The Dog Farm's First Big Milestone Is Not a Tombstone! Even Better - Movies at Dog Farm 2.0 Is Alive! Alive!!

Me and my editor, bathed in the glow of the laptop.

      At the end of its first full year of operation, Movies At Dog Farm is still standing.  It's even reasonably healthy.  When I started the Dog Farm my technical ignorance was exceeded only by my lack of confidence.  I was fortunate that a few  of you chose to pause and inspect the wreckage.  As the old codger hawking wine coolers on television used to say, "Thank you for your support."

      Following are some of the stats illustrating the growth of the Dog Farm over the course of its first twelve months:

* 79 posts

* 21,920 views

* 191 comments

* 77 countries

* 27 followers on Google Connect

* 40 followers in the Google+ Dog Farm Pack circle

* 47 followers on the Movies At Dog Farm Twitter page  
 https://twitter.com/MoviesAtDogFarm

* 30 followers on the Movies At Dog Farm Facebook page 
https://www.facebook.com/MoviesAtDogFarm

* 42 followers on The Incredibly Strange Horror Bloggers Network Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Incredibly-Strange-Horror-Bloggers-Network/169165143236597


     Not bad at all, but I'm anxious to see where the Dog Farm stands at the end of year two.  Of course the real value of this undertaking has been the opportunity to meet so many friendly, like-minded individuals.  Thanks to Carl at The Info Zombie for coming to the aid of the noob in the beginning when I ran afoul of some not-so-friendly "veterans" at Reddit Dreadit.  Thanks to Jeremy at the Horror Blogger Alliance for representing the first association to accept me into its ranks.  Thanks to all the members of The Incredibly Strange Horror Bloggers Network - especially J.D. at Blood Sucking Geek.  J.D. invited me to participate in Blood Sucking Geek's Ultimate Gore-A-Thon, my very first multi-site blogging event. 

     Finally, thanks to every single one of you who's ever visited the Dog Farm.  I know now firsthand how absurdly crowded the blogosphere actually is, and I'm truly appreciative of every single page view.  There's more to come, and it all starts right now . . .

         Welcome, everyone, to the launch of Movies At Dog Farm 2.0! 

Bringing the creature to life - Young Frankenstein (1974)

     This site is a brand-spankin'-new rebuild of the original Dog Farm, which had devolved into an altered, modified, slow loading beast.  I had learned enough from my mistakes on my first go round to spiff things up a little, streamline the experience, and try again.

     First, Movies At Dog Farm is now an honest to goodness custom domain.  The ".blogspot" is gone.  Everything has been ported over from the original site.  Importing all of the posts gave me an opportunity to dig through my archive a bit, and I'll be celebrating our first anniversary by posting links to some of my favorites throughout December.

     Another big update to the new site is the addition of more prominent and easier to use options in the sideboard to follow Movies At Dog Farm.  You can get updates now by email, RSS feed, Google+, Facebook, or Twitter.  You can still follow via Google Friend Connect, too.  Unfortunately, I was unable to migrate my followers to the new site, so if you were previously a member of the Dog Pound, please take a moment to re-up with this site's Google Friend Connect.

     One last note:  Related Posts will return soon.  I ran into some technical difficulties when I switched to the custom domain, and I'd already delayed the site's launch long enough.  I'm at the mercy of customer support for now . . .  

     Thanks again, everyone, for making the Dog Farm's first year a success!