Freerepublic.com is Gaining on Their Competition.

Alexa ^ | January 27, 2003 | High Wheeler

[blondee123]

Thanks for the bumper sticker link!

[Mo1]

Does this mean Tiny Tom will mention Free Republic now??

Free Republic and Freeper are the Best!!!

[Porterville]

Bumper Sicker Bump;

FreeRepublic

[Howlin]

We're sure doing our part!

[Teacher317]

We gotta stop giving DU so many hits

[Mo1]

LOL ... I love that bumper sticker

[Rome2000]

Awesome sign(Post #11).

[sweetliberty]

Me too!

[zeaal]

FreeRepublic.com IS the place where I get news. It is NOT a single source, but instead multiple, credible sources.

Thanks to the network of FREEPERS who are the eyes and ears when it comes to the NEWS.

[RonDog]

Nice to see favorable publicity but note well that their rankings are created "...by analyzing the Web usage of millions of Alexa Toolbar users."

I've never seen, let alone used, an "Alexa Toolbar" and I'd bet that goes for the large majority of Freepers.
I wouldn't go to the bank with rankings based on a minuscule, and possibly not very representative, sample of the web-using public.

Aye, but that means that their "miniscule unrepresentative sample" is eminently FReep-able...

... i.e., subject to dramatic intervention by motivated members of this forum, who may download the Alexa toolbar at rates significantly higher rate than OTHER web-surfers...

While I have some concerns about letting Alexa (aka amazon.com) follow me around as I surf the web, I will keep their toolbox on my browser - for a while - to support this forum.

Still, I am somewhat confused by THIS explanation of their methodology:

Question:
How are Alexa's traffic rankings determined?
Common Questions

As of May 15, 2002 Alexa has started using a new method for determining a site's traffic ranking.

Alexa's traffic rankings are based on the usage patterns of Alexa Toolbar users over a rolling 3 month period. A site's ranking is based on a combined measure of reach and pageviews. Reach is determined by the number of unique Alexa users who visit a site on a given day. Pageviews are the total number of Alexa user URL requests for a site. However, multiple requests for the same URL on the same day by the same user are counted as a single pageview. The site with the highest combination of users and pageviews is ranked #1.

Alexa's traffic rankings are for top level domains only (e.g. domain.com). We do not provide seperate rankings for subpages within a domain (e.g. www.domain.com/subpage.html) or subdomains (e.g. subdomain.domain.com) unless we are able to automatically identify them as personal home pages, like those hosted on Geocities and Tripod. If a site is identified as a personal home page, its traffic ranking will have an asterisk (*) next to it: Personal Page Avg. Traffic Rank: 3,456*. Personal pages are ranked on the same scale as a regular domain, so a personal page ranked 3,456* is the 3,456th most popular page among Alexa users.

For more detailed information about Alexa's traffic rankings, please visit http://pages.alexa.com/prod_serv/traffic_learn_more.html.

[m18436572]

ditto

[nutmeg]

FR motto:

Vini, Vidi, Velcro:

I came, I saw, I STUCK AROUND

Good one, Yehuda! ;-D

[nutmeg]

ping!

Please Freepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ping list.

[dfwgator]

We're bad, we're nationwide!!!

[BADROTOFINGER]

Article states: Democratunderground.com - a democrat centered, user supported site that also allows their users to post in a forum type format. A review of DU shows a very open forum, allowing (and perhaps encouraging) incredibly vulgar language.

Clintonh8r states: Bartcop is a steaming turd...

Who sez we ain't diverse? :-)

JFK

[staytrue]

The sharpness, clarity, logic, and humor at freerepublic.com really becomes evident when compared to bartcop or DU

I think this is the most relevant statement about FR. Let's keep it that way. I think the words "knowledgeable" and "intelligent" usually apply to most posts. Plus, every freeper can do math with only an occasional error while the leftist can barely add 2 plus 2 and get the right answer.

[JoJo Gunn]

That's just it-we truly are the intelligent ones. Whoever depends on the lowest common denominator, whoever relies on the stupidity of their followers, always has to look towards the Left.

[toenail]

I went hunting at DU last night, trying to find some counterpoint. Anything. Half of the posts are "Congratulations, lefty_moron for 5000 posts!" The most interesting was "What if tens of millions refused to file federal tax returns??" Well, you buffoons, you'd say that "the wrong people" are shirking their share of repressive taxes. That tens of millions of tax protestors ain't gonna come from the bottom half.

Sample threads:

• My employer has kicked me out.
• I'm thinking of finally stepping out of the closet
• What country would disarm in the face of imminent invasion? <--most assinine question I've seen of late
• I've gone to a whole new level of guitar playing

Their political commentary is so incredibly boring. I looked for nearly twenty minutes to find an interesting comment or reasoned argument. Twenty fruitless minutes.

[TLBSHOW]

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