I think I'm gonna bless the day I was told about this site ... already I'm finding my way around and discovering that I'm not such a dummy after all ... there are 'others out there' who like me are having problems ... (small ones of course), but what is even better, is that the 'family' are so willing to help with suggestions and results. Already I've found answers to 2 problems I HAD. ... Thanks CTH, & thanks to those who post results. - margo_s 
Missing-girl Web site gets 55 million hits
Posted by: Tweaker
Date added: 18:27, 19th May 2007 GMT
Source: C/NET News
A Web site set up to help find a missing British 4-year-old girl who disappeared from a holiday villa in Portugal 15 days ago has received more than 50 million hits, its operator said on Friday.
More than 7,500 people have left messages of support on the www.findmadeleine.com site and 55 million hits have been counted since its launch.
Thousands have downloaded appeal posters and forwarded an e-mail chain letter started by Madeleine McCann's family. The little girl disappeared from her bedroom at a hotel resort in Portugal on May 3 as her parents dined nearby.
"It is booming," said Calum MacRae, director of Infohost, the Scottish IT company behind the site. "We didn't expect this number of people. "We had 10 million hits between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday--our server just gave up, but we resolved that within five minutes."
The Web site was launched on May 9 (with the address www.bringmadeleinehome.com) and it changed to www.findmadeleine.com on Wednesday. Messages of support from across Europe, the United States and Australia have been posted on the site.
"You are in my thoughts every day," wrote Heidi from Finland. "I pray that she will be found soon safe and well." Debbie Bates, from Australia, wrote: "As a mother of two, I cannot imagine for a moment what you are going through."
Parents Kate and Gerry McCann are taking "immense strength" from the messages, said family member Michael Wright. "Their purpose is to turn hope into action," he said on Thursday. "We want everyone to have an image of Madeleine in whatever country in Europe they visit."
A video appeal will be shown on Saturday at the English FA Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea at London's Wembley Stadium. Portuguese police say they have insufficient evidence to arrest anyone in the hunt for the girl.
On Thursday, police chief Olegario Sousa said officers did not have enough evidence to arrest the only formal suspect, a 33-year-old man who lives in the resort.
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