the evening of November 27th. Topic? Giving away many secrets included in her Cash Content Formula training guide… more about that another day.
After Cathy, we’ve had 119,791 membership sign up requests (as of a minute ago) and over 74,500+ members who’ve had their articles accepted…ok, so I guess we’re pretty picky on the quality thing. :-)
Anyway, for more birthday fun trivia: Alexandria K. Brown, The EzineQueen was our first article accepted in August of 2004: 11 Things You MUST Know Before Hiring a Copywriter!
In summary, Happy 8th Birthday to all stakeholders in the EzineArticles Team, Members, Family and Friends!
 Posted by Christopher M. Knight on November 19, 2007 at 3:33 pm | Views 778 | |
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Sandy Shaw writes:Thank you Ezine as you surge on into the 9th year. May the door continue to remain open.
Sandy Shaw,
Scotland.
Candace Sinclair writes:You’ve made all the difference, Chris, and we’re happy to celebrate this continuing milestone with y’all.
Wishing you the best in 2008 (the year of prosperity), and 2009! There’s that number 9 again.
Thanks to you and your team for all you do for authors and the rest of the world!
Diana Williams writes: Janice Smallwood-McKenzie writes:Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your “Outstanding Organization!”
Much continued success!
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Happy Birthday Ezine Articles!
I send you a BIG Kiss!
Thank you so much! May this coming year outdo what you even imagined it might.
Kathy
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Ruth Seebeck writes:Any business that survives the first eight years is destined for more greatness. We authors are very grateful to have such a wonderful venue for publication and publicity. Your support services are wonderful as well
Life has been throwing me curve balls recently, but I promise to begin writing again real soon!
Steve Martinez writes:I’m impressed with what you have done in 8 years. My business will be celebrating it’s 2nd birthday in a few days - the day I walked away from a regular paycheck. I remember someone telling me - “Now you will find out what you are really worth”.
Chris, you must be worth a LOT! Thas is if we base our gold factor on appreciatation for what you have done. You have certainly helped my business and countless others with a venue to share our articles. God Bless
Joanna Garzilli writes: Jeanette Fisher writes:Thank you.
Jeanette
Thomas J. Cummins writes:Tooraloo
T.J.
Edward Weiss writes:But you know, the real birth of a business is the idea itself.
Were you thinking about something like EA before or did you start the business as soon as the idea came?
I know from personal experience that the original idea morphs into something different (usually) over time as well.
Karen Cook writes:I still get a pump-fist-in-air thrill when you accept an article! (That’s me, always prepared for the worst)
Thanks for your integrity and stellar reputation.
I wish you all nothing but the best!
-Karen
marco miranda sr writes:And your 8th year is a special event that also suggest many, many more celebrations.
It has been a pleasure for me to publish my articles in ezine. You have developed a strong and fine corner of the publishing world. Congrats again!
Suryanarayana S V writes:Congratulations Christopher and your staff at Ezine Articles.com as you enter the 9th year of your presence on net.
The moment I have seen your Celebration eMail, I thought I must share my happiness.It has been a wonderful experience for about one week going through the excellent features of Ezine Articles.com before I recently became member of your family. As a web master & administrator, I am really impressed with the system you have built over years. Retaining the excellence over a period would have been possible with your dedicated team and hardwork.
Keep up the Good Work & With Best Wishes
Suryanarayana S V
Hyderabad-India
Albert Hallado writes:Chris congratulation to you and happy birthday Ezine Articles, wishing you more birthday to come!
Your Friend Here in Vegas
Albert Hallado
Karin Prinsloo writes: Betty Arrington writes:Happy Birthday tooo you
Happy Birthday tooo you
Happy Birthday Ezine Articles
Happy Birthday tooooooo you
With Warm Regards from
Betty b
PS Happy Holidays to Everyone At Ezine Articles
May all your days be filled with laughter, love and peace:)
Vern writes:Happy birthday to Ezine Articles!
Althought I’ve been with Ezine Articles
for only about 1 year plus…
It feels like I’m already a part of
the family of writers here.
Hope to continue to grow with you
and the team for years to come.
Cheers,
Vern
P.S. by the way, got room
for one other editor? ;) just kidding!
Dianne Kneller writes:I remember my first article 2 years ago, got rejected & I was gutted! I didn’t know then what I know now… :)
Have only just come back a month or so ago & am quite proud of my little EA button I got to put on one of my sites, Thank You…
* Many more Happy Bithdays to follow I’m Sure!
Happy Thanksgiving too, To All, just in case I don’t get back in here before then.
Dianne from NZ :)
Zack Lim writes:Happy Birthday to Ezine Articles :)
Thank you for providing us with a fantastic platform where we will be able to published our articles to the world.
I am very impressed with the progress that you have make in 8 years.
I am very sure that there will be many more birthday to come for Ezine Articles :)
Zack
Helen Palmer writes:Keep up the great work, we want at least another 8 years! You are so head and shoulders above the pack, we can’t do without you.
Helen
Dina at Wordfeeder.com writes:An over used word certainly, tho here is one dictionary definition:
1. inspiring awe: an awesome sight.
2. showing or characterized by awe.
3. Slang. very impressive.
Certainly applies here to EZA.
Happy 8th Birthday, and thanks for making a difference in my life and in the lives of so many.
Jeff
Vishnu Murthy writes:I was pleasant surprised that ezine articles is just 8 years old and the leaps and bounds it has crossed is simply amazing. Being a new writer for ezine articles, I always admired at the class of ezine articles organising more than 60 thousand authors and their hundred thousands articles!
Keep up your excellent work ezine articles, you have excelled far beyond imaginations. You aren’t just a 8year kid, but a fully matured genius buddy and is there to stay and grow older till www exist!
Hearty congrats to you ezine atricles.
Vishnu Murthy
IMAM writes:I’ve not for once let it go. I enjoy more and more development in all areas of my life with EA. The knowledge about business, presentation, life and all that I can’t remember right now. I know with EA, I can make it.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ALL
Marko Pyhajarvi writes:Keep up the great work and all the best for the bright future!
Christopher M. Knight writes:EzineArticles was just one of many sites that my team and I acquired between 1999-2001.
We had raised VC funding November of ‘99 and went on a buying spree of websites that had one thing in common: They all provided value for email newsletter publishers and/or responsible (meaning not spammers) email marketers.
Unfortunately that business failed when the dot com bubble bursted and I painfully bought out our minority VC partner (when I didn’t have to and could have run away as we both shared the failure)… so that I could be left with a collection of websites that were worth NOTHING…
The genesis of EzineArticles as it is today, really happened in 2003 out of a problem that no one in the market had solved the way we thought it should be solved: The CMS.
Like many firms, we had evolved from Microsoft Frontpage to Dreamweaver and then to raw HTML code, but there was a bigger problem: We had to move from a non-database website to a database driven website. Server Side Includes (SSI) would only help our cause so much… and it was in 2003 that we went looking for a CMS platform to move to.
Turned out NOTHING met our needs good enough… and PHP was picking up speed in overall adoption (formerly, PERL was the code of the web gods)…and MySQL as a database was also gaining strong adoption.
Even though EzineArticles didn’t re-launch till August 4th of 2004…it was 2003 that the CMS (Content Management System) platform was conceived.
Christopher M. Knight writes:Thanks for your kind birthday wishes! :-)
Keep in mind that EzineArticles is a team driven business and the men and women behind the scenes deserve the praise and appreciation for their continuous focus on speed, innovation, accuracy and creativity to continually solve complex problems as the site scales.
Lastly, if you’re new to commenting on the EzineArticles blog, please take a moment to read the Blog Comment Policy… specifically, we’re not able to accept blog comments with a keyword loaded name or with a double-dip URL at the bottom of your comment. Your continued participation is appreciated and thanks for helping us maintain high standards in this industry discussion. :-)
Edward Weiss writes:It’s very interesting to read about how business ideas actually turn into the real thing.
Matt Ellsworth writes: C. Worrall writes: Cristian Ionica writes:Let’s celebrate 8 years from now as well! :o)
All the best!
Cristian
Pamela Beers writes: Jill at GoalGuru.com writes:Jill
Lance Winslow writes: Angela Chen Shui writes:19 is one of the most powerful compound numbers. Both of my children were born on the 19th. It’s one of my favourites for starting new projects or taking on difficult things.
“‘The Prince of Heaven’….
It (the number 19) is symbolised as the Sun, and is called the Prince of Heaven because it indicates victory over all temporal failure and disappointment….
This number promises happiness and fulfillment - success in all ventures…”
Linda Goodman’s ‘Star Signs’
Happy Belated Birthday, Ezine Articles Team! Continue having fun whilst providing unparalleled service.
Angela
Jamaica
MAORO Andrea (mr) writes:Web – url well done easy to load. All the best keep walking for more than 100 years. Andrea (mr) Italian P/R in Singapore over 35 years
articles2u writes:All the best!
Articles2u
Syd writes: Monty Loree writes:Cheers.
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Near your birthday, Chris! The number nine follows you. And the year 1999… Interesting!
I wish Ezine Articles infinite success, unbeatable power, many good authors and all the readers of the world!