[Ed. note: Update Monday at 11:04 - we're now at 99,717. Earlier update Saturday, 23:34 - 98,926 and counting!]
GenevaLunch - Sometime between Sunday and Tuesday GenevaLunch will hit 100,000 pages viewed since this news site went live in June 2006. To thank our visitors we've decided to offer a wonderful lunch or dinner for two (value: SFr200) at the recently renovated L'Espanade in Aubonne, whose chef Guillaume Trouillot was selected by Gault-Millau as their "Discovery of the year 2007."
We've arrived at this point sooner than expected, which means that our traffic is increasing rapidly: GenevaLunch has on average 2,800 unique visitors a week, viewing on average nearly two pages per visit. Nearly half (47,000) of the pages viewed have been visited in the first three months of 2007.
The restaurant has an open, airy brasserie as well as an elegant and cozy dining room, where one of the options is to sit by a window that looks in on the kitchen. Here, a rare quiet moment.
To win a meal for two, lunch or dinner on a date of your choice (but be sure to reserve in advance!):
- Use the search tool on GenevaLunch (hint: top of the page, right) to find last week's story on "The perfect business lunch."
- Send an e-mail to editor@genevalunch.com CLOSE TO THE TIME WHEN YOU THINK WE WILL HIT 100,000 PAGES VIEWED! and mention one thing we ate during "The perfect business lunch" prepared by chef Trouillot's team.
The winner will be the person whose e-mail date and time stamp are closest to the time shown on our web site statistics (Statcounter) for hitting 100,000 pages. To qualify you must have an e-mail address to which we can reply. The offer for the meal is valid until 30 September 2007.
In guessing at the time keep in mind the following:
- At 11:00 Saturday we are at 98,722 pages viewed
- Editor Ellen Wallace was interviewed by 24 Heures Friday and if the article appears this weekend or Monday that will create a spike in visits and pages viewed
- On the other hand, most schools began their spring break Friday and many English-speakers are leaving town, which could reduce the usual audience.