{"id":3694,"date":"2013-01-07T08:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/wp\/2013\/01\/07\/happy-new-year-the-esc-blogs-first-year-in-review\/"},"modified":"2019-11-14T21:44:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T21:44:35","slug":"happy-new-year-the-esc-blogs-first-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esc-sec.ca\/fr\/2013\/01\/07\/happy-new-year-the-esc-blogs-first-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year! The ESC Blog&rsquo;s first \u00ab\u00a0year\u00a0\u00bb in review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.com\/?attachment_id=872\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-872\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-872 alignright\" alt=\"fireworks\" src=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/01\/fireworks.jpg?w=200\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The ESC Blog was launched on June 1, 2012. We didn&rsquo;t entirely know what to expect in terms of the readership, reach and submissions, but it&rsquo;s clear that we&rsquo;re off to a great start!<\/p>\n<p>For those who like numbers (we do!), here are some stats. \u00a0In the past seven months we&rsquo;ve had:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"line-height:14px;\">about 10,000 page views<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>61 posts by a total of 25 bloggers<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>visitors from 141 countries\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Wow<\/em>! While we&rsquo;re quite pleased to see that our strongest viewership comes from right here in Canada, it&rsquo;s equally wonderful that our bloggers are writing posts relevant to the rest of the world! We salute our fine authours for all their hard work and excellent contributions this year.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>five most popular posts<\/strong> of the year are quite varied in terms of content, though perhaps we shouldn&rsquo;t be surprised that our audience appreciates diversity &#8211; we&rsquo;re entomologists, after all!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"line-height:14px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.com\/2012\/06\/22\/exceptional-canadian-entomologists-recognized-with-escs-top-honours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exceptional Canadian Entomologists Recognized with ESC&rsquo;s Top Honours<\/a><\/strong>, by Rose De Clerk-Floate<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.com\/2012\/07\/02\/an-insect-for-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Insect for Canada<\/a><\/strong>, by Morgan Jackson<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.com\/2012\/09\/07\/insects-as-works-of-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insects as Works of Art<\/a><\/strong>, by Elizabeth Goluch (as told to Crystal Ernst)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.com\/2012\/08\/03\/stupidity-is-the-mother-of-invention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stupidity is the Mother of Invention<\/a><\/strong>, by Terry Wheeler<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/escsecblog.com\/2012\/07\/09\/esc-caption-contest-cycle-1-photo-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Caption Contest, Cycle 1 Photo 1<\/a><\/strong>, by Morgan Jackson<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>These posts reflect pride in our country and for members of our entomological community, an appreciation for the beauty of our chosen study subjects and, not least of all, a good sense of humour!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now that you&rsquo;re all feeling refreshed from a good winter break, <strong>why not submit that article you&rsquo;ve been thinking about writing<\/strong> and join our suite of excellent bloggers? We&rsquo;d love to hear about your research, a student accomplishment, an outreach activity or workshop, or interesting natural history observations! Send your story and photographs to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:EntSocCanada@gmail.com\">EntSocCanada@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year, and may 2013 bring you many entomological delights and discoveries!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ESC Blog was launched on June 1, 2012. We didn&rsquo;t entirely know what to expect in terms of the readership, reach and submissions, but it&rsquo;s clear that we&rsquo;re off to a great start! 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