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Happy 10th Birthday! 2003 – 2013

So today is the official 10th birthday of InternationalMetropolis.com.

The domain was registered on June 12, 2003.

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Old Logo c. 2003

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Here’s the first few posts made to the site…

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While the name was registered on June 12th, the first post above appeared on June 15, 2003.

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The first Windsor post appeared the next day on June 16, 2003.

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Here’s a view of the 2005 version of the website…

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And the way it looked in the summer of 2006.

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Some facts and figures:

The site changed to the wordpress backbone on October 12, 2005. Since then, there have been 1,626 Posts made and 16,416 comments left on posts.

Interestingly enough in 2013, year to date, this post has been the most popular, having been viewed 1,743 times since January 1, 2013.

http://internationalmetropolis.com/2012/06/04/hotel-dieu-expansion-1955/

Three years of slumpy, was the second most popular with 1,205 views.

http://internationalmetropolis.com/2005/12/19/photo-du-jour-december-19-2005-three-years-of-slumpy/

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Anyway, thank you all. Without you the reader, this site wouldn’t have made it all these years without all of you!

Hopefully we’ve got 10 more years to come. 🙂

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