tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post1599783219354997377..comments2024-02-20T16:10:31.948-07:00Comments on First Nerve: The Smelly Web Indexes: January 31, 2010Avery Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-82370867736073357232010-02-02T20:23:45.456-07:002010-02-02T20:23:45.456-07:00Carmencanada:
Alexa rankings are time-weighted ac...Carmencanada:<br /><br />Alexa rankings are time-weighted across the past three months. There will be lag before a surge in the current week's traffic registers on the ranking.<br /><br />I suspect (but can't prove) that multiple page views per visit and comment rates also influence Alexa rank.<br /><br />I think these rankings are reasonable long-term indicaters of relative traffic volume but that much of the day-to-day variability is statistical noise.<br /><br />One reason I created the Smelly Web Indexes is to have a gauge of the overall marketplace--the big picture will be less "noisy" than any one site's traffic rank.Avery Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-4614160597554319612010-02-02T00:29:18.175-07:002010-02-02T00:29:18.175-07:00Still can't suss out those stats. I had one of...Still can't suss out those stats. I had one of my highest peaks ever on that week (as usual when we do crosslinked top ten with Now Smell This, Perfume Posse, Bois de Jasmin and Perfume-smellin' Things)... Oh well...carmencanada /Grain de Muschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046101625425953248noreply@blogger.com