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On this day 28 years ago, my best friend Shannon and I announced the Yours Only George website to the world. We started our website, but would anyone come?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a fascinating time to be able to build a website and have it on the first page of Google listings … and have people from all over the world visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That time, unfortunately, is over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sadly, when you do a search on Google for George Michael, you won’t find this site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this special anniversary day of the Yours Only George site, I am asking for the George Michael fans who love this site to help to spread the word to keep the site alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have spent so many hours in the last year, trying to both update the site and spread the word to get more traffic to keep the site going. To be honest, I feel defeated. Without traffic, the site doesn’t earn advertising revenue to pay for the webhost and the domain name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yours Only George is the longest running, updated fan-created website. I hope it can continue bringing George Michael news to all the fans for many years to come. But I need your help to make that happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you ever enjoyed this site and if you would still like for it to continue, I am asking that you please continue to spread the word about www.yogworld.com<\/a> and support our sponsors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you!

Melanie
Webmaster
Yours Only George<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make sure to follow Yours Only George on Facebook<\/a>, X<\/a>, Threads<\/a>, Bluesky<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, and Pinterest<\/a>. Join our mailing list<\/a> for the latest news on George Michael.
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