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1. Climbing Man
   

   January 17th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

   Tabblo down 97%?!? Good thing they already got acquired by HP.

2. Baher
   

   January 17th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

   Maybe you should have more hot posts like Zivity-one to get ahead.
   Glad you’re doing great

3. allen stern
   

   January 17th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

   ok - i’ve got a headache and im not pulling out my 10B, but help me out here:

   if techcrunch grew 3,240% from december 2006 to december 2007 and december 2007 has monthly visitors 3,822,308 then what was the monthly visits in 2006? x² + c = m

   a 100% increase would mean that in dec 2006, techcrunch had ~2 million visitors, right? so does that mean tc had ~100,000 visitors in dec 2006?

   same thing with podshow - how did they increase 30,000% in one year?

   someone pull out their 10b please!

4. great traffic driver post
   

   January 17th, 2008 at 12:38 pm

   @2 they just did by making the title of the next inline, they will now rank for youporn in Google, there long tuned to the traffic of porn sites as a driver here, they did fab out of pornotube, at one point 1 in 10 referrals from Google were for that term.

5. Michael Arrington
   

   January 17th, 2008 at 12:39 pm

   allen - I think a better way to look at this is to just realize that Compete is still growing and striving for statistical relevance.

6. allen stern
   

   January 17th, 2008 at 12:44 pm

   yea - i like what compete is doing and striving for… and i think its awesome that you are ranked 5th Mike - just curious with such huge percentage jumps and declines.

   Maybe you should get one of those gorilla statues for the growth

7. Tony
   

   January 17th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

   I think Allen makes a good point. Either 3000% is in the right ballpark or it is not… Can you shed some light Mike?

8. User447
   

   January 17th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

   Who ever would have thunk it that free updated p0rn would be popular on the internet?
   They had a segment on G4 AOTS a few months back with the adult website industry reps slamming youporn and all the other free sites saying it was destroying their industry.

9. Michael Arrington
   

   January 17th, 2008 at 12:50 pm

   Tony, I haven’t checked the stats but I think we grew 300-400% last year. Certainly not 3000.

10. Brad Jashinsky
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    As a few others have mentioned these statistics look very questionable as unless I’m reading the statistics wrong it seems to show that PodShow had more page views than TechCrunch. Not that I trust Alexa at all, but it clearly shows PodShow is considerably smaller than TechCrunch. Can anyone let me know if I am just flat out wrong on saying TechCrunch is bigger, or am I just reading the statistics wrong?

    Also, Bolt.com seems to now be only a generic parked domain with ads, which is probably why it has fallen so much.

11. Stella
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:07 pm

    i found out about techcrunch from newsweek . if those sites get any recognition of greatness its only from a bunch of losers on myspace. believe me its much better to be you at #5

12. lawrence
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:12 pm

    do a TC case study/analytical writeup about how the fastest, top rising sites got to be that way; founders, startup capital, marketing, etc etc

13. allen stern
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    you know - im shocked that twitter isn’t listed - they have an alexa (fwiw) of 600 - and while they are new, compete lists the porn site as new in 1st place.

14. click.ilicio.us
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:26 pm

    Note that no adult/dating site made the list of declining traffic. Maybe VC’s should keep looking beyond the mainstream.

15. Duncan Riley
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:38 pm

    allen
    why would they be, the majority of Twitter users hardly ever (if at all) usedTwitter.com, cant remember when but they posted on this as well, the ratio is something like 9:1 for memory

16. MadMax3000
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

    Porn Video sites rule. YE!

    I’m always on Youporn, it’s seems like I got to check out Redtube.

    So many porns in the intertubes. Porn Porn

    http://www.givemebeats.com

17. Matt Zarzecki
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    Eager to see how the other sites actually net out versus the results from compete. At CafeMom (according to our Google Analytics reporting) we actually saw a growth in visits of 4,340%.

18. Search◊ Engines Web
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=st.....h&r=33

    Here are some old stats that give some insight

    Around April The counter was no longer on the homepage
    so the stats are only optimal up until April

    It would be fantastic if TechCrunch would publicize their stats again

    There really is no taboo anymore in this age of Web 2.0

    At least do a year end compilation -

    It is owed to your fans and followers

19. mmt
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

    congrats. compete is only good for directional data but the direction for TC looks good.

20. teknozat
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    Youporn is clodes in my country:D

21. allen stern
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    I agree #15 duncan (tho i use teh web site im lame lol) - but if alexa ranks it at 600 then it must be getting some traffic to the site

    could be tho international as we know alexa is loved internationally and compete only does usa.

22. fede
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

    as everybody knows…. internet is for pr0n!
    you can see it on the rankings…

23. Tequila Al
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    Here’s the real formula that needs to be looked at for sure. Take a look at the entire list of “uppers” and of all of them, how many went to VC’s for $$$$$?????? I”m just gonna guess that every single one of them except TC. What TC has done, that there is the secret formula. That’s everyone should really be discussing. By the way, i know the secret formula.

24. matt
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    WOW, some big layers in the decline list…

    nextag down 70% and still got 23 million visitors.

25. Raskin
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

    oh man. the title of this post…

26. Duncan's Donuts
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    I question this list. I mean Podshow in the top 5? I thought those blokes were running on fumes. I guess they must be doing really well.

27. Steve
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

    I suspect that most of Techcrunch traffic comes from the default listings they have either been given or paid for rather than active readers.

    TC today is much like MSN in the web 1.0 past which used to claim 17m users. Most of those MSN “unique” numbers came from OEM’s having to install IE as the “paid for” default browser and MSN the default homepage.

    For example TC is included on Netvibes as a default link. The same is true on Mippin the mobile platform and there are more I could mention but does that mean people actually read TC?

    So I not sure the numbers stack up really. I agree TC if it is to be taken seriously by advertisers should publish audited figures showing active readers, active subscribers and not just a generic readership.

28. E
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    Podshow grew 30,000%…

    Yeah, right. Sure they did.

29. Don Jones
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    TC must be doing something right…the venture capital world sure knows about you.

30. Crikey
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    NSFW is a misnomer.

    The truth is that women like porn as much as men do. They’re slower to admit it, though.

31. Crikey
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Oops, I mean’t that people like porn in workplaces as much as they do at home

32. Jeremy Wright
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 3:09 pm

    Good thing NSFW mean Not Safe For Work then, eh?

33. allen stern
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 3:24 pm

    FYI - here are the updates from Compete re: the numbers - I also listed them on my post. The big update is that the numbers are visits not unique visitors. Huge difference.
    http://www.centernetworks.com/.....th-in-2007

    Updates From Compete: this analysis was based off of total site visits, not unique visitors. They also sent over three examples for the math:

    The 3,621,137 visits to iamfreetonight.com in 2007 was a change from around 11,000 in 2006.

    Techcrunch’s total visits were in December 2006 was 114,453, December 2007 was 3,822,308

    Cafemom’s total visits were in December 2006 were 212,709, December 2007 were 5,147,004

34. patentMan
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    bs!

    it’s all those BS posts by Duncan and Erick that get us roiled up that increase these page views

    so this list doesn’t really represent quality of content, it’s just a list of all things we like to do - watch porn, yell at Duncan etc.

35. Brian
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 4:06 pm

    Who are the other 5 million people visiting Redtube besides me?

36. Planet Malaysia
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    NO Porn NO Internet!

37. Random Person
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

    Mike, what do you prefer, Redtube or YouPorn?

38. panefsky
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 6:33 pm

    This is hilarious.
    Now the question is:
    Do people go to youporn, say ‘ok, let’s do some work now..’ and go to techcrunch or first at techcrunch, say ‘ok, let’s relax now’ and fly to youporn?
    Anyway, you feed each other! Long live the internet ecosystem!

39. Guy
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 6:40 pm

    I want to know how come our site (retailmenot.com) didnt get a mention when we are clearly kicking TechCrunch’s butt (sorry techcrunch):

    http://siteanalytics.compete.c.....?metric=uv

    ???

40. i am under age
    

    January 17th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

    COmpete will squeeze techcrunch into anything they do so they get covered on TC, and TC would post anything positive about them, especially compare TC to big companies. just business.

41. great traffic driver post
    

    January 18th, 2008 at 12:47 am

    @40 this is 100% true, compete grease the wheels as do all the players.

42. Window server hosting
    

    January 18th, 2008 at 1:42 am

    Seems the traffic of americansingles.com has been diverted to redtube.com.

43. Jeffro2pt0
    

    January 18th, 2008 at 2:18 am

    The important statistic that is not listed here is how much your wallet grew from 2006-2007? I’m willing to bet the number is about the same.

44. Andy
    

    January 18th, 2008 at 3:34 am

    Are AmericanSingles.com losing traffic because they are hugely successful or unsuccessful?

45. Larry Larrikin
    

    January 18th, 2008 at 6:39 am

    From what I can tell, AmericanSingles.com is losing new signups. They either need a massive ad campaign or they will stagnate and die a slow death. It might already be too late.

46. Bali
    

    January 18th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    TC is included on Netvibes as a default link. The same is true on Mippin the mobile platform and there are more I could mention but does that mean people actually read TC?

47. Greg on behalf of Compete
    

    January 18th, 2008 at 11:59 am

    Hi everyone -

    Hope this helps clear up some of the debate… Allen posted a similar comment earlier, also.

    Compete’s Visits metric in this instance is based on both unique visitors and repeat visitations, so it can grow must faster than uniques alone. The content driven nature of the site encourages repeat visitors; CafeMom, TechCrunch, LinkedIn, and Reddit all grew by more than 75% in terms of visitor/unique visitor.

    I hope that this clears up some of the confusion of why some of the growth rates seem so high.

48. Marc
    

    January 18th, 2008 at 12:20 pm

    I know what to make of it………create a blog, create a competition amongst websites, get all those sites to link to your blog to vote on said competition. Viola, instant traffic!

49. stats 2008
    

    January 21st, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    Check out similar list at http://www.hitgeist.com - based on Alexa data. The difference is that it hides websites with unstable traffic and shows natural gainers.

50. guest
    

    February 11th, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    Just checking this out http://www.portal2006.com