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01-16-2008, 09:23 PM

It's no secret that some of the larger sites are dipping in Alexa. Yes, newer sites are surpassing them with their traffic numbers, but it doesn't mean that the traffic to said older sites are dropping. It's just that more and more high volume sites are appearing, thus dropping the ranks of some sites even though the traffic may be the same.

I know people know that Alexa isn't fully accurate, but unless you are seeing where a site stands in relation to the rest of the sites on the web, you can't assume that a rank drop is a traffic drop. Hell..The traffic may be retaining or even increasing, but of course some of the tube sites are entering the market with some serious numbers, pushing everything else down.

The true question is whether or not profits are dropping. From what I've seen with TGP and MGP, the numbers are still looking very similar to the past. You need to realize that tube formats are different, and that TGP and MGP surfers are a bit more set in their ways. Unless that generation of people dies away, those formats should have their surfers built in for quite some time to come.

I know this conversation is getting old, but there are way too many threads popping up with sinking graphs. Please throw your 2 cents in... I'm curious as to what people think about this spin on the great MGP/TGP debacle.

01-16-2008, 09:23 PM
shermo Guest Posts: n/a	Alexa isn't the end all, be all...Sites aren't dying. It's no secret that some of the larger sites are dipping in Alexa. Yes, newer sites are surpassing them with their traffic numbers, but it doesn't mean that the traffic to said older sites are dropping. It's just that more and more high volume sites are appearing, thus dropping the ranks of some sites even though the traffic may be the same. I know people know that Alexa isn't fully accurate, but unless you are seeing where a site stands in relation to the rest of the sites on the web, you can't assume that a rank drop is a traffic drop. Hell..The traffic may be retaining or even increasing, but of course some of the tube sites are entering the market with some serious numbers, pushing everything else down. The true question is whether or not profits are dropping. From what I've seen with TGP and MGP, the numbers are still looking very similar to the past. You need to realize that tube formats are different, and that TGP and MGP surfers are a bit more set in their ways. Unless that generation of people dies away, those formats should have their surfers built in for quite some time to come. I know this conversation is getting old, but there are way too many threads popping up with sinking graphs. Please throw your 2 cents in... I'm curious as to what people think about this spin on the great MGP/TGP debacle.