Publicity for Old Maps Online -- and who is visiting

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Some on-line articles that have appeared about the site:

Gizmodo:
www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/03/easy-access-to-days-gone-by-with-old-maps-online

Ars Technica:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/03/old-maps-online-lets-you-find-your-way-around-17th-century-holy-roman-empire.ars

The Verge:
www.theverge.com/2012/3/5/2847607/old-maps-online-60000-library-search

About.com Geneaology:
http://genealogy.about.com/b/2012/03/07/old-maps-online-a-new-way-to-locate-historical-maps.htm

La Stampa (Milan):
http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplrubriche/tecnologia/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=30&ID_articolo=10171&ID_sezione=38

Up to the end of Wednesday 7th March, we had had 81,276 "unique visitors", and the geographical distribution is interesting:

United States 25.7%

United Kingdom 14.3%

Italy 6.7%

Spain 5.9% (there was something on the TV in Barcelona)

Netherlands 5.3%

Russia 4.9%

Poland 4.7%

Romania 3.9%
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