Internet Hero!
Folks,
We’re delighted to let you know that Aodhan Cullen (founder and CEO of StatCounter) has been chosen as this year’s Internet Hero at the eircom Golden Spider Awards! The award, sponsored by Business and Finance, was created to recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to the development of the internet.
Aodhan was honored to receive the award from last year’s Internet Hero, Dr. Denis Jennings.
Here’s a transcript of the speech given by Aodhan last night as he accepted the award in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin…
Once upon a time, there was a little boy who lived in Castleknock [residential area in Dublin, Ireland]. Although small for his age and quite shy, this young chap was also very determined… he wanted to earn some extra pocket money [allowance] and he wanted to earn it NOW!
So, despite being just 10 years of age, he put an ad in the Golden Pages [telephone and business directory] for typing services… “£2 / page & a free copy with that!”
Although he counted doctors, professors & other highly qualified people among his clients, I can assure you that 10 year old had absolutely no idea that 15 years later he would be standing here tonight before his peers to accept such a prestigious award.
“Business Link” that first typing business is no more but these days I work on StatCounter – a free online visitor stats tool that helps 2 million website owners and bloggers worldwide understand and optimise their websites. If you haven’t yet got a StatCounter on your website, then you need to get one! Look us up tomorrow!
I am thrilled & humbled to be the recipient of this year’s Internet Hero Award. Tonight I’m being presented with some big shoes & I hope I can fill them.
I’d like to thank a few people:
- The judges for choosing me.
- All the team at eircom and Business & Finance for organizing tonight’s event.
- All my family & parents – who still to this day, get calls asking about CV [résumé] typing!
- And of course my wife Jenni who is thrilled to be Mrs Internet Hero 2008!
- Thanks also to my colleagues on the StatCounter Team and all the StatCounter members worldwide – without their loyalty & support I wouldn’t be here tonight.
Finally, I want to thank all of you sitting here tonight, my friends & peers in the internet industry – many of you have offered advice & support to me over the last 15 years, in some cases just via email or message boards so that we have never actually met in person. To one and all – thank you!
And I look forward to trying to live up to my new title in the next 12 months.
Goodnight and God bless!
We, the StatCounter Team, don’t think Aodhan will have any trouble living up to the new title… look how well the suit fits?! 
November 21st, 2008 at 11:37 am
Congrats Aodhan, hope u get more awards.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
At least we know you will use your powers for good and not evil, well done Aodhan, muchly deserved
November 21st, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Congrats. You should really start a section in this site with all of the awards you’ve won, I bet it would fill up a whole section by now.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Well deserved award. You seem to win something every year!
November 21st, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Congrats
November 21st, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Congratulations , bet it was a great night and a very fine speech. Justly deserved - Statcounter is the key tool to guiding our growing internet presence - thanks
November 21st, 2008 at 1:21 pm
congrats there Aodhan..
well deserved for a great product..
November 21st, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Congratulations, Aodhan. Well deserved.
By the way, you could have worn the underwear inside your pants, you know!
November 21st, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Congrats Aodhan. I love the statcounter tool, it has helped me with my blog tremendously. I log into statcounter at least once/day.
November 21st, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Congratulations, Aodhan! It’s an honour well-deserved - StatCounter is one of the very best tools available and I don’t know what I’d do without it!
November 21st, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Yeah, statcounter is irreplaceable, the best real time stats.
Congrats Aodhan
November 21st, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Ah so that’s what you look like!
Congrats again. I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t clock that Jenni was your wife at all, how blond am I?!
adam
November 21st, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Aodhan is a class act………he also looks great in his superman suit
November 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
WOW………Aodhan is “Super” hero
congratulations for a job well done.
November 21st, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Ah, brilliant. Congrats dude. As a user, I’m delighted.
November 21st, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Congrats Adam, glad you win. You deserve it. Well done!
November 21st, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Congratulations, and well deserved! You’re a webmaster’s hero & savior!
November 21st, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Congrats!!! I don’t know what I would do without my STATCOUNTER!
Affordable product + excellent customer = Happy Webmaster
THANK YOU from all of us for making our job a little bit easier. You are the man Aodhan!
November 21st, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Congratulations!!!! you make great job every day.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Congratulations! Love the Superman pic.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Congratulations Aodhan.
You deserve this award because of your great work.
November 21st, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Wooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Maith thú Aodhán. You must be running out of shelf space by now?
Keep it up!
November 21st, 2008 at 7:02 pm
congrats dude………..hope u get more awards like this…………
November 21st, 2008 at 8:21 pm
Aodhan is a hottie…. he sure looks good even on that silly costume!
November 21st, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Congratulations! Way to go!
November 21st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
I have to agree with yamille
Congratulations, Andhan!
November 21st, 2008 at 8:48 pm
He must be loaded now! lol good on you
November 21st, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Well batted that man,I’d be stumped without ya.
Maybe next year you should enter the “internet nice pants of the year award” !
November 21st, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Hello
Congratulations, well- done. Loads more to come.
Ilona
November 21st, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Great people do great things.
I always believed.
Rhonda
November 21st, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Hero my foot….more like a Internet Marketing Genius. Statcounter goes far and above any other FREE application/script/program on the Internet today.
Paul
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:42 am
well done!
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:23 am
Congratulations - and please make some more free services:)
November 22nd, 2008 at 4:26 am
Congratulations
November 22nd, 2008 at 7:18 am
Good stuff. Well deserved.
ps. I love the embedded US-English translation.
November 22nd, 2008 at 8:13 am
Congratulations. The StatCounter project is indeed the best thing of its kind on the internet.
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:56 am
Tahniah! That is congratulations in the Malay language.
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:06 am
Congratulations and used your new found power to make statcounter even better!
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:16 am
Congratulations again, and thank you for your excellent service and site.
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:41 am
Congratulations!! Well deserved.
“Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come”. Victor Hugo
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:04 am
well done sir… most deserved
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Concrats from Holland
http://www.favosites.nl
November 22nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Well done Aodhan. I am not sure what is more deserving of the praise though?.
The man and his contribution to the Internet?, Or, the ability to create such a neat set of facial hair?
Congrats though all the same…
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
congrats aodhan!!
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:50 pm
You are so deserving of this honor. I stumbled upon Statcounter last year and this service is amazing. I am hooked on it!!! Additionally all your service guys, especially Rory, are always eager to help.
Best of luck to you.
Jan
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Congratulation Aodhan. Wish I have even just 10% of your talent and blessings! Mabuhay! (From the Philippines)
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:37 pm
That is so kewl, congratulations
November 22nd, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Congratulations Aodhan!Looking forward to seeing you taking Statcounter to greater heights in the next twelve months.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:52 pm
You might get other prestigious offers soon:
Internet Hero Doll
Movie Contract
Marriage Proposal
Congratulations. My, you are a looker!!!
November 22nd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Congrats! You deserve it. And thanks for an awesome service that you provide.
November 22nd, 2008 at 8:01 pm
More power to you!
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Congratulations! StatCounter rules!
November 22nd, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Gratz! Long live Statcounter!
November 22nd, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Sweetness. I looked for on the Wikipedia for more info about Aodhan but there wasnt’ a page.
I fixed that. You can now see Aodhan Cullen’s very own Wikipedia page here. Add more to it if you know something about his personal life or accomplishments.
Thanks,
Paul
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 am
Great Work!Greetings from Serbia!
November 23rd, 2008 at 12:35 am
A well deserved award.
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:33 pm
Congratulations ..
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Mazal Tov! Keep up the good work.
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Delighted you got an award for your enterprising software.
I want more!
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Hearty congratulations for a job well done and an honor richly deserved!
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:22 pm
Congratulations!!!
You have really done an excellent work, and without StatCounter I would feel absolutely clueless about the visitors to my website.
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Well-deserved recognition for a valuable service to us bloggers–StatCounter is one of my favorite things to rave about when I write about Internet tools for content providers, writers, journalists and whomever else–best, Kay Day
November 23rd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Again Congratulations to you young man.
Is Internet Hero a bit inaccurate? The impact you make goes far beyond virtual affecting real-lives in real-time, as you can see by the many comments.
November 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Well done. You deserve it. StatCounter is an awesome resource.
Glenn
November 23rd, 2008 at 10:27 pm
thanks alot for making this site!
It’s a genius achievement.
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:06 pm
WOO HOO! Congrats to Mr. Internet Hero 2008. You deserve it. Well done, now let’s begin the campaign for the Nobel Peace Prize.
November 23rd, 2008 at 11:19 pm
We done and many congratulations, well deserved award for an excellent service
November 24th, 2008 at 12:33 am
Congrats Aodhan… and thank you. I use StatCounter on everyone of my sites. I appreciate what you’ve done for me and the Internet.
Kenney
November 24th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Congrats Aodhan!
That’s just downright awesome! Good job…
All of my sites have Stat Counter on them, and I just love it! I’m addicted to coming and looking at stats several times a day, I think…LOL…
You rock! Thanks so much for such a great resource!
Kimberly
November 24th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Great news. We have a B&B in Southern Spain and Statcounter is invaluable to us in tracking where we are getting hits. Great value for money, best thing on the web, I think.
Again congrats!!!!!
November 24th, 2008 at 10:46 am
Hey,,
Congrats Aodhan…. Statcounter has proved to be invaluable tool in tracking my stats and finding out where exactly im going wrong..
u really deserved the award..
Congrats again
November 24th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Congratulations Aodhan - StatCounter is the only reliable counter I’ve found to use on my blog. Keep up the great work!
November 24th, 2008 at 11:29 am
congratulation Aodhan -wish you a very good luck and best wishes from the depth of our heart .
u really deserve this man.
best of luck
November 24th, 2008 at 11:48 am
Congrats to Aodhan Cullen
November 24th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Congrats……….Long live Statcounter..U have done a wonderful job….
All the best
November 24th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Congratulations and thanks for years of impeccable service.
And, erm, yes, he is a looker!
November 24th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Congratulations Aodhan Cullen!
You are deserved to be the next superman!
November 24th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Congratulations
November 24th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Congratulations and thanks for this free fantastic service.
November 24th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Congrats! and Loads of Thanks for such service!
Great work indeed.
Bring back the medals, baby!
Do we have more picts of the event?
November 24th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Congratulations Aodhan,
The superhero title is well deserved for providing the ultimate statistics tool on the web - PERIOD -
cheers
xtian
November 24th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
Well done for the award.
Statcounter is ace. Thank you.
RB
November 24th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
[...] me, one of the highlights of the evening was when Aodhan Cullen- founder and CEO of StatCounter- was awarded the Internet hero award. In his acceptance speech [...]
November 25th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Well deserver contratulations!
Keep up the good work!
Bye!
November 25th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Congrats! And thanks for statcounter. It’s indispensible for me.
Keep it up.
November 25th, 2008 at 4:27 am
As a customer, I probably appreciate you the MOST! Congratulations, and good luck in your future endeavors!
Sincerely,
Crystle Smith
Crystlephotography.com
November 25th, 2008 at 5:01 am
Congrats!
November 25th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Congrats and thank you for StatCounter.
November 25th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Congratulation Aodhan! It is really nice to see you selected as internet Hero Award! I am using Statcounter free of cost for past > 1yr.
Thank You for the very good Statcounter
November 25th, 2008 at 10:05 am
You totally deserve this, Aodhan. Well done! You’ve solved our internet stats problems - any chance you could do something about the global financial meltdown now please?
November 25th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Forgive my bad English. Congratulations. StatCounter is an indispensable tool in our daily work. We make life a little easier and better.
Thank you very much
November 25th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Congrats Aodhan, hope u get more awards.
You’re already a hero. In the past, you already denied to give the users information to a big company - Old post.
Well done and Keep it up.
International Insurance Web World
November 25th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Congrats and good luck for many more. It sure has been a very good addition to our website improvement/development.
November 25th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Congratulations Aodhan!
Would you mind fixing the world economy now?
We’ll all be watching.
November 25th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Congrats Aodhan. Just noticed the ‘internet hero’ link as I was installing code on another site, very true as you and statscounter.com are well deserved for the award for ‘the best’ stats tool around. Keep up the good work.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:36 am
From Australia… Bewdy Mate! Well deserved - and thanks for keeping StatCounter free, it’s the best value tool on the ‘net.
November 26th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Aodhan is hot. Love the pic. Thanks for the eye candy. Congrats too!
November 26th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Congratulations, Aodhan!
I love that picture of you and you sure look great in the suit! You’ve done a phenominal job for a”ten year old” and you sure have a lot of facial hair for that age, too. (Maybe you should get that checked out, huh?) Anyway, good job, mate!
Sincerely,
Cynde L. Hammond
November 26th, 2008 at 2:26 am
WoW I’m impressed. New there was a good reason I hung out here. Congratulations. That superman hero outfit fits him well…lol
November 26th, 2008 at 2:33 am
well derserved … keep up the good work. statcounter rocks !
November 26th, 2008 at 5:44 am
From India: Congrats and good luck for many more.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:57 am
And from germany, too: Congratulations
November 26th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Congratulations !
November 26th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
you really deserved this, i wont be surprised if Google or any other search Engine buys stat counter for all the valuable data it has
November 26th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Well done and thank you for a great service! We in the non-for-profit sector think of statcounter as our “tracking savior”
November 26th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Congratulations, you deserve it.
November 26th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Congratulation! yes, you deserve it.
Thank you for a great service.
May God Bless you.
November 27th, 2008 at 3:53 am
Wow! Smart and cute! Congratulations!
November 27th, 2008 at 8:25 am
what the hell is internet hero?
internet villians only baby!
congratulation
November 27th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Well Done Aodhan ! You have created a truly wonderful service for us all.
November 27th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Congratulations!! Your stat counters are fantastic, and it is wonderful to
hear about your life.
November 27th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
mmuuaaahhhh!!!!!
November 27th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
Congratulations
Thanks for a great service
November 27th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Congratulations,
you have helped turn me into an extremely sad person, I check my web stats weeey too often for any healthy individual.
Well done and thanks
November 27th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Congratulations Aodhan!
Well deserved praise if you ask me….
November 27th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Congrats! Job Well Done, love the product!
November 27th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Congratulations
Congratulations
Congratulations
November 27th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
Congratulations Aodhan!
Thank you for the wonderful tool Statcounter. It is the best free tool online.
November 27th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Congratulations Aodhan, and many thanks for your superb service!
November 27th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Fabulous! Congratulations! Statcounter is such a useful tool and I recommend it to everyone. Thanks so much for using your powers for good!
November 27th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I really like to use Statcounter, simple and useful. Thanks.
November 28th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Best ever internet visitor counter. Easy to use, easy to read statistics and best of all free!!!! Well done!
November 28th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Congratulations Aodhan, you really look like Hero also and I am a true fan of statcounter
November 28th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Congrats!
Statcounter has been an unmissable part of my web publishing.
Many Thanks,
Ray
November 28th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Congratulations! You’re the Super-ManStat (or, better, The Super-Statcounter)!
November 28th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Congrats Aodhan.
I hope the StatCounter as a company goes a way forward from what it is now and also becoming insipration for the budding new businesses.
hats off
November 29th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Well; he should be awarded the “SpiderMan of the Internet”.
November 29th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Congrats and well deserved. It’s about time we hear good news other than what we have read this past week.
Congrats and keep up the good work!
November 29th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
I absolutely adore the start of your ’speech’ … “Once upon a time, there was a little boy who lived in Castleknock…” and I am proud for you, and the achievements you have achieved thus far. I pray 2009 will bring you more awards and recognition in the field, and soon boost not only your SC Platform but also all other projects in store.
All the best Aodhan! + Lord Bless
November 29th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Hearty congratulations on this great acknowledgment…much deserved to be sure.
Here’s wishing continued success and growth for StatCounter….a fantastic tool that delivers consistently above abd beyond expectations!
November 29th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Congrats Aodhan for being honored with the title of Internet Hero.
and hey, Statcounter team, i think the suit fits in pretty well
cheers.
November 29th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Congratulations, you deserve it and the whole team too.
party time
November 29th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Aodhan:
I came to your page by chance and now… I feel at home… Thanks.
Congratulations you for the award… You deserve.
November 30th, 2008 at 5:59 am
You have indeed developed an awesome internet tool.
Congratulations on your award!
November 30th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Congratulations to Aodhan………a “true” hero of the internet.
November 30th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
I been here for about 1 year and a half, and I been using the statcounter of Aodhan Cullen with strong benefit.
I want now to congratulate him for his success and I hope that he stays around helping us to improve our internet.
I Love this Game, Internet…
Baptista
http://ttaxi.pt
November 30th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Superb!
November 30th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
It’s not often I would say good old superman is inadequate but in Comparison to Aodan and the Statcounter team he is decidely so.
Thank you and the team for the brilliance, dedication, support and knowledge you all have provided over the past years. Such a well deserved award.
Cheers
Deb
November 30th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Very well deserved!
Congratulations!
December 1st, 2008 at 3:37 am
Aodhan,
Kudos for such a young man working this hard to make a product globally accepted as top notch. Your future is bright.
Tom
December 1st, 2008 at 5:45 am
Congratulations Aodhan
December 1st, 2008 at 6:37 am
He deserves it, He got it.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Aodhan,
Well deserved! SC is vital for my work on my sites - could not go without it!
Have you thought about setting up a “user think-tank” to brainstorm the next steps for SC?
SH
December 1st, 2008 at 12:45 pm
When the Internet was new, it was only nerds and programmers who could /really/ use it. With development, there are things which make life more bearable.
Statcounter as an entity is very powerful for one reason: it does its job, and it does it well.
Rather than invincibility, I think that with an application like this - looking into the future to see what people need, your super power should be prescience, or super vision.
Thanks for making this application, long may you continue to innovate.
Cheers,
Alan.
December 1st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Aodhan,
Proud to be a part of your community. Congrats again for a job well done
and well deserved.
Best,
BobLee
Orlando
December 1st, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Congrats man. And thanks for a brilliant tracking option!
December 1st, 2008 at 9:16 pm
well done!
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:56 am
Well done! A pint of Guinness all around!
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
No wonder, Aodhan is the internet hero.
He’s been providing on of the best services that one can get on the internet and that too for zero cost.
Cheers to Aodhan and the Statcounter Team.
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Congratulations Hero! You are of great service to all of us.
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Congratulations
I wish my boss was this easy on the eyes
December 2nd, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Well done Stat Counter Superhero!
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 pm
It is stories such as this that make me wish I had spent my youth being a little bit more productive! Way to go Statcounter team!
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:05 am
You are doing an awesome job and deserve the highest award.
I love Sat Counter
December 3rd, 2008 at 5:47 am
Congrats !!
You have been doing an amazing job. I love StatCounter.
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:35 am
Congratulations on your inventiveness and your industry.
December 3rd, 2008 at 8:10 am
Congrats, well deserved. Should be more people like you dude!
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Statcounter rocks! Keep up a good job, Aodhan
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Very cool and well deserved! I love statcounter! Elaine
December 3rd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Many congrats. and best wishes. Statcounter adds new dimensions to our web site.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:21 am
Congratulations Aodhan on a great product and service. Statcounter is an amazing tool. Keep up the good work. We are all very proud of you.
December 4th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Other than analyzing my raw server logs, it’s statcounter and Super Aodhan to the rescue!
December 4th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Congratulations Aodhan!!!
I won’t surprise to know soon that you’ve bocome a Nobel Laureate.
Best Regards,
Asish Kumar Das
http://www.astrocopia.com
December 4th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Congrats! This really is a big deal. Keep it up.
December 4th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Bravo, cher ami, pour ce prix, pour tout ce travail autour de Statcounter et pour la belle fraternité que vous savez entretenir.
Merci à vous et aussi à toute votre équipe. On ira loin ensemble! Bonne fin d’année.
I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year, a pocket full of money and a big fat pig!
Maurice
December 4th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Congrats, you deserve it!
December 4th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Well done - a well deserved away.
Thanks again.
Sime
December 5th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Congrats Aodhan. You truly deserve it!
December 5th, 2008 at 7:00 am
Well done. Like thousands of other webmasters around the world, let me also say thank you for the service that you provide to everyone for free. While most people are eager to earn money off of the Internet, there are a few of us still left out here that make a few bucks every now and then - but the real reason we use the World Wide Web everyday is because we love to be a part of this massive and growing medium.
Mark
December 5th, 2008 at 1:53 pm
he’s a cutie!
December 5th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Congrats Aodhan,
It is very exciting to see someone receive real awards for truly useful content and work. Dwanine Designs thrives on statcounter and its capabilities. I enjoy the features and look forward to seeing what else will be available in the future. Keep up the good work!
Sincerely,
Sherretta Clarett
Dwanine Designs
http://www.dwanine.com
December 5th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Excellent! Congratulations!
Never seen such an excellent tool!
I use it sinde 3 years and I am 100% satisfied.
Kind regards,
Alex Beer
http://www.energie-systeme.eu
December 6th, 2008 at 1:55 am
When I learned of the existence of StatCounter, I did not think he was going to be a tool of the day to day. Aodhan thanks for the service and congratulations, you deserve it, as you deserve my personal thanks.
Sincerely,
Jaime Briceno
MiniBooksWorld.com
December 6th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Congratulation Aodhan, Well deserved.
December 6th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Congratulation Aodhan, Well deserved. Hope next time you will do better.
December 6th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Well done. Statcounter and the team behind it deserve all the praise they get!
I still can’t get it working on WP.org though!
December 7th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Sounds like you earned it, good job.
December 7th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Congratulations. I just love the easyness of Statcounter. Keep up the good work.
December 7th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Nice Title - What you’ve done is genuinely heroic.
Keep up the good work!
Simon
December 8th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Congrats! You deserve it man and happy for you.
December 8th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
You are so young and realy a Hero.
Goog Luck
December 8th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Congratulations!
I am using statcounter on every site I build!
And I always recommend it to others.
Keep up the good Hero work
December 8th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
heartiest congrats aodhan..
my wishes are always with you…
December 8th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Aodhan,
The democracy of the internet has once again prevailed. It is refreshing to see effort rewarded and recognised by ones peers. Well done!
December 9th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Well deserved. StatsCounter is an invaluable tool and should be part of every webmaster’s arsenal.
December 9th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
You guyz and gals are all heroes! You’re always there to provide service and support and see ‘Dummies’ like me through problems. Statcounter ROCKS!
December 9th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Real time congratulations fall short Aodhan, so let the blessings, the saviour and good luck for the lord. We can surpass the loads of well deserved and top notch, cool, superb and awesome wish lists that be.
When I was ten, school was pretty boring too. It was the last period that boys and girls were in separated schools in the Netherlands. So that doubled the boringness. However, according to the head of the school, mr. A.W. van Grindsven, we had an extreme opportunity to be in one of the last boy classes. He never earlier had this optimum chance to teach us boy and man related matters.
At eleven years old, this school head told me every week a remarkable idea or assignment of one of his friends in high positions. Once he even let me choose a new president-minister mr de Jong, a former submarine captain. The man wanted me to use prescience time to gain social organisation and control. He asked to teach the boys in the class as an assistant. I wasn’t ready for this educating task at that moment. So he forced me to make promises for a goal in life: To prevent that fathers after a divorce have no access to their children.
New uses of concrete materials was foreseen. The school head got notice of the technique of constructing buildings with a large span width. The government at that time wanted to contract a new syndicate to execute plans for a mall in the centre of Utrecht City. The class was asked to give a name for the company. The school head claimed that the boy with the best name would have a sort of power for life later on. I came up with the winning name ‘Bredero’.
This naming gave me self confidence. So during my studies at the Utrecht university, I presented the idea of a new building with a reinforced spanning high in the sky. The enormous construction should look like improbable. The rafter must have housing accommodation for third world students. With lots of residences and a stay for one or two years of value for life study in a native country.
Also when I was at the age of eleven, the finance man in the cabinet of submarine captain mr de Jong, Johan Witteveen promised a piece of his private property. It was the highchair of his childhood. School head mr. Grindsven revealed that this chair was made by Rietveld, a well known architect which made one well known chair. But only in a future in which I would liberate divorced children and their fathers. Last week the chair of Johan Witteveen was sold to both the museums of Utrecht and Amsterdam.
In the Netherlands we now have legal progress with equal parenting and the slogan ‘Best parent is both parent’. The rest of the world will sure follow. With the new found power, next step is ‘Sorgerecht ab Geburt’ and to have both decision about parental access and compliance with the law in one court session.
There were times my eleven year son and I were together. It is strange that the more fruits there are of the work for equal parenting after cohabitation, the more the gathering for my son and me is denied. That is the downside. The networking is hard and earning some fame. There is a lot of success to be caused by helping divorced children and their parents.
The Dutch ‘child in stress’ organisation thanks StatCounter for the years the tool is affordable. Aodhan created a research instrument that gives vital clues about the usefulness of our own content. And how we can find the true hearts and minds of own content. Our experience is an overview of statistics and with our friends and guiding we can develop and strengthen social relations with visitors and the general public further.
Aodhan now can be seen in the typical Superman dress with red shoes of the Dutch movement for divorced children and their fathers. Many Dutch NGO’s on this subject are not making use of StatCounter yet. Is there news about the situation in Ireland? We’ll ask our affiliate NGO’s to only use the best product in the market.
We’ll do our best to cooperate in a think-tank Skype Help mentioned. We will start writing about improvements in the Visit Length statistics. Our advice is not to put effort in embedding other languages in StatCounter. Greetings to mrs Internet Hero 2008. And keep up the good work you do for liberating human organisation ánd mankind in the years to come.
Bert Kerkhof @ Kind in de knel organisation
http://www.conseo.nl
http://www.kindindeknel.nl
Norg, Netherlands
+31 592 670206
+31 6 52686243
December 10th, 2008 at 2:04 am
You Go! Aodhan. (As we say in the U.S.)
December 10th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Hey — another well-deserved Congrats to Aodhan — you look cool in a superman costume! Such a handsome daredevil!
cheers and don’t forget to visit us too!
December 10th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Congrats mate!!! and thanks for the statcounter, it is such a nice tool =) Cheers!
December 10th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Dear Aodhan,
Congratulations and best wishes for the Next year as well. You Rock!!!
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December 10th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Congratulations Aodhan!
December 11th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Congratulations young man. Your creation has been flawless. Thanks for letting me use it.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Congratulations!!
And thank you for this great tool SC.
December 11th, 2008 at 3:17 am
Congratulations Aodhan! I use your service every day and it’s the best stat service!
December 11th, 2008 at 4:39 am
Congratulations!!
December 11th, 2008 at 5:17 am
My heartiest congratulations to Aodhan.
Hope to see you again with flying colors.
Way to go.
December 11th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
I’m a statcounter fan…. my morining goes like this:
1) CNN
2) Yahoo - News & Email
3) Statcounter
4) Have a cup of tea…
5) Re-check e-mail, re-check Statcounter
6) Sigh…
7) Start work
so many congrats!!
December 11th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
congratulations aodhan. i regularly use statcounter to help me analyze my website, and it really does help me understand and optimize my traffic.
congrats again, and may there be many more.
kind regards
December 11th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Statcounter has been good to us…the recognition is well deserved!
Best,
Team^PhotoHand.com
December 12th, 2008 at 4:49 am
Well done Aodhan, Congrats…
Thanks
Sahil
December 12th, 2008 at 11:01 am
You have become an integral part of our charity. Your resources have helped us gain recognition, understand our business and raise money.
That you have accomplished so very much at a young age is wonderful. It also is a testament to the wonderful world we live in. That a young chap with a bit of initiative and hunger can accomplish so much illustrates the opportunity that is out there.
I hope that my young son, may one day meet you in person. And perhaps follow in your footsteps to success.
December 12th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
From a very well satisfied customer:- CONGRATULATIONS
December 12th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to you Aodhan - you certainly deserve it and thanks again for providing StatCounter - it such a fantastic tool!
Cheers
Cyn
December 12th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I came across a young and budding start-up service. A guy named Aodhan Cullen was offering a totally free service that had serious potential to help website managers/owners. I registered with his service, used it without regreat and told many of it’s benefit.
Personally I like it when an idea becomes a small business and then grows to become a benchmark for the industry. Well done and keep on bringing your ideas to the world Aodhan!
December 13th, 2008 at 7:40 am
Well Done. Congrats !!
December 13th, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Apropos of nothing, that guy is seriously hot.
December 14th, 2008 at 5:57 am
Hey congratulations from Dominican Republic… Mister Cullen….i think ur name is very diferent…Aodhan .. wow…
December 14th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I like counter with pictures. Thats more individual!
December 14th, 2008 at 8:37 am
When I show of the existence of StatCounter, I did not think he was going to be a tool of the day. Thanks for the service - you deserve my personal thanks. Usefull.
December 15th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Aodhan.., Congrats dear.. and stat counter is really wonderful
December 15th, 2008 at 5:42 am
hi…greetings from malaysia…a chinese blogger here.
i am using ur statcounter…awesome!
December 15th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Congratulations from Sri Lanka !!
December 15th, 2008 at 11:41 am
Sliocht sleachta ar shliocht bhur sleachta!
(please don’t repond in Gaellic, I googled it LOL)
December 15th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Congratulations on your award! Thank You for sharing your wonderful talent, it has been a Blessing to me…stay True to your dream…
December 15th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Congratulations from London, thanks again for providing StatCounter.
December 16th, 2008 at 3:39 am
Very many congratulations. I really love StatCounter. It’s one of the greatest tools on the net, and I drop your code all over my website designs.
Thanks for helping me to do my job, and much success in your future endeavours.
December 16th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Congratulations on your award! Thank You for sharing your wonderful talent, it has been a Blessing to me…keep the good work
December 16th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Aodhan, I use statcounter every day to see what my sites/visitores are doing. You certainly deserve this award and more. Thank very much for all you have done. A LOT of work I’m sure.
December 17th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
You totally deserve it. This is one of the best features on the Internet for website owners.
December 17th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Congratulations Aodhan,
Thanking you for sharing your gift with us. We a great award,
December 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
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December 18th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
congratulation , That is very interesting ! Great
December 20th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Great….! Congrat!
December 20th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Successful and handsome, what else needed?
December 21st, 2008 at 12:16 am
Congratulations, Aodhan! StatCounter is one of the very best tools available and I don’t know what I’d do without it!
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:59 am
Just saw the video. Great Going!
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Sarah, you should try its pro version
December 27th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Congratulations!
December 27th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
I’ve tried a couple of counters like the one offered at Bravenet etc, but yours is distinct. U know why? U considered satisfaction first, I guess that’s why you allowed even free trial members access the invisible stat. That’s what made you different…..THUMBS UP…
December 28th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Thanks Aodhan. I seem to spend as much time checking Statcounter as I do actually working..! Well deserved award..!
Best wishes to all users for 2009.
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:03 am
hi.
I must say congratulations! Wonderful changes and new opportunities. All these people are glad for you.. me too
God bless superman
January 2nd, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Congratulations Aodhan!
I’m impressed by reading about you and surprised that you are from Ireland. Being fom Holland, I am a real Ireland-fan as you can see on my websites http://www.doggydike.nl and http://www.songdocs.com.
After a comparison with Google Analitics, I just decided to stay with StatCounter. GA is far too complex and time consuming. GA is difficult (or even impossible) to integrate with my stats-archive, which I filled by downloading the StatCounter csv-files.
Thanks and all the best to you for 2009!
Siem
January 5th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
well done Aodhan. Keep up the good work
January 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am
wow, u look so good, Aodhan
thanks a lot for statcounter…it is a miracle
congratulations and keep up the good work, statcounter team!
January 13th, 2009 at 12:25 am
ı ve tried a couple of counters like the one offered at Bravenet etc, but yours is distinct. U know why? U considered satisfaction first, I guess that’s why you allowed even free trial members access the invisible stat. That’s what made you different…..THUMBS UP
January 14th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
I love statcounter. However, can you please fix the blocking cookie mess!
Blocking cookies are only useful when they block and are useless if it resets after you close the window
January 21st, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Congrats Aodhan,
And thanks again for this amazing service!
John
http://www.johndennerrocks.com/bio.html
January 22nd, 2009 at 6:36 am
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February 9th, 2009 at 6:56 pm
It’s a long time after Aodhan won the internet hero but still my congratulations to him and all his colleagues. They must have bought him lot of gifts
February 14th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Congratulations with your award, and I know you deserve it and love to use your codes. Thanks.
February 17th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Congratulations, Aodhan…… you deserve it.
Thanks for all your support and STATSCOUNTER.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:38 am
congrats ! well done mate.
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:39 am
Congrats and you are a super hero !