Traffic jams
: Daily Kos, a wonderful blog, is saying that it has equaled the traffic of Instapundit. Sorry to burst that bubble, but his source is Alexa, which measures only among those who have the Alexa toolbar (I don’t, do you?). But both have Sitemeter. Here is Instapundit’s; here is Kos’. Kos’ September: 1.5 million page views; Insta’s September: 2.7 million. That’s not to take a thing away from Kos’ traffic, growth, popularity, or quality, but playing this traffic derby means we all need to be on the same track.
8 responses to “Traffic jams”
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Jeff or anybody,
How were you able to obtain these statistics? I don’t see sitemeter anywhere on Instapundit’s blog. Are blog site traffic reports publicly available for every blog in the world?
It seems that with all of the interest in blogs that there would be someplace to see a list of the top 100 blogs and the corresponding site traffic reports. Is there such a thing out there anywhere?
What can you tell us about this listing?
http://www.truthlaidbear.com/ecosystem.php
And what does it all mean to me, Al Franken. -
Doug:
If you click on the little multicolored Sitemeter button on either site, it will take you to their stats — if the site opens the stats to the public. I don’t, just because that’s the way I am. But both the sides in questions do. -
Thanks for the correction. It’s an important point. And so the web *still* leans right. However slightly.
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Thanks Jeff,
Well we know that you get Average Daily Visits of 3,380 and a currently ranked #61 at Truth Laid Bear. We see your inbound links, we see your technorati. What’s there to hide? And why not share that report with everyone in the sharing spirit of the internet and now the blogosphere?
I’m with you on the power of the blogs and you’re always digging up great stuff. Thanks for blogging.
Sincerely,
Doug Kenline
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For a Left-Wing blog, give me Oliver Willis over the Daily Kos anytime. While Oliver can give as good as he gets, he lets diverse viewpoints have their say, all while maintaining a civil yet spirited forum.
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Kos, a wonderful blog? Instapundit puts up news and maybe a smarmy comment or two, but generally lets the user come to his own conclusions. Kos puts up his conclusions in an aggressive, self-important “I am always right” style that drives me away every time I decide to read it. Irritating would be a better description.
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In my experience, Sitemeter stats are way off. Far too low.
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all web stats are BS (especially thanks to recent internet worms.. lovely headaches for weeks trying to figure that out)
but using the same method (aka sitemeter) that measures all traffic (aka not alexa) is a decent way to compare
and jeff.. for a decent lib, i’m very disappointed that you could even read kos… it’s like kevin drum and matt y’s siote… used to be coherent, but then drifted into madness… kind of like krugman, but with much much less cash and initial credibility
