SusanBoyle.com Getting 1,800 Visits an Hour
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Texas artist getting surprise attention thanks to singer by the same name.
An artist in Kerrville, Texas is getting some unexpected attention thanks to her name: Susan Boyle.
Susan K. Boyle, the artist, owns the web site SusanBoyle.com, where she displays her paintings. Ever since Susan Boyle, the singer, became an international phenomenon, the hit counter on the artist’s web site has been spinning.
(The singer doesn’t own any of the common U.K. domain names of her name.)
A crude analysis by Domain Name Wire, covering 15 minutes between 2:45 and 3:00 CDT today, estimates that SusanBoyle.com is getting 1,800 type-in web visitors per hour. Here are the hit counter graphics:
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The web site SusanBoyle.com hasn’t been updated since 2007 and lists her as a resident of Sierra Vista, Airzona. I contacted an art gallery there and a representative said she had moved to Kerrville, Texas. A man who answered the phone at her Kerrville residence said she was unavailable. I’ll update the story if I hear back.
In an email to Domain Name Wire, Susan K. Boyle wrote:
I’ve had the susanboyle.com website for about three years. The average annual hits for my website have been around 3,000. I haven’t really been checking the counter, but after I got your note I looked. It’s OVER 60,000, that’s about 51,000 more than I might have expected. Clearly, this IS the SusanBoyleTheSinger effect. I can only hope there are one or two art lovers/buyers among them.
Further Reading:
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She needs a few ad blocks up there, pronto.
Desperately seeking Susan – SusanBoyle.com Getting 1,800 Visits an Hour (for the wrong Susan) http://tr.im/j51z
Nice take from my husband on the Susan Boyle phenom http://bit.ly/UlbjZ. A Texas artist is getting a ton of hits on her web page.
RT @dnnews: SusanBoyle.com Getting 1,800 Visits an Hour – http://tinyurl.com/chglpz
The Susan Boyle instant fame is just really really cool.
This is the true power of the internet in action!
Susan Boyle 의 열풍때문에 susanboyle.com이 엄청난 트래픽을 받고 있다고… http://tinyurl.com/chglpz
[...] Power of Viral Marketing – 1,800 Visits an Hour I am sure most of you heard of the new singing sensation Susan Boyle. This article is pretty interesting. Domain Name Wire News SusanBoyle.com Getting 1,800 Visits an Hour – The Domain Industry’s News Sourc… [...]
She got her beauty inside, full of god’s will.
Dear Susan: I don’t know if you will like this idea, not being from the states. I miss
the fantastic rendition of her song, and never heard anyones’ voice that would come
near it. Except now I would like to hear your
rendition of “God Bless America” which I
haven’t heard really sung since Kate Smith.
I wish you all the best of luck, stay as sweet as you are.
My common name is Jack. Ride that star lady !
[...] “famous” person’s domain name, but this is a different story. Andrew wrote about Susan Boyle, the Texas artist who initially registered SusanBoyle.com several years ago as a place to exhibit [...]
Susan boyle’s fame is just beginning, she’s the modern day version of “Kate Smith.”