| So you found your way here! | ||||
| THIS SITE... | ||||
| ...first appeared on the internet on 10 April, 1998.
According to Record Mart it is now "probably the biggest website in the world devoted to a single band or singer". It can be accessed through the following domain names. billyfury.com (acquired 30 Jan 03) ..had its one millionth visitor on Tuesday 5 February 2008.
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| billyfury..com | essoldo57.freewire.co.uk | |||
| 1999 | ||||
| 3244 | Dec 21 | |||
| 2000 | ||||
| 3324 | Jan 06 | |||
| 3451 | Jan 24 | |||
| 3609 | Feb 16 | 436 | ||
| 3747 | Mar 01 | |||
| 4179 | Mar 31 | 783 | ||
| 4929 | Apr 27 | |||
| 5089 | May 05 | 1140 | ||
| 5637 | May 30 | |||
| 5903 | June 04 | |||
| 6734 | June 29 | |||
| 6872 | July 3 | 1662 | ||
| 8051 | August 7 | 1872 | ||
| 9220 | August 27 | 2070 | ||
| 9479 | September 2 | |||
| 10911 | September 25 | |||
| 11414 | October 4 | |||
| 13232 | October 28 | 2434 | ||
| 13519 | November 1 | |||
| 16236 | December 1 | |||
| 18453 | 15129 visitors in 2000 | December 31 | 2452 visitors in 2000 | 2852 |
| 21199 | February 1 | |||
| 23305 | February 26 | |||
| 23735 | March 3 | |||
| 26158 | April 1 | |||
| 30876 | May 31 | |||
| 33177 | June 30 | |||
| 41724 | September 30 | |||
| 48815 | 30363 visitors in 2001 | December 31 | ||
| 51376 | January 31 | |||
| 54232 | February 28 | |||
| 57860 | March 31 | |||
| 61446 | April 30 | 6821 | ||
| 64825 | May 31 | |||
| 68141 | June 30 | |||
| 72120 | July 31 | |||
| 76650 | August 31 | |||
| 80909 | September 30 | |||
| 87270 | October 31 | |||
| 93930 | November 30 | |||
| 100050 | 51235 visitors in 2002 | December 31 | ||
| 107700 | January 31 | |||
| 114486 | February 28 | 9308 | ||
| 123500 | March 31 | |||
| 132968 | April 30 | |||
| 141412 | May 31 | |||
| 148315 | June 30 | |||
| 155825 | July 31 | |||
| 161617 | August 31 | |||
| 168526 | September 30 | |||
| 174683 | October 31 | |||
| 181343 | November 30 | |||
| 187064 | 87014 visitors in 2003 | December 31 | ||
| 193831 | January 31 | |||
| 199735 | February 29 | (After February 29 2004, the counting method changed. Until that date, the number of people visiting the home page was counted. After that date, we were able to record the number of people visiting the site, even if they did not visit the home page. Repeat visits within one hour are not counted.) | ||
| 209487 | March 31 | |||
| 217561 | April 30 | new record daily average of 269 | ||
| 225895 | May 31 | |||
| 235584 | June 30 | new record daily average of 322 | ||
| 245977 | July 31 | new monthly record of 10393 visitors, new record daily average of 335 | ||
| 255758 | August 31 | |||
| 265616 | September 30 | |||
| 275811 | October 31 | |||
| 287600 | November 30 | new monthly record of 11789 visitors, new record daily average of 392 | ||
| 299694 | 112630 visitors in 2004 | December 31 | new monthly record of 12094 visitors | |
| 311949 | January 31 | new monthly record of 12255 visitors, new record daily average of 395 | ||
| 323996 | February 28 | new record daily average of 430 | ||
| 338799 | March 31 | new monthly record of 14803 visitors, new record daily average of 477 | ||
| 354843 | April 30 | new monthly record of 16044 visitors, new record daily average of 534, new daily record of 843 visits on April 18 | ||
| 369713 | May 31 | |||
| 383392 | June 30 | |||
| 397695 | July 31 | |||
| 399660 | August 31 | |||
| 416051 | September 30 | new monthly record of 16391 visitors, new record daily average of 546, new daily record of 1,268 on September 5. | ||
| 433043 | October 31 | new monthly record of 16992 visitors (just this once, it's 569,794 "hits" on the main server, and 217,243 "hits" on the secondary server, as someone keeps asking) new record daily average of 548 | ||
| 447560 | November 30 | Two-day server outage | ||
| 463447 | 163753 visitors in 2005 | December 31 | 45% increase in visitors, compared with 2004. | |
| 2006 | ||||
| 479591 | January 31 | |||
| 495410 | February 28 | new record daily average of 564 visitors. | ||
| 516960 | March 31 | new monthly record of 21,550 visits. new record daily average of 695 visitors. 179,810 pages read | ||
| 536636 | April 30 | |||
| 556625 | May 31 | |||
| 579226 | June 30 | new monthly record of 22,601 visits. new record daily average of 753 visitors. new daily record of 2,098 visitors on June 6 | ||
| 599820 | July 31 | |||
| 619064 | August 31 | |||
| 639460 | September 30 | |||
| 659593 | October 31 | |||
| 677906 | November 30 | |||
| 697973 | 234526 visitors in 2006. | December 31 | 43% increase in visitors, compared with 2005. | |
| 2007 | ||||
| 720828 | January 31 | new monthly record of 23,055 visits. | ||
| 742337 | February 28 | new record daily average of 768 visits. | ||
| 767729 | March 31 | new daily record average
of 818 visits. new monthky record of 25392 visits. | ||
| 787299 | April 30 | Stopped including visits to heritage message board | ||
| 807795 | May 31 | |||
| 833478 | June 30 | New monthly record of 25683 visits. New daily record average of 856 visits. | ||
| 863708 | July 31 | New monthly record of 30230 visits. New daily record average of 975 visits. | ||
| 889183 | August 31 | |||
| 905736 | September 30 | Five days lost through tracing phishing software in shopping basket. | ||
| 926697 | October 31 | |||
| 946142 | November 30 | |||
| 967758 | 269785 visitors in 2007. | December 31 | 15% increase in visitors, compared with 2005. | |
| 995140 | January 31 | |||
| 1022551 | February 29 | 2nd highest number of monthly visits on record | ||
| 1051463 | March 31 | 2nd highest number of monthly visits on record | ||
| 1082405 | April 30 | Highest number of monthly visits on record (30942). Daily average passes 1,000 for first time (1031). | ||
