We didn’t really know what to expect when we launched MonroeTalks.com this week.

We expected it to be well-received, because it was based on conversations with readers and we tested it with dozens of readers before the launch. Social networking sites - which this is akin too - have been successful elsewhere on the Internet.

But we didn’t expect the overwhelming response that occurred.

More than 3,000 people visited MonroeTalks.com each of the first two days, creating more than 20,000 page views. To put that in context, we get about 5,000-6,000 visitors a day and 35,000 page views a day at our 18-month-old news site, monroenews.com. We’re pretty proud of that. Last month monroenews.com topped 1 million page views in a month - sort of a milestone for Web sites.

So you can imagine how amazed we were when in one day, with just a news story in The Evening News and a few radio ads to promote it, MonroeTalks.com was approaching the same traffic as monroenews.com

Now we’re counting the days until we top 2 million with the two sites.

If you’re on this blog, you’ve probably already been to MonroeTalks.com. If not, check it out.

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