Well... it's been forever since I wrote one of these up so I figured I would give it a try. I have been somewhat distracted from the site this year and have more or less left things up to THF and the mods. I want to thank them for helping.
State of the site:
As most of you know the site has suffered in activity over the course of the last year of the site. We had our 1 year anniversary back in May. Recently however P and I had been doing all that we could behind the scenes to try to get more traffic to the site. We don't have an advertising budget (not that we ever have) but we are working on it. We had hovered at the top of the 2nd page of the google listing for keywords like "Halo 3 Forum" for a really long time and with the help of Paul to secure us some linkbacks and additional SEO we are now on the front page right along with the old site hah (go figure). Last month our monthly posts had increased, while not dramatically this is still a good healthy sign that the site has growth potential. I believe there is still a large Halo 3 market and fan base out there that we just haven't been able to tap into and we are doing what we can with the limited funds we have.
That being said I thank everyone that has stuck around since the beginning and been loyal (for the most part) to the site.
With that said hopefully we can get something going to help spice up the site a bit.
While I understand the userbase isn't what it once was we have decided to bring back the donation feature for those of you that have an interest in helping the site continue to run and possibly fund some site activities. If there is an intrest I could also bring back the HoC Donators group.
I don't have a lot more to report, just wanted to say thanks and don't give up yet. =) As always any suggestions and comments are welcome.