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Well, it’s the end of a year and the beginning of another. Time for me to take stock of the year that was here at the Gallery and then ridicule it mercilessly. If you’d like to see how things shook out in 2010 or 2011, just click those links. Holy crap, I’ve been here for 3 years?! Most people come here, write a post or two, then disappear into the abyss never to be seen again. Speaking of which, those new writers I mentioned in last year’s post? Yeah, didn’t last. Shocker, I know. On the flipside, we did gain two new writers this year, Eva Halloween and Princess Peach. They’ve been around for most of the year so I’d wager all the money that Acadia doesn’t pay me that they stick around.
The site layout is new. Acadia decided to mix it up a little and also changed the header pic. Then he stripped the mine down to the bare essentials, which in this case means he took out the pictures that no one ever looked at and were just taking up bandwith. When all was said and done, he ended up getting rid of more pictures than he kept.
Overall, the Gallery built on the success of last year and managed even more hits this year than 2011. The contests we ran this year (Halloween Costume Contest & Picture Perfect and the February Picture Perfect) were also very successful. I think the best thing to come out of either of those contests was this picture:
Looks like that’s all the yearly news. Guess it’s time to get down to business then. As usual I’ve got two top 10 lists here, one for multiple picture posts and one for single posts. The reason for doing it like this is that on multiple picture posts, it counts each picture view as a hit. That makes it a little hard to compare it to stuff with all it’s content on one page. I should also mention that these are all posts made in the year of 2012. There were some posts made in previous years that managed to still get tons of hits this year, such as this Kate Beckinsale Bikini Sunday post from 2011 that managed way more hits than anything else this year. Of course, the all time heavyweight champion of Superficial Gallery is still Ice Road Trucker Girl Lisa Kelly. But I digress. Hit the jump for lists.
It’s that time again. The time in which I give all the best posts of the year the Statler and Waldorf treatment. Unless they were mine, of course. We had some interesting things happen this year. Vange, who was the co-founder of this site along with Acadia, has sadly moved on to other things. We also got hit with some nasty malware or something, and it about killed the site. That’s what Acadia gets for hiring Paul Blart as security for the site. Then Acadia scored a sweet deal with an ad company that would have brought in some cash. So, it’s only natural that we would end up getting dropped by the ad company due to a snag in the mine.
Not all the stories from this year are bad. Speaking of the mine, it’s been redesigned. Give it a look and let us know what you think. Additionally, I’m pretty sure this was the most successful year the Gallery has ever had. StumbleUpon became our best friend and sent a ton of hits our way. Thank you to all who stumbled us. Keep it up and there may be some loot in it for you in the future. Or an erotic fiction story from Acadia.
We have two new awesome writers. Cramsey and Wood Rabbit. Since they just joined us in December, they didn’t make either of the top 10 lists, but you can be sure you’ll be seeing them on 2012′s list. If they decide to stick around, that is.
I guess it’s time to get down to business. If you don’t remember how I did it last year, I made two lists, one for multiple picture posts and one for single posts. The reason for doing it like this is that on multiple picture posts, it counts each picture view as a hit. That makes it a little hard to compare it to stuff with all it’s content on one page. OK, hit the jump and we’ll get started with the lists!
