Highlights and Blog Archives for February 2011
February Stats
VanderbiltCupRaces.com's unique daily visitors in February totaled 4,176 with an average of 5.0 pageviews. The daily unique visitor average of 149 represented an 19% increase over February 2010. For the first two months of 2011, a total of 9,080 unique daily viewers have visited the website, a daily average of 154 and a 42% increase over YTD 2010. Thanks for stopping by!
Search Engine Rankings
VanderbiltCupRaces.com has retained its #1 ranking for all six leading search engines for "Vanderbilt Cup Races":
Google: Ranked #1, 2, 3 and 4 of 85,200 websites for the first time in its history!
Yahoo!: Ranked #1 of 492,000 websites
Bing: Ranked #1 of 2.13 million websites
Ask: Ranked #1
AOL Search: Ranked #1, 2, 3 & 4 of 85,100 websites
blekko: Ranked #1 of 1 million websites
VanderbiltCupRaces.com also received a top 9 ranking for all six leading search engines for "Long Island Motor Parkway" including the #1 ranking for Bing:
Google: Ranked #4 of 124,000 websites
Yahoo!: Ranked #9 of 2.890 million websites
Bing: Ranked #1 of 3.310 million websites
Ask: Ranked #2 - highest Ask ranking
AOL Search: Ranked #8 of 126,000 websites
blekko: Ranked #4 of 1 million websites
Website News
All watermarks on images on the website have been removed.
VanderbiltCupRaces.com was linked recently in the following websites:
Kohtakte- A Russian website
A Facebook page on the Long Island Motor Parkway has been created by Joey Tabaco:
Long Island Motor Parkway Facebook Page
Blog Archives:February 2011
Vanderbilt Cup Races
Driver Profile: Billy Knipper- Winner of the 1909 Merrimac Valley Trophy
Vintage Automobile Ad Series #1: American Locomotive Company
Rare Images Series #2: Vanderbilt Cup Race Driver Joe Tracy
Peter Helck and a Piece of Locomobile Vanderbilia
The Long Island Rail Road and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
The Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses (1904-1910)
From the McCarthy Collection: Four Hotels on the Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
Then & Now: Extant Structures on the Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
Mystery French Driver of an American Thomas Racer: Gustave Caillois
Film “A Tribute to Bernd Rosemeyer- Winner of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race”
Long Island Motor Parkway
Help Restore the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
The First Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
The Long Island Motor Parkway Paintings By Harvey Kidder
1955 Lincoln-Mercury Times Article “Granddaddy of Superhighways”
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
Willie K’s Cars #3:The 1902 40-HP Mercedes Simplex- The Oldest Surviving Mercedes
Consuelo Vanderbilt Earl, heiress, dog breeder and link to golden age, dies at 107
News, Car Shows and Automotive Events
Film and Photo Opportunities: Is Your Car A Star?
Films, Videos and Slideshows
Film “A Tribute to Bernd Rosemeyer- Winner of the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race”
Favorite Websites
A Favorite Website: Long Island Ruins & Remnants
VanderbiltCupRaces.com CQI (Comments, Questions, Insight)
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Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Subject Archives (Updated: February 11, 2011)
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The Most Popular Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
The Long Island Automotive Museum
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Blog Updates
Recent updates (Latest: February 1, 2011)
Long Island Car Club Directory
Links to 64 Car Clubs (Updated: February 20, 2011)
Comments
Love your website. I am not sure who sent me the link, but I sure am glad they did. I grew up on LI and while I don’t miss the winters, it is a great place.
Please keep the site going, it is necessary for future generations
Thanks, Warren. I appreciate the feedback!