PHOTO ILLUSTRATION — ALEX MESSMER
DEJAN KOVACEVIC, DK ON PITTSBURGH SPORTS
A weekly look at what’s new and what’s coming on our site …
• Not going to lie: It isn’t easy taking my eye off the various mechanisms we have for monitoring new subscriptions. I usually can cite the exact number off the top of my head when the topic arises, then will quickly update it with the next alert.
Sad, I know.
But we’re getting very close to a number that just blows me away: 5,000.
As of this writing, we’re at 4,722 subscriptions, so our regular pace will have us at 5,000 — the halfway mark to our full-year goal of 10,000 — before the site is even three months old on Oct. 23. At the same time, our unique page views are rapidly approaching the million mark, currently at 840,071.
I share this mostly because, at the site’s inception, one of the most common questions was about the credibility that’s needed for credentialing and the like. That was never an issue in this specific case, because of my long-standing professional relationships in covering our local teams. But this still should serve as a statement that this is a real media outlet with real readers who are really invested in reading material about their favorite teams.
• Our app has begun testing mode. Once that is complete after 2-3 days, Brisk Media, our developer, will send it along to Apple for approval. There isn’t a hard timetable for that, but I’ve heard it can be less than a week. Thumbs crossed.
• I’d like to remind that all active military get DKonPittsburghSports.com for free. All we need from you is an email with some form of verification at [email protected] and we’ll do the rest. Proudly.
• It’s been wonderful to meet Alex Messmer, the designer of our logos, video intros and the like. He’s from Austria,, but he’s visiting Pittsburgh for a couple weeks. Words can’t describe how much he’s meant to the site.
• If you have any questions about site issues, gift subscriptions or anything like that — not sports, please — by all means email us at [email protected]
• Thank you so much for reading and for your support.
October 11, 2014
Saturday site stuff: The rush to 5,000
by Dejan Kovacevic • Site stuff
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION — ALEX MESSMER
A weekly look at what’s new and what’s coming on our site …
• Not going to lie: It isn’t easy taking my eye off the various mechanisms we have for monitoring new subscriptions. I usually can cite the exact number off the top of my head when the topic arises, then will quickly update it with the next alert.
Sad, I know.
But we’re getting very close to a number that just blows me away: 5,000.
As of this writing, we’re at 4,722 subscriptions, so our regular pace will have us at 5,000 — the halfway mark to our full-year goal of 10,000 — before the site is even three months old on Oct. 23. At the same time, our unique page views are rapidly approaching the million mark, currently at 840,071.
I share this mostly because, at the site’s inception, one of the most common questions was about the credibility that’s needed for credentialing and the like. That was never an issue in this specific case, because of my long-standing professional relationships in covering our local teams. But this still should serve as a statement that this is a real media outlet with real readers who are really invested in reading material about their favorite teams.
• Our app has begun testing mode. Once that is complete after 2-3 days, Brisk Media, our developer, will send it along to Apple for approval. There isn’t a hard timetable for that, but I’ve heard it can be less than a week. Thumbs crossed.
• I’d like to remind that all active military get DKonPittsburghSports.com for free. All we need from you is an email with some form of verification at [email protected] and we’ll do the rest. Proudly.
• It’s been wonderful to meet Alex Messmer, the designer of our logos, video intros and the like. He’s from Austria,, but he’s visiting Pittsburgh for a couple weeks. Words can’t describe how much he’s meant to the site.
• If you have any questions about site issues, gift subscriptions or anything like that — not sports, please — by all means email us at [email protected]
• Thank you so much for reading and for your support.