Please introduce your website. What is it's aim ? Your role ? ....

Hello from France !! We are a new frenchteam and we created a bartending website FRENCHBAR.COM So we are trying to speak to you in english ;o)

How and why did you choose this website name ?

We found a domain name available in com which corresponds to all our waitings: FrenchBar (the French Bar) Incredible... it was however so simple, as what the simplest ideas are often  the best

How did this idea occured to you ?

The idea of our site came from the report which there really did not exist of complete Internet site on the Cocktails in France...

How much time did you spent to build this website ?

Since 2001.

Since when this website exists ?

Setting on line 17/03/2001

Can you give us some statistics ?

Visiteurs/mois numbers + 7.500 A number of vues/mois Pages + 350.000 Hits/mois numbers +1.200.000 

Wich role do you play in this website ?

Former member of the A.B.F (Association of the Barmen of France) Function: Webmaster. Creator and person in charge for this site. Creator of receipts of Cocktails.

How many hours per day, do you spend taking care of your website ?

every day, we spent more than 1 hour

Did you have other websites before this one ?

we started with http://cocktails.ifrance.com

Wich programmation languages do you have under control ?

htlm. also but no programmation languages - flash - photoshop -  illustrator - frontpage - dreamweaver.

Have you got favorits games, softwares or websites ?

all websites speaking about drinks

What more can you tell us about ?

Our history :

In January 2000, we then considered the creation of a French site on the receipts of Cocktails.

In February 2000 , we initially thought of the total architecture of our future site. In March 2000, we choose the software for the design of our site and start to join together our knowledge.

In April 2000, we initially created and published our first pages on (free shelterer) under the name http://cocktails.ifrance.com . Our site comprised at its beginning about thirty pages treating receipts of traditional cocktails primarily. Extremely on our professional experiences in the largest bars with French Cocktails of the capital, we decided to put on line a page on our Creations of Cocktails.

In May 2000, we supplement our section on the cocktails with: - cocktails without-alcohols - other creations of cocktails - our preferred cocktails

In June 2000, our referencing in the search engines starts to give its fruits... we notice visitors of all the countries of the world (although our site is only in French version), which shows well that the Cocktail is universal;o) In July 2000, we have on average 100 visitors per month.

In August 2000, we then decide to attack us with the referencing of our site on the cocktails (never not to be neglected;o). In front of the request of the Net surfers on questions relating to the creation of the cocktails, we had to widen the site by creating new sections explaining in detail the art of the Cocktail: - Techniques. - Products

In September 2000, we create our section partnership to allow the private individuals and the companies to know our conditions.

In October 2000, in front of the complexity of our site, and to help the Net surfers with surfer on our site, we decide to make a plan of the fast and detailed site, with interactive bonds.

In November 2000, we think that time had just bought our own Domain name. We make research to find a name which evokes the world of the Cocktails, and which is available...

In December 2000, we add up 68 advertisers on our bonds page.

In January 2001, we note an explosion of the frequentation of our site with on average 800 visitors per month. We found a domain name available in com which corresponds to all our waitings: FRENCHBAR (the French Bar) Incredible... it was however so simple, as what the simplest ideas are often best the;o)

In February 2001, Champagne!! We hasten to reserve our new Domain name FRENCHBAR.COM at (bus on their premises the domain names cost only 18 Euros for one year in com;o) We decide to make our own Portail to refer all the advertisers wishing to be present on our site. We have on average 1.500 visitors per month.

In March 2001, we change shelterer and choose the Canadian Company because he is pro and free. We rock our site http://cocktails.ifrance.com on .

Our site was born !

Thank you for answering our questions, would you like to add something ?

We make our site in different languages  :  French, english & deutch