SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(30-12-2003) Remark from Sailing1st.com:
Reward the great efforts of the Organizers and Media Officers of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. In our eyes, the event web site earns a great `thank you` from the entire Sailing Community. You can all return the favor by voting for them to be the best web site Today at >http://picks.yahoo.com.auSailing1st.com fully recommends this vote.
Thank you. Another Record for the Rolex Sydney Hobart web site
Congratulations are pouring in from around the world for the innovative Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race web site that has recorded three times the usage of last year’s site. The ability to track the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race fleet in real time, particularly when the two line honours boats Skandia and Zana were neck and neck heading to the finish line, was a great hit with electronic spectators. The site www.rolexsydneyhobart.com recorded three times the usage of last year’s site with 5.13 million page impressions, which translates into approximately 600,000 independent user sessions between Christmas Day and midday today. So if you liked the site click here: · http://picks.yahoo.com.au before December 31 and help vote the site Yahoo!’s ‘Best Australian & New Zealand Web Sites of 2003’. Currently in second place, the site needs as many votes as possible by tomorrow, December 31, to be lodged at the above URL. “We are now hoping that the sailing community and the public that enjoyed the Rolex Sydney Hobart web site will show their support by taking 10 seconds to vote for the site,” said Martin James, CYCA Rear Commodore and the leader of the CYCA team responsible for the development of the functionality, layout and content of the site.
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