According to my stats, Mancubist attracted its 100,000th view this morning. I’m getting about 10,000 views every 7-10 days now, which is great news.

Since last May I’ve made 290 posts (roughly one a day) and have received 339 comments in return. The statistics page is actually my most viewed, followed by the Sabi Rock guy, ice skating in Piccadilly and UK North buses.

Other stats include over 130 subscribers – 40 of whom follow Mancubist via email, including various people from the local business, media, music and arts worlds.

Off-site, Mancubist is ranked 7th top site in BlogTopSites’ Local category and Technorati says I’ve got the 74,767th ranked blog, linked from 55 others. On Alexa my site is ranked 153,180th.

Thanks to everyone who visits and here’s to the next ton!

It’s been a while since I last added a new feature to this site.

This one is called Ask about Manchester. I want readers – ie. you – to submit questions about the city. I’ll try to find an answer and if I do I’ll reply and publish it.

Of course, if your questions are too ridiculous I won’t even both. But if there’s something you’ve noticed about the city lately, or something historical that’s been puzzling you, please ask away.

Next up: I’ll tell you where you left your keys!

Two new features added today:

1. You’ll notice a new form on the right. Pop your email address into it (or below) and future updates will be delivered to your inbox. This is ideal for people who haven’t got their heads around RSS just yet.
2. Similarly, when you leave a comment you now have the option to receive other replies via email – so you don’t have to remember to check back at a later date.

Subscribe to Mancubist by email:

Let me know what you think of these additions. I’m also keen to find out who the 30-odd people subscribed to the Mancubist RSS feed are. If you’re reading this, don’t be shy, say hello.

You may have read about the thousands of AOL users whose Google searches were accidentally published recently. Serves them right for using AOL, some may say.

Similarly, until the move, Mancubist attracted some bizarre search terms considering the relatively inoffensive content that graces these pages. Here are some of the most notable:

three legged animal names
hurt animals
why it is good thing that manchester is culture diverse
clubbing boob flash photos
youtube freaky boob
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what the beeb is?
why are red deer so hard to see
apple manc festival
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linear think cynic
google, you rock, man