2010 was a very busy year on Agwired, but no different than normal! We spent a total of 172 days on the road covering more than 60 different events from coast to coast, as well as Mexico and the Netherlands.
Traffic was up 17% on Agwired this year to a grand total of more than 185,000 unique visitors. We had a total of 1580 posts this year, including more than 530 with audio. We posted nearly 16,000 photos on Flickr and 103 videos on YouTube.
The most popular YouTube video of the year was the unveiling of the Chip Foose designed John Deere tractor at Commodity Classic, which has been viewed nearly 13,000 times. Videos from the John Deere XUV media event were viewed over 5,000 times. Other top videos of the year including the unveiling of the New Holland T8 & T9 Tractors, Opening Day at National Farm Machinery Show, AG CONNECT Expo Preview, General Motors Exec at the National Ethanol Conference, President Obama at the POET plant, AgLeader at AG CONNECT, Kip Cullers New Record, and the fly-by at the National Agricultural Aviation Association meeting.
Most popular ZimmCasts of the year were BASF and One Hungry Planet and Exposing HSUS with David Martosko.
According to page views, the most popular stories of the year on Agwired were:
Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner
New John Deere Gator XUV
iPad Review part one and Part Two
Chip Foose 4020 Unveiled
Record Phone Calls on iPhone
Missourians for Animal Care Launch
William Shatner at Alltech FEI Games
New Holland Unveils T8 & T9 Tractors
Thanks to our readers, our sponsors and clients, our freelancers and other friends for making 2010 great! Best wishes to all for a healthy, happy, prosperous and blessed new year!