Dropbox on the list at 985. Impressive.
And listed as a "Myth and Folklore" site. I wonder who came up with these "categories" - there are some crazy assignments in the list.
The 1000 most-visited sites on the web (by Google)
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Re: The 1000 most-visited sites on the web (by Google)
#32Depressingly, Mahalo is on the list (#946).
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#33# 824 stackoverflow vs # 994 expertsexchange Perhaps another confirmation of what the SO folks have been saying about their popularity.
Note that StackOverflow is listed as being in the "Music" category :-) Wha..?
I always go to StackOverflow to find out what the kids are listening to these days.
Re: The 1000 most-visited sites on the web (by Google)
#34I really doubt that usgs.gov (#978) gets anywhere near the number of visits that nfl.com gets (#993).
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#35I really doubt that usgs.gov (#978) gets anywhere near the number of visits that nfl.com gets (#993).
Everytime there's an earthquake in California, half the state goes there.
Re: The 1000 most-visited sites on the web (by Google)
#36Wow, yahoo is up there. It's a shame they can't monetize their websites more.
Re: The 1000 most-visited sites on the web (by Google)
#37where is google in that list ?
"Keep in mind that the list excludes adult sites, ad networks, domains that don't have publicly visible content or don't load properly, and certain Google sites."
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Re: The 1000 most-visited sites on the web (by Google)
#38Amazing that Facebook has ONE THOUSAND pageviews per unique visitor compared to about 100 pageviews per unique visitor on the rest of the sites.
Re: The 1000 most-visited sites on the web (by Google)
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
They did: " Keep in mind that the list excludes adult sites, ad networks, domains that don't have publicly visible content or don't load properly, and certain Google sites. "
A curious list of restrictions... I wonder what kind of site would be in the top 1000 that didn't have publicly visible content or load properly? Pure Flash sites, maybe?
Alexa has a top 500 list with google and porn sites included http://www.alexa.com/topsites
Re: The 1000 most-visited sites on the web (by Google)
#40I extracted the data, added IP, country and response headers, and dumped it into a usable format: http://openmymind.net/top1000data.txt You can do some decently interesting analysis..like the fact that nginx is the front-end for nearly as many sites as IIS.
Why is dropbox 'myth and folklore'???