{"id":6526,"date":"2020-07-20T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purplemeanie.co.uk\/?p=6526"},"modified":"2020-08-12T18:18:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T17:18:25","slug":"some-people-must-be-watching-site-stats-60k-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.purplemeanie.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/07\/20\/some-people-must-be-watching-site-stats-60k-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Some People Must Be Watching &#8211; Site Stats 60k Views"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As we approach 3 years since out kit arrived I thought it would be interesting to share some stats on this website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I created the site for two reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, it was to give something back. I&#8217;d looked at many build blogs and learnt so much from them. And I wanted to be able to give something back to &#8220;the community&#8221; by hopefully helping those coming after me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secondly, I wanted to document my build. 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