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Basic Facts about our Site
We claim to be #1 worldwide as an ASP Reference site. We make this outrageous boast because as of March 1999, we have:
These days we estimate swynk.com and asphole.com are probably the only sites doing close to our traffic. However, asphole.com may get edged out by aspin.com and aspsites.com two up and coming sites. Of all the competitors, aspToolbox and 4GuysFromRolla.com are my favorites. Our closest competitor traffic wise at the #2 spot used to be 15seconds.com but their traffic is quite a bit down these days.
The site was "born" in August of 96 as www.thebestweb.com a name my wife and I choose as our personal web site. I put Visual Basic tutorials, a variety of links, and some ASP material I then called "the Best & Brightest ASP Sites". In May of 97, I discovered no one had purchased the domain name www.activeserverpages.com and rushed to procure it. I then moved all my ASP material there.
The site was run part-time by me until July of 98. In July of 98, I quit my current job to find a new one. But fate dealt me many cards that said "ActiveServerPages.com" is your new boss. Since August I teach ASP worldwide, alternating with keeping the site updated, writing aspmagazine.com twice a month and spending 2-4 hours every day moderating and managing asplists.com.