Every 6 to 12 months I like to ask readers this question in an effort to keep improving the blog. I don’t like to lead such discussions too deliberately – but find that the discussion is better if I give a few general questions to stimulate the conversation. So here are some areas you might like to comment on:

Topics– are there topics (specific or general) you’d like covered in the coming months? Do we cover enough vintage military vehicles for you? Do you want more vintage off road racing photos? More fire trucks? How about more early Bronco’s?

Types of Posts – event coverage, vehicle restorations, history articles, vintage 4×4′s for sale, tech articles…. have your say about what you’d like most/least.

Posting Frequency – too many posts, not enough, just right?

Design – we are just weeks from launching a complete redesign – so your comments and ideas would be helpful at this point

Blog Features – what would make your reader experience better?

Community – do you feel you connect well with other readers? Are there features that you’d like added to help connect more?

Other Ideas and Feedback – anything goes, big or little.

What Frustrates you about Off Road Action? What is Best about it?

The ‘Rules’ – Any feedback, suggestions, dreams or ideas that you have are welcome. While I can’t promise to respond to each comment or put every suggestion into place I make a commitment to you to read anything you have to say.

All that I ask in return is that you be honest, courteous and constructive with your feedback.

Off Road Action is a project that I pour a lot of time and effort into – as a result sometimes criticism can be a little difficult to hear – however I think it’s vital to take it all on board if this is to continue to be a valuable resource for vintage 4×4 enthusiasts.

So it’s over to you. Feel free to either leave your feedback in comments below or to share them privately with me via my Contact Page.

2. Dune Buggy Archives

3. Willys Military Jeep Graveyard

4. Crewcab Jeep Trucks

5. Old Ford Crew Cabs

6. Early Bronco Camper For Sale

7. Bumpside 1972 F350 Dually Crewcab 4×4

8. 1957 Volvo Sugga For Sale

9. Centurian Four Door Bronco

10. Old Ford Race Truck Photos

1. Awesome Bumpside F100 Bumpside RC Truck

2. Fall Guy GMC Truck Model

3. Willys Military Jeep Graveyard

4. Dune Buggy Archives

5. Early Bronco Camper For Sale

6. 2010 NORRA Mexican 1000 Starting Line Photos

7. Bumpside 1972 F350 Ford Dually Crewcab 4×4

8. Old Ford Crew Cabs

9. Centurian Four Door Broncos

10. NORRA 1000 Contingency Photos

1. Fall Guy GMC Truck Model

2. Dune Buggy Archives

3. Bumpside F350 Dually Crewcab 4×4

4. Early Bronco Camper For Sale

5. Scotch Tape & Willys

6. Centurian Four Door Broncos

7. More Early Ford Bronco Campers

8. Old Ford Crew Cabs

9. 1957 Volvo Sugga Radio Car For Sale

10. Four Wheel Camper Responds To Camperized Bronco Articles

1. More Early Ford Bronco Campers

2. 1968 Jeepers Jamboree Rubicon Trail Video

3. Dodge Power Wagon At Barrett Jackson Auction

4. Bronco Camper Undergoing Restoration

5. Four Wheel Camper Responds To Bronco Camper Articles

6. More Bronco Camper Articles

7. Dune Buggy Archives

8. 1975 Woodsman 4×4 RV

9. Swamp Fox Army Monster Dodge

10. Restored 1942 Dodge WC-42 Power Wagon

1. George Barris Dune Buster Ford Bronco

2. Bronco Camper Undergoing Restoration

3. Rod Fantelli’s 1965 Ford Prerunner

4. Bumpside 1972 F350 Ford Dually Crewcab 4×4

5. Dune Buggy Archives!

6. Restored 1966 Ford Bronco Roadster

7. 67-72 Ford 4×4 Truck Photos

8. Meyers Manx Buggy Club

9. Restored 1941 Dodge WC-12

10. 1975-1976 Jeep Lineup

In regards to Off Road Action, we are excited and have some interesting plans for the upcoming year. Most of all, we want to hear from you, our readers. What would you like to see on Off Road Action? Do you want more articles about a certain vehicle? More how to tech articles? Leave a comment below and let us know!

We are going to take a look back at the Off Road Action website in 2009. This may bore some of you. I am sure that not everyone is interested in the statistics of website they check out from time to time. Personally, I find this exciting. Probably because Off Road Action started as a thought in the back of my head a few years ago and now averages 800-1000 individual hits per day with 1800-2600 page views per day. Probably because Off Road Action has introduced me to so many people with the same interests and has helped me cultivate those new friendships.

The most read articles will not come as a suprise to frequent readers. Those of you who read the previous “Most Popular Articles” each month will know that the Dune Buggy Archive article will be near the top, as will articles about the Dodge Power Wagon. There is one article that I was not expecting in the Top 10, though…

1. Dune Buggy Archives

2. Swamp Fox Monster Dodge

3. Sweptline Dodge Power Wagons

4. Restored 1941 Dodge WC-12

5. Dodge Power Wagon Trucks In England

6. George Barris Dune Buster Ford Bronco

7. Budwieser Boss

8. James Garner Goodyear Grabber Olds 442

9. Jeep CJ-5 Go For Digger Backhoe

10. Terminator Ford Pull Truck .

Now, none of these were a shock to me. I watch my statistics pretty close. I was kind of suprised, though, that all of the stories were all written before July. You would think as a website grows in popularity, that you would see more page views on the newly written articles. So I started looking at other statistics and realized what I had really known all along. Off Road Action gets a lot of search engine hits for the Meyers Manx dune buggy and Dodge Power Wagons. In fact, the top search engine hits for 2009 were:

1. manx dune buggy
2. dodge power wagon
3. manx buggy
4. hurst jeepster
5. old dodge trucks
6. power wagon
7. meyers manx dune buggy
8. big oly bronco
9. 1941 dodge power wagon
10. meyers manx

This tells me two things. People enjoy the Meyers Manx and Dodge Power Wagon articles. It also tells me that we are ranked highly on both of them and have work hard making sure we are ranked well for other worlds in the future.

Looking at what other websites send us links is something that I not only enjoy, but use to build new relationships and find new information about upcoming articles. Here were the Top 10 links to Off Road Action in 2009.

1. A jeep message board written in German.

2. A post on Classic Broncos.com about ORA.

3. Another post on Classic Broncos.com about ORA.

4. The Hemmings Blog

5. While the original link to us is not active any more, I believe it was from the message board at this Mexican off road racing website.

6. Another post at Classic Broncos about us.

7. I did not realize how much the guys at Classic Broncos love this website! Another post from there!

8. Believe it or not, the Samba is a air cooled VW website. This member was looking for sand drag information.

9. From a post on the message board at Race Dezert.com

10. From a post on Classic Broncos on rare & strange Bronco’s.

One more…it was only 3 hits less than the one above. Plus, it is interesting.

11. A post on an AMC car forum about our article on the Ramblers that raced in the Baja.

Overall, 2009 was a great year for Off Road Action. We grew from a little website in a corner of the web to becoming a well known vintage automotive website that is respected thoughout the world. We thank you, our readers, for your patronage thoughout the year. As we say goodbye to 2009, we wish you and your family a happy new year and the best of success in the years to come.

Wes Kibble