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By: michael in chicago

michael in chicago — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:29:04 +0000

Now Arch, you’re just being silly here. As Strongbad says, the Internet is a place where nothing happens, as you’ve just proven. Perhaps if you just added a few more animated gif’s and a long Flash intro to your website then you’d be even bigger in Pakistan. Or at least with some guy named Stan.

Take care of your family. Best wishes.

Reference for the uninitiated.

By: Fuzzy Math on Internet Rankings, update-a-roo « Illinois Reason

Fuzzy Math on Internet Rankings, update-a-roo « Illinois Reason — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:43:31 +0000

[...] response to Ms. Stanek’s odd reference to blog ranks, Arch points out that his blog and their’s are essentially tied, even though his has been all but dormant for [...]

By: ArchPundit

ArchPundit — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:24:55 +0000

Is anyone retracting the bit about Pakistan being a huge source of my traffic?

No. I think my point and my integrity wins here.

Or I could go through the blogosphere ecosystem or any other of the numerous ranking and find different results, but comparing my traffic from a period where I’ve essentially taken a month off to a site that isn’t taking any time off is a bit silly and stupid.

By: Dr. Squid

Dr. Squid — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:45:32 +0000

Look Jill! Over there! Someone’s buying condoms! Booga Booga!

Better wave your bloody fetuses at him.

By: Rob_N

Rob_N — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:15:52 +0000

Jill,

You prove Arch’s point as to how poor Alexa is as a reference point. Readers can use both “illinoisreview.com” and “illinoisreview.typepad.com” to access the site, yet Alexa does not account for this fact. The one stats page shows a 3mos. increase of 171% while the other shows a decline of 29%…

Even for “archpundit.com” and “archpundit.wordpress.com” there is a big difference in stats, yet Alexa does not discern this distinction.

That said, it’s glaring how diligently you’ve been avoiding Arch’s original point with this blog ranking nonsense….

By: Jill Stanek

Jill Stanek — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:07:04 +0000

And you demonstrate the worst of journalism if you do not retract this post.

By: Jill Stanek

Jill Stanek — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:51:06 +0000

Archie, try looking for stats on the right blog:

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/illinoisreview.typepad.com

Pride cometh before the fall, as they say.

By: ArchPundit

ArchPundit — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:23:36 +0000

Which sort of misses the point—Alexa doesn’t work for sites in the long tail of the distribution. Suggesting that Pakistan accounts for a significant chunk of my traffic is silly and trying to compare my traffic when I’ve been not blogging for over a month is even sillier. The point is that Alexa is a dumb site to even reference and doing so now, makes even less sense.

By: IR Defender

IR Defender — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:44:38 +0000

Maybe typing in “illinoisreview.typepad.com” would give a truer reading for Illinois Review traffic?