The Magic Number
Thursday, 10th April 2008 by James Turnbull
It's almost unbelievable (so much so that we missed it by a week), but Google Sightseeing just turned 3 years old! All the way back on the 6th of April 2005 our first post was Disney World, followed closely by the Hollywood Sign. We think our posts have got slightly better since then... but even so, nobody would have thought that three years later we'd still be going strong, least of all us.
In the past year we've successfully added a great new writer Rob Witherow to the team1, launched our iPhone specific site, and we've even branched out into multi-lingual Google Sightseeing with Google Sightseeing Français and Google Sightseeing Italiano; written by Julien Gremillot and Alexei Popov respectively.
As always there's plenty more to come in the next 12 months:- we're planning to launch even more translations of the site; we've got some new features that we're just putting the finishing touches on at the moment; and of course we've got loads of cool new sights to show you once the most recent imagery hits Google Maps (it's currently Google Earth only, and we like to wait until everyone can see the latest sights right in their browser).
Plus of course there's about 300 cool things on the never-ending to-do list we'd like to implement - some of which we'll get round to eventually 😉
Finally, a huge big thank you to every one of you that reads and comments here - it wouldn't be possible without your continued support, and it's great to still be here!
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If you think you've got what it takes to be one of our staff writers, then have a look at the job requirements and contact us for more details. ↩︎
Congratulations!
And three years layer, your spelling is still horrible. 😉
Thanks koen! I’m sure it’s improved over the years, this was the first glaring typo in ages 😀
Without anthropomorphising a website i would like to wish you a Happy Birthday. You have almost been like a child to me.
Dont expect a present mind you but if there is any cake going…………………. 🙂
Congratulations to the whole staff! This site was the reason why I started using an RSS-reader, and although the number of my subscriptions has gotten higher ever since, GSS is still one of my favourites!
I’ve been lurking and making some sporadic comments almost from the beginning (I even got a sight posted); it’s incredible to see how much time is passed and how strong it’s still going on! 🙂 Congratulations to all of you up there! 😉
Hey – the first website i know of that shares my birthday! 🙂
Happy Birthday GSS ! Hope the french version will still be there in 3 years too !
I can’t believe it’s been going for so long already! I remember day one! Congratulations!
Congrats! A couple of more years and GSS will be a big empire… Where can we buy shares?
If I remember correctly, I found gss when it was linked to from BBC News, about a week after its inception (although I can’t find the article) . Aaaah shreddies!
Here it is with the first header when it was just one month old
You can take a trip down memory lane with the wayback machine
Heres to another three!
And I love the image url of the header for the original design! 😀
… I am just a wee bit disappointed that there is no cake offered for sharing . . .though perhaps one of us should have sprung for it.
Happy Birthday indeed.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Been a lurker on here for over a year, maybe 2, had a couple of sights posted.
It’s nice to go on a site where it feels so relaxed, never really see a bad comment posted, if there is, usually due to misundertanding, it is quickly sorted by the staff.
Good job guys, i’ll be here for another 3 years at least.
Congratulations! Google Sightseeing is the first Google-Maps-related website I’ve subscribed to. The posts are mostly interesting and the website is an inspiration. 🙂