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Win Two Tickets To A Rams Head On Stage Show
Thanks to a new partnership, subscribers to the Eye On Annapolis Newsletter will be entered into a monthly drawing for 2 tickets to an upcoming show at Rams Head On Stage! Just sign up (link above, button below, or using the form to the right) and each month, we will draw a random winner for [...]
10 Top Stories For 2012
2012 was a banner year for us. Most notably, our growth continued and we saw more than a million unique visitors to the website, more than 55,000 fans of our Facebook page, over 12,000 followers on Twitter and just over 5,000 subscribers to our newsletter! Wow, thank you! But it was our stories that brought [...]
One Million Visitors This Year!
Wow, I am not sure what to say except thank you! Sometime in the last few minutes, out one millionth unique visitor of the year visited Eye On Annapolis. While our traffic has been consistently growing since we launched in mid-2009, I did not expect to see a million in a year quite so soon [...]
Vote For Eye On Annapolis For A Mobbie…What’s A Mobbie?
Please, throw us a bone and share this post–share it with google, facebook, and twitter–all it takes is a click! Throw us a bone! Yes, once again, Eye On Annapolis has been nominated for the “best of” by readers of The Baltimore Sun. Their Annual Mobbie Awards recognize the best of local blogs, twitter feeds [...]
Eye On Annapolis Upgrades Server
Due to the continued growth of Eye On Annapolis, we have had to buy a larger, more powerful server so we can run faster and jump higher just like when Mom bought new Pro-Keds for the start of school! This should eliminate the service disruptions (crashes) we experienced during traffic peaks. It also should run [...]
Eye On Annapolis Maintenance Update
Remember when you were a kid? Your mom or dad took you to the store just before school started to get you a brand new pair of Pro-Keds sneakers? You know, the ones that could make you run faster and jump higher? Well, welcome to the new millennium. Eye On Annapolis is getting some new [...]
A Business Card Solution
Business cards are one of the essential tools that every professional must possess. It is mainly used to market oneself across various industries. It helps a person to promote himself on the industry he is in. It is a way of endorsing one’s name and works. Many professionals also use business cards to help them [...]
Coming Soon: A New Look For Eye On Annapolis
Over the next week, Eye On Annapolis may look a little strange and funky. We are about to embark on a re-design and the decision was made to not take it offline, but to redesign it as a live site. So, what does this mean? It will look different. It will look out of place [...]
We Are Going Dark
When you surf over to Eye On Annapolis tomorrow, something will be amiss. The information you have come to depend upon will not be available. We are going dark. In a show of support against SOPA and PIPA, we will be darkening the site and adding our very small voice to the larger message that [...]
Annapolis’ Capital To Begin Charging For Online Access
<–To make sure everyone is aware of this information, please share it with Google, your Facebook friends, and Twitter followers by clicking the icons to the left. In this morning’s newspaper, Tom Marquardt announced that The Capital and the MD Gazette’s websites would be undergoing some renovations to make it easier to read and more [...]
Top Area Videos Of 2011
We went out to our facebook page and asked our fans if they had any favorite videos of the area from 2011 and here is what they said in no particular order. Which one is your favorite? Some footage of Hurricane Irene. This is along he Bestgate Road corridor in Anne Arundel County. http://youtu.be/wTXWQE2Vn-o Here [...]
Top Stories Of 2011
Each year, we take a look at the top stories of the year. I find it refreshing to take a look back at the news and events that kept our attention. Unfortunately, 2011 was a tragic year that saw the loss of too many young lives. The year saw hatred at its worst when the [...]
Support Your Local Companies And Save Up To 75% With Eye On Annapolis
<–Please don’t keep these deals to yourself. Use the icons to the left to share them with your Facebook friends and your Twitter followers! Share this post on Facebook, and eat on us. We will select ten people who liked this post or tweeted it and give them each a $10 gift card to Sonic! [...]
1 Million Visitors!!
We did it! Sometime overnight, our one millionth visitor came and read a story on this site! Thank you! While we had expected this moment to happen closer to Thanksgiving, but due to a brief lull in traffic (coupled with a math error), we were pushed back a few days. While we cannot identify the [...]
Approaching A Million
Wow. I am not quite sure what to say. I will start with a huge THANK YOU! Sometime later this week, we will mark a huge milestone for Eye On Annapolis. We will see our one millionth unique visitor! I am flabbergasted that we were able to attain that in less than three years! Again, [...]
We Did It! Thank You!
Wow! We are honored! Eye On Annapolis was nominated in several categories for the 2011 Annual Mobbie Awards presented by the Baltimore Sun and,…well, ok we are gloating now but–WE WON!! We were nominated in several categories–The Best News Blog (we came in 7th out of 25), Best Twitter Feed (15th out of 40), best [...]
We Need Your Vote For A Mobbie!
<–Please, throw us a bone and share this post. You can use the icons to the left to share it with google, facebook, and twitter–all it takes is a click! Yes, once again, Eye On Annapolis has been nominated for the “best of” by readers of The Baltimore Sun. Their Annual Mobbie Awards recognize the [...]
A Mob Hit In Anne Arundel County?
<–Please, throw us a bone and share this post. You can use the icons to the left to share it with google, facebook, and twitter–all it takes is a click! Yes, once again, Eye On Annapolis has been nominated for the “best of” by readers of The Baltimore Sun. Their Annual Mobbie Awards recognize the [...]
Good News….For Who?
<–To share this posting with google, your facebook friends, or your twitter followers, please click the icons to the left. The Annapolis Police Department’s October 31, 2011 daily report began with “good news”….. well, perhaps it is good news, for some, but probably not for the man who was stabbed and sent to the hospital. [...]
2011 Reader Survey
Can you spare 3 minutes? Really, that is all it will take! We want to be sure we know you and are providing what you want to see on Eye On Annapolis. The 2011 survey will help us continue to develop the content that you want to see. The survey can be accessed a few [...]
