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Thursday 23rd August 07....
This web site is updated almost daily!
Wednesday 6th Dec 06 - Web site news....
Now that the web site has been updated our web site statistics make for interesting reading. There has been a big increase in site traffic through November and December, and this year our web server has dished out over one quarter of a million web pages. Cool!
Site Statistics
Tuesday, 18th
Nov - We're back!
The site was down for a few days, due to unforseen
technical difficuties. It's nice to be missed - you
don't appreciate what you've got until its not there!
Normal service has now been resumed (or what passes
for normal in these parts)!
Wednesday,
22nd Oct - Shssh! A useful link?
In the very unlikely event of Shovellers being
asked the question, "Does the Malt Shovel have
a link with the CIA"?, the correct (and smart)
answer is of course "Yes". How so? Because,
someone from the Cocos (and Keeling) Islands has been
looking at our site and we wanted to know where they
are. Our search led us to an interesting and informative
site called
"The
World Facts Book"
And,
this is a CIA web site.
We wondered if George Bush Jnr uses it to formulate
US foreign policy?
Anyway, it's a useful resource for students,
as any essay that begins with the words "According
to the CIA...." is likley to gain more than passing
attention....
Only guessing, but putting the words "links with
the CIA", "George Bush Jnr" and "US
foreign policy" and "according to the CIA"
on the same web page (twice) might also gain more
than passsing attention from the US Government and
Military, and further boost our site traffic.
We shall see.... (But you ain't seen
me, right!).
Note
The Cocos and Keeling Islands are a group of tiny
coral islands in the Indian Ocean half way between
Australia and Srilanka. Their highest point is 5m
above seal level. The population is 630 and someone
there is very,very bored!
Wednesday,
22nd Oct - So how is our web site doing...?
Very nicely it seems, as you can see for yourself
on this link to our
Site Statistics
Because our wonderful customers and
their friends from around the world keep look at the
site to find out what's going on here, we have been
galloping up the web site rankings....
Relative World
Rankings....
We can point a clever tool at a web site and
see immediately where it stands in terms of the global
site rankings. The lower the score, the more popular
the site. The table below shows some sites....
www.maltshovel.com
enters World's top 200,000 web sites
On Oct 6th we were astonished to learn that
we have made it into the World's top 200,000 web sites.
Good beer, it seems, is right up there in our list
of priorities, and quite right, too!
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Organisation
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World
Ranking
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Organisation
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World
Ranking
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Microsoft
Network
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1
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Sussex
Police
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346,323
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BBCi
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26
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Youngs
Brewery
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493,455
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Freeserve
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108
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Horsham
District Council
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498,463
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ebay
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56
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Gales
Brewery
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1,373,072
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AOL
(UK)
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1,174
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Ringwood
Brewery
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1,630,318
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CAMRA
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103,363
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Hall
and Woodhouse
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3,009,700
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Malt
Shovel
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161,722
(7th Dec 03)
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W.J.
King & Co (Brewers)
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3,130,898
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| Good
Pub Guide |
287,800 |
Harveys
Brewery |
4,498,723 |
8th September - Steve's
Tentacles Encompass the Globe...!
We are completely amazed at the number of people
who look at our site from around the world. So far
we have collected visitors from:
| Australia |
Fiji |
Mexico |
Singapore |
| Argentina |
France |
Netherlands |
South Africa |
| Brazil |
Germany |
Norway |
Spain |
| Canada |
Greece |
NZ |
Switzerland |
| Cocos
(and Keeling)Islands |
Hungary |
Panama |
Thailand |
| Croatia |
Israel |
Peoples'
Republic of China! |
Uruguay |
| Denmark |
Ireland |
Poland |
US |
| Estonia |
Italy |
Qatar
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| Finland |
Latvia |
Saudi
Arabia |
....and
even Essex! |
If you happen to be viewing us from far flung places,
we'd love to hear from you. Please drop us a short
email to let us know who you are and how you come
to be visiting our site....
Send
an email to the Malt Shovel
30th June - As it's
the start of BBHCC's Tour it's raining. Well it would,
wouldn't it? We've added BBC weather and cricket links:
Weather
.BBC
cricket
25th June -
A free site search engine has been added.
(We like 'free')!
19th June -
Lots has been going on. A tour of the Maltshovel
has been developed, and BBHCC (who we sponsor) now
have their own section of the site.
27th May 2003
- Home Page updated to reflect Steve's unique
management style. Camra's guide updated to 2003 edition
(no, I hadn't even noticed Graham)! Bar staff get
a deserved mention. Food page added to. So too the
Locals Page (do you recognise yourselves?) and todays
beers featured on the Real Ale Page. Hope this meets
with general approval.
15 May 2003
- Web site has passed from Graham Hirst to
Robin Pine. Graham is deserving of a huge vote of
thanks for his time and effort spent in setting up
the site. A 'Top Man' - and a splendid bit of design!
26 Jun 2002
- General tweaking ready for a major content
upgrade in the next few weeks (bit late I know).
19 Nov 2001 - A new
locals page has been added to the site today.
1 12
Nov 2001 - Welcome to our new Website. Designed
and built as an early Christmas present for Steve
& Lyn, your erstwhile hosts at the Malt Shovel,
Horsham's premier Real Ale house, with at least six
different guest and house ales on tap at any one time.
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