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SBI embarks on year three

You may have missed it amid all the New Year's hoopla, but last Friday marked the second birthday of Soccer By Ives. It was two years ago on that day when I launched SBI with the hope of establishing one of the top American soccer sites in the business.

Two years later I can say with pride that we have done just that. In 2009, we established new records for pageviews and visitors. With the help of new staff writers Travis Clark and Gianfranco Panizo we added our second U.S. Soccer Best Blog award and have (for now) put a lock on the No. 1 spot in Ballhype's Soccer Blog rankings.

SBI posted 13.7 million pageviews in 2009, with California finishing as the state with the most visits. The rest of the Top Five states included: 2. New York, 3. New Jersey, 4. Texas, 5. Illinois. I will look to do a more detailed breakdown of the year later this week.

We at SBI want to thank all of the readers for helping SBI reach new heights and we promise to do what we can to take SBI to another level in 2010.

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  1. Congratulations on turning 3. You really do look at least a bit older though. Keep up the good work and we’ll help keep you #1.

    (SBI-Thanks strider, though technically SBI just turned two. If we counted the old SBI then we turned three last October.)

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  2. Congrats Ives! i’ve been reading you forever, since the Herald in Jersey days and i still think you are fantastic and are always my first soccer site visit of the day! Cheers!

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  3. As the very first guy to post on the very first thread you created, I am especially proud.

    (That’s a lie, but the way, but who will ever know!)

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  4. keep it up ives! this is the first site i visit in the morning, the last one i visit before going to bed, and the one i go to the most in the middle of the day.

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  5. Keeping Virginia high in the rankings, I hope, with my continual refreshes!

    Congratulations on staying afloat. Hope to see the blog taken to the next level.

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  6. Congrats, Ives! You are the man.

    Alright, Cali! Representin’!

    You need to come out to Califas, Ives.

    Im your boy, I’ll hook you up.

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  7. I thought Ohio would be high on the list as Columbus and Cleveland both have huge soccer fanbases. Oh well.

    Happy Birthday SBI!

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  8. 13.7 million pageviews! I’m sure all the posts containing questionable information and commentary slyly designed to incite arguments among readers had a lot to do with that! Way to keep the sponsors happy.

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  9. Congrats on Year 3 Ives. Your site is my number one source for American Soccer. I also enjoy the soccer TV schedules you put up so I can plan my weekend accordingly.

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  10. i guess i should break the chain…

    i hate you ives, and i hope that there is nothing but failure in your future…

    and go france

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  11. Congratulations Ives! Been reading your stuff since you moved to the new site ( and a little before that too). Here’s to another great year and a long run in the World Cup by the USMNT.

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  12. By far the best and most concise place to find reliable news on American soccer. Too many of the others focus on unbased opinions and rumors, but this site continually proves to be dead-on.

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  13. Maine’s not in the top five? Hmm. Guess I’ll have to stop actually reading the content in lieu of constantly hitting refresh.

    Congrats on the site, Ives.

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  14. Congrats Ives! I started off as a below average soccer fan when i first started checking this site just last year and now i can say that i need to check this site at least 3 times a day to get my soccer fix. Love it man. Keep up the good work!

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  15. I hate to say it, but sometimes I visit the site so often within a limited time frame that I’m almost mad when nothing’s been updated. Then I think about how crazy it is that there’s something new posted at least about every three hours. So thanks Ives and staff. Keep it coming.

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  16. Congratulations, Ives! I have been reading your blog since you were working for that rag of a newspaper in New Jersey. You’ve done well.

    NOW GO GET YOUR SHINEBOX !!

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  17. Congratulations Ives, I check this page multiple times a day for my soccer fix and news.

    I’ll be awaiting my customer appreciation prize in the mail…….

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