A dose of reality.
While the numbers are impressive, please folks, lets be a little realistic.
If DR1 was as influential as some people are trying to make it seem, or at least that's how they come through, please take a hard look at the figures because while DR1 is the best Dominican based website in English; its not the New York Times, it doesn't have the influence of the NYT, its not as widely known as the NYT, etc... yet.
Over 4 million tourists visited the country last year.
There are tens of millions of people across the world that have an interest in all things or some things Dominican. For certain, many millions have access to a computer and the internet.
My point?
Until DR1 figures are not in the millions, or at least in the six figure category; we have to come to the conclusion that while this may be an important internet site for all things Dominican; its not THAT influential or well known or important in the greater schemes of Dominican things.
Again, compared to the competition, yes DR1 is a force to be reckon with; but in the greater scheme of things it still has a long way to go.
Think about it.
What percentage of tourists, Dominican expatriate, wannabe Dominicans, Dominicans living in the DR, expatriates living in the DR, etc. actually know of DR1? It must be less than 1% in almost all of those cases. Much less actually visits DR1, that's for sure.
Of Dominican expatriate, again a tiny percentage knows of DR1.
Its fact.
Since I'm a positive guy, I'll finish with this:
DR1 has TREMENDOUS potential and as the leader in Dominican websites in English, the sky is limit for this enterprise. But, lets not get ahead of ourselves just yet.
-NALs :classic:
