I’ll be sorry to see the site go, though, in some ways, maybe not because checking it on a regular basis was fast becoming an addiction (and I’ve only been blogging for a month 🙂 Anyway, if there is an alternative to your fine service, would you mind linking to it so that Aussie Blogs can live in, in another guise, if not in another name. Since I’ve only been blogging for a short time, I have not proved myself worthy, but I’d be interested in hearing how much you’re asking for the domain.

Just a quick note to thank you for the time and effort you put into the update tracker.You did such a marvellous job for Australian bloggers.

It is a shame to see it go, I hope someone else can take it over and maintain it at the high standard that you and your colleagues did.

Thanks once again and best of luck in whatever you do.

Kind regards,
Amelia

Hi Anthony, I like other “Aussie” bloggers will be sad to see you go. It must have taken up a lot of your time and energy mate. I enjoyed coming in here on a regular basis and reading what other people had to say. Hopefully someone else will “pick” it up and “run” with it. I would like to take the opportunity to “thank-yu” for running a system that gave us all a forum to be read. Take care.

Thanks for all the work you have put it, You have proved the world the wide range of Australian blogs.

http://www.simonsrealm.net

Hi Anthony, I would also like to say thank you very much for your efforts in maintaining the webring and developing, hosting and supporting the update tracker. Best wishes for 2005.

G’day Anthony

Thanks for you all your hard work. Your work lives on, and will not soon be forgotten.

Warm Whitsunday Regards
Greg Tingle, Media Man Australia
Airle Beach, Whitsundays, Queensland

Hi Anthony,

Regardless of what direction Aussie Blogs takes, I’ve certianly enjoyed the ride as a user of the system. I a perfect world the server would be on a .gov.au and the admin work to get it running would be paid work. It’s not a perfect world and I’m thankful for every single blog I’ve ever read through your site.

I really wish I had the technical skills to keep it happening; I’m sure one day people will look back on it and realise what a great invention it is. It’s just not my area of skill.

Sorry/Thanks,
Wade

thank you for all your efforts over time keeping the update tracker and webring both up and running and also a home on the web, it is appreciated. I’m sorry to see the end of the site but thoroughly understand your decision to close the site.

If you do not get anyone else interested, I would be able to take on the webring meeting the requirements of over 21 and having been blogging for over 4 years at drakk.livejournal.com & drakk.net but without coding experience i wouldn’t be able to run the update tracker. I would love to be able to buy at least one of the domains and at least have a linking service for Australian blogs but funds are limited so if you could let me know what kind of price you would like then i can make more of a decision then.

Thank you again for your efforts

Greg

Well, I guess this is what you meant in your New Year’s message. Still, it was fun watching it build and grow over the years into this massive monster. Now, if I were of a tech whiz/guru sort I’d step up, but not as yet.