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Benedict Arnold

Do you ever look at the "Alexa" ratings for websites? I see that this one is doing pretty well for it's size.

Answermug is doing well but I looked at blurtit.com and look how it's dropped!

Posted - February 24, 2017
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  • I've looked at it a time or two, it doesn't surprise me that blurtit has dropped...
      February 24, 2017 6:56 AM MST
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  • I've never heard of Alexa ratings before. What is it? It doesn't surprise me that Blurtit has dropped either. :)
      February 24, 2017 7:16 AM MST
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  • It's actually rankings but Alexa ranks all the top websites in the world!
      February 24, 2017 7:21 AM MST
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  • Cool! I'll have to check it out! :)
      February 24, 2017 7:49 AM MST
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  • www.alexa.com
      February 24, 2017 7:55 AM MST
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  • I  know of them but have never used them
      February 24, 2017 7:16 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Nope. Never did until now. I'm good as long as things seems running smoothly most of the time, and it does that here. :-)
      February 24, 2017 7:19 AM MST
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  • Answermug.com

      February 24, 2017 7:23 AM MST
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  • 17261
    How do we read them? We've been dropping low, or? I'm a bit confused by the scale going from 1.0M to 400k. Best is lowest or?
      February 24, 2017 7:32 AM MST
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  • Looks like it's dropped some but the newest aren't out yet. Just like a regular graph scale.

    www.alexa.com
      February 24, 2017 7:38 AM MST
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  • 17261
    So lower number is better?
      February 24, 2017 7:42 AM MST
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  • No, the higher number means more activity. It's went down some but will come back up in time. Look at blurtit's and see the gradual decline.
      February 24, 2017 7:45 AM MST
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  • 17261
    But what I don't get is the scale on the vertical axis, the higher the lower the number. Shouldn't it be the other way around? I take it's the number of views or something alike, or? Gah. This is math. My head is working. Oomph. This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 24, 2017 7:52 AM MST
      February 24, 2017 7:48 AM MST
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  • I agree with you Sapphi... it's either a reverse scale... or we're not reading it right
      February 24, 2017 8:02 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Where is Tammy. We need her bat to get these guys listening and explain it to us. Oomph. Helloooooo... Guyyyyyys..!?

      February 24, 2017 8:08 AM MST
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  • It's really easy to use. The peaks are the best performance and the lows show the lack of activity. Just Google Alexa rankings and type in Answermug.com and all the info is right there.
      February 24, 2017 8:14 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Grrr. I've been there! Confuses me. They yell all kind of nasty words at me like bounce rate. Jesus Christ, I'm a good girl and not doing stuff like that. Oomph.
      February 24, 2017 8:26 AM MST
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  • You just reminded me I have to post something on her wall. XD
      February 24, 2017 9:12 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Wasn't me. I did nothing. Gah.
      February 24, 2017 9:14 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Maybe it's the ranking they are talking about. Ugh. Hate how they ignore us. Harummph.
      February 24, 2017 8:13 AM MST
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  • I'm not ignoring you. I did my best to explain but looking at it on Alexa works best and it's easy to see the ranking.
      February 24, 2017 8:15 AM MST
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  • 17261
    What is the scale telling on that axis? Ranking or views or what? Oomph.
      February 24, 2017 8:16 AM MST
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  • Ranking. It is like a reverse scale but really isn't. Hard to explain but the numbers only are the rankings and the actual scale tells the actual usage.
      February 24, 2017 8:21 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Now you tell me. Thank you. Men. Pfft. ;-)
      February 24, 2017 8:28 AM MST
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