tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post114486061450982143..comments2024-01-15T13:17:33.771-08:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: Findory traffic growth Q1 2006Greg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1145038118934266572006-04-14T11:08:00.000-07:002006-04-14T11:08:00.000-07:00Greg - I couldn't tell from your post whether you ...Greg - I couldn't tell from your post whether you were happy or sad about the results of slower growth - regardless, congrats on continued growth (even slower)UP is never a bad thing!amckinnishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01669076739841687326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1144942996239795402006-04-13T08:43:00.000-07:002006-04-13T08:43:00.000-07:00Thanks, Shawn! Glad you are enjoying Findory!Thanks, Shawn! Glad you are enjoying Findory!Greg Lindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1144894982191359652006-04-12T19:23:00.000-07:002006-04-12T19:23:00.000-07:00Greg, I continue to use Findory as my single sour...Greg, I continue to use Findory as my single source for RSS reading and finding the latest news on the internet. It is simply great. If you are looking for a good PR story I would love to write one for you. I keep wondering when you are going to start charging for power user services.... I wouldn't mind handing over a few bucks for the great service and functionality!<BR/><BR/>In my mind you have services like bloglines/feedlounge beat. For someone who had very busy days at work and at home with kids it is nice to just glance at my favorites and get the major gist of what is hot... <BR/><BR/>Keep up the great work!<BR/><BR/>ShawnShawn Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09739428113550888728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1144880163069953812006-04-12T15:16:00.000-07:002006-04-12T15:16:00.000-07:00Alexa hasn't been tracking against either our serv...Alexa hasn't been tracking against either our server logs or Comscore for the last few months. I'd say the fraction of people with the toolbar installed must be going down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1144867115252123882006-04-12T11:38:00.000-07:002006-04-12T11:38:00.000-07:00Hi, Todd. Yes, Alexa data is well known to be ina...Hi, Todd. Yes, Alexa data is well known to be inaccurate. Alexa <A HREF="http://pages.alexa.com/prod_serv/traffic_learn_more.html" REL="nofollow">acknowledges</A> this, saying that the stats only come from people who have installed the Alexa toolbar, a tiny sample that is heavily biased.<BR/><BR/>As you can see from the <A HREF="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&compare_sites=&y=p&q=&size=medium&range=6m&url=findory.com" REL="nofollow">chart</A> you cite, Alexa data is extremely noisy. The Findory website does not see wild daily fluctuations that appear in that Alexa data. The most likely explanation for those fluctuations is a small and biased sample.<BR/><BR/>Alexa is also trivially easy to manipulate. Here are two (<A HREF="http://www.mediacollege.com/internet/utilities/alexa/" REL="nofollow">[1]</A> <A HREF="http://www.searchenginejournal.com/?p=3044" REL="nofollow">[2]</A>) of many posts from people talking about ways to manipulate Alexa ranking. Simply asking a couple people working at your startup to install the Alexa toolbar seems to be sufficient to yield a large jump in your website's Alexa rank.Greg Lindenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-1144865375070496622006-04-12T11:09:00.000-07:002006-04-12T11:09:00.000-07:00Interesting to compare these stats to Alexa: http:...Interesting to compare these stats to Alexa: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&compare_sites=&y=p&q=&size=medium&range=6m&url=findory.com<BR/><BR/>Alexa shows declining pageviews and reach for Findory starting in January.<BR/><BR/>Do you think Alexa is accurate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com