We now have a new page listing the very best streetviews from the last 30 days. It’s updated automaticly so check back regularly.
(If you follow us on twitter, you got this news a week ago.)
Category: StreetViewFun.com
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Rating system temporarily disabled due to massive traffic
We have disabled the rating system temporarily. Our Top 100 of the best streetviews is still available.
(We had to disable the rating system due to massive traffic to streetviewfun.com today. The server has been extremly busy, slow and more or less down a few times. The increased traffic is coming from the release of StreetView in the UK and the Netherlands. We will bring the rating system back as soon as it’s possible.)
Traffic jam at streetviewfun.com
Due to the release of streetview images in the UK and the Netherlands we are receiving massive traffic today which is making our server a little slow at times. We’re working on solving this.
StreetViewFun.com featured in Baltimore TV Show
John Sanders from WBAL TV explains Google StreetView in the Web Trends Report and also shows some of the funniest photos from streetviewfun.com. StreetView images are now available in Baltimore.
Moved to new server
Heavy traffic to streetviewfun.com over the last 24 hours forced us to move to a VPS. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Traffic jam again at streetviewfun.com
Our host had to close us down for 15 minutes earlier today due to heavy traffic. Visitors apparently came here thanks to an article in todays Liberation (french newspaper) about StreetView where streetviewfun.com was mentioned. I’m sorry about this interruption and we’ll try to avoid similar problems in the future.
Traffic jam at streetviewfun.com
We’re getting a lot of traffic at the moment. The past 24 hours have been extreme, largely due to Kid wipes out on bike. Take a look if you haven’t seen it yet!
If you get any database errors you know why. That’s also why we had to remove the top 100 from the sidebar temporarily so the database will get a little less to do. You can still see the full Top 100 if you click at the button at the top right of every page.
In other site news, we have improved the Top Contributors list where members who have submitted the most StreetView sightings get listed. It’s now a Top 10 list. You can see this list at the bottom of the sidebar menu.
Streetviewfun.com in the news
We’ve been in the news again. This time Pittsburgh Tribune-Review writes a long article about Google Maps Street View and Streetviewfun.com:
They were bound to catch some odd, unusual — even naughty — pics.
Finding them on your own won’t be easy, but Streetviewfun.com helps.
Streetviewfun.com is “updated daily with funny and interesting Google Map Street View photos,” according to the Web site.
Street View users submit bizarre scenes to Streetviewfun.com, which posts the images. It collects images from similar Internet tools such as Mapjack.com, iiCosmo.com, Earthmine.com and Everyscape.com, according to the Web site.
Streetviewfun.com has a top 100 list where users can find a link to a car on fire, a police car following the Google car mounted with the digital cameras and sunbathing women.
New info about the authors
Those of you who have submitted street view sightings to streetviewfun.com now have an author page. At this page you can see all the images an author have found and som short info about the authors if they have written something in their profile.
In the sidebar of all pages you can now also see a list of contributors and how many streetviews they have submitted.
To become an author at streetviewfun.com simply register and then submit any funny street view images you find.
Some examples of author pages: Clevis, Hatebreed Fan and codell
