Basic Data (as of January 1, 2003):

• Frequency: Monthly
• Readers Sessions: 550,000+ per month
• Site Hits per month: 9,000,000+
• Pages viewed per month: 2,750,000+
• Reader's average time per visit: 10.41 minutes.
• Articles available: 12,000+
• Photographs: 1,750+
• Writers/Contributors 170+
• Links to from other sites: 35,428
• Internet Ranking by Links: #2,496 out of 1,215,027
• Internet Ranking by Alexa - 18,534 ( Mexconnect.com 01/04/03) - 49,245 (mexconnected.com 01/04/03)
• Readership Demographics and Loyalty.

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• Kiplinger's Retirement Planning - Fall 2001

  Moving Beyond the Border" Mary Beth Franklin

  
  

• Harcourt e-Learning - University Course 2001

  Nonfiction as Commentary on the Contemporary World.

  
  

• The Dallas Morning News - March 13, 2001

  Medicare buck stops at border: MEXICO OR BUST?

  
  

• Global Gourmet - February, 2001

  Mexico Connect's Mexican Food Page
  Review by Debbie Mazo

  
  

• Addison/Wesley/Longman - Book - 2001

  "Writing In An Electronic World"
  Kolko, Regan, Romano

  
  

• Gateway Books - Book - 2001

  Choose Mexico For Retirement, 7th Edition,
  Howells & Merwin

  
  

• Time Magazine - Dec. 11, 2000

  Lake Chapala, Mexico - Land of Eternal Spring

  
  

• Access Magazine W/E Supplement
  (77 Newspapers) Oct. 22, 2000

  Mexico Connect 4/4 Star Review

  
  

• Roads Scholar Press - Book - 2000

  Live Better South of the Border in Mexico, 3rd Edition
  Mike Nelson

  
  

• John Muir Publications - Book - 1999

  Live Well In Mexico
  Ken Luboff

  
  

• The Guadalajara Reporter, Sept. 2, 2000

  MexConnect Launches Interactive Calendar

  
  

• USA Today, Oct. 19, 1999

  Mexico travel information is just a few clicks away

  
  

• The Seattle Times, Sept. 26, 1999

  Web Sources Go South of the Border

  
  

• Mexico City News, Aug. 28 1999

  Writing About Mexican Culture, Travel

  
  

• International Herald Tribune, July 31, 1999

  Canadian Dream Becomes Reality in Balmy Mexico

  
  

• The Globe & Mail National, January 16, 1999

  Mexico On the Web

  
  

• John Muir Press - Book - 1998

  The People's Guide to Mexico, 11th Edition
  Carl Franz

  
  

• Where To Retire Magazine, Fall, 1998

  Retiring to Mexico

  
  

• The Guadalajara Reporter, Aug 15, 1998

  Ajijic-based Website Lands Major Print Show

  
  

• Siglo 21, July 29, 1997

  Turismo Virtual en México

  
  

• The Tennessean, June 1, 1997

  Little Town Hosts Big Site

  
  

• International Living, June, 1997

  Entreprenuers Abroad
  - Find Your Niche for Mexican Profits.

  
  

Business Mexico Magazine - January 2000

www.mexconnect.com/wwwboard/index.html
/5

Here is the English-speaking "insider club" of all things Mexican. Welcoming visitors, the page reads: “This Forum is for viewers wishing to exchange ideas and information about Mexico with like-minded folks.” This virtual bulletin board is one of my personal favorites and the best place to ask a question about a place you haven't visited or provide a traveler's tale of a recent journey. For commercial queries, the site has a Business Forum. Hungry for Mexican cuisine? Be sure to visit the site's Mexican Kitchen Forum.

Latin American Connection Newsletter - June 1999

This site is almost completely bilingual. You can search the recipes by ingredient or by dish. It also has a cooking forum and a section for suggestions. The thing I liked most about the site were the temperature and measurement converters and the fact that the names of the ingredients are in English and in Spanish.

Business Mexico Magazine - January 1999

Rating: /5

Here's a Web site that does everything right. Lake Chapala-based Mexico Connect appears on the Web as a monthly digest of Mexican travel, business and cultural information. Run by David McLaughlin, the site features articles by well-known Mexico writers Joe Cummings, Tony Burton and Stan Gotlieb, who writes an always memorable "Letter from Oaxaca."

The result is a smorgasbord of unusual features that will urge you to put on your explorer cap. Mexico Connect eschews the beach resorts to tout lesser-known destinations, such as Zacatecas and rural Jalisco. The site also provides economic updates, a reader bulletin board and recipes from the Mexican kitchen. You'll even find past columns of Mexico on the Web here (http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/rmader/rmaderindex.html).

Bill Begalke - Author/Photographer
(His Articles in Mexico Connect)

I need to tell you David that I've received more reader's comments about my work on Mexico Connect with more interesting comments than I ever received in ten years of mass market publications, top 50 market newspapers, good magazines and airline inflights. And the reason for and the interest of the readers who contact me is quite encouraging to me as an author seeking an audience. You've got a good readership in quality and quantity, and I appreciate the opportunity for my work to appear on your website.

Rose Wilcox

I wanted to tell you how much I love your site. I access it regularly and spend a lot of time browsing and reading. It is so full of charm and information; it delights and teaches at the same time.

I did mention this site in my article: "Living and Working in Mexico: Web Resources" that I have currently published on Themestream. I also plan on rewriting and reslanting the article and submitting it in other venues.

Lee Severns

Comparing the first issue with the current one, I see growth, expansion in a variety of directions, and I find my time is never equal to my interest.

What has not changed is the ambiance. This magazine is extremely well organized, and easier to find one's way around in than any site on the Web. Some of the original contributors continue to excite, entertain & inform us, while many others have been added. I don't know how many people are involved in keeping up the site and preparing the magazine, but you are, one and all, deserving of every accolade that could be bestowed.

Thank you - Gracias - Muchas Gracias!!!

Marcos Andres

Hello. I discovered your site last week and this site is truly amazing. For someone that loves the Latin culture, music, futbol, the people etc. It is great to discover. To see links about Retirement, a job search and being able to post your resume are incredible also. I will tell my friends about this. Are you aware of a similar site for countries like Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, and Honduras?

Best of luck with the site. I have now made it my home page.

One excited gringo,

Deane Jensen

As a long-time MexConnect lurker, I want to compliment you on the depth and grace with which your site is maturing.

I've been doing some Mexican history study and research and, in connection with the current political turmoil, I needed to know more about the historic incident at Tlatelolco. As a long shot, I went to your magazine page, selected Search, entered Tlatelolco, and Bingo! I had 28 excellent links, four of which provided me with all the information I needed. Very impressive.

John Ansart

You will definitely find some great Mexican manufacturers here! In fact this is by far the best forum for south of the border merchandise you will find anywhere on the net! I have made some very lucrative contacts through this board, and you will as well if you look at it frequently.

Good luck with your new business!

Bilol (from a Forum Posting)

Other parts of this site offer some extraordinarily excellent information on this very subject. Do yourself a favor and search through the various articles that have appeared in the magazine, and that are listed under the various authors in the index to the site. There are other linked sites where various columnists offer advice. Read through the questions and answers that are still in the thread. My experience has been that no other site will offer you the depth of helpful information.Few of your questions will go unanswered. Search these things out yourself. As Sidney Potier(?) said recently, "The reward is in the journey." Good luck!

Garry Henderson

Generally speaking, I am not a "letter-to-the-editors" type, but I will set this attribute aside to tell you that I believe your site is outstanding, in intent, content, function, and service. Keep it up! Regards..........

Waren Howard

I just wanted to say that I think your website is outstanding, both in presentation and content. I think you can go ahead and quit your day job anytime now!

In making our decision to move down here we extensively used the resources that MexConnect provides and I will tell you it was a major factor in our ultimate decision. I was enheartened to see your interest in broadening the exposure into the academic arena.

Linda Morgan

I have read with much interest, your magazine over the past many months, but I believe this is the best issue yet. I could tell you that I've enjoyed the conversations in the forum. I could tell you I enjoy the sense of Mexico that I have gained from reading the many wonderful articles. I could also tell you that I have gained friendships that have enriched my life and broadened my horizons. Reading your magazine is all those things, but most of all, it is the sense that when I finally am able to go to Mexico, I will be going home, to the place I have dreamed of for many years.

Thank you for your outstanding effort.

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