Anyone notice the internet is less popular? - GoFuckYourself.com

V_RocKs · 06-04-2004, 01:52 PM

I was checking some well known TGP's on alexa today and noticed they all are about half a popular as they were back in January. So I check Sex.com and Playboy.com to see if it was just free sites and they were getting worse too.

So I checked AOL, MSN, Microsoft, Windows, Google, etc... and noticed that everyone is about 1/2 their old popularity. If they were #3000, they are now #6000, were #12,000, now #24,000.

Is the internet getting less popular in general or is it just Alexa's toolbar is actually being uninstalled often enough to fuck up their data?

Veterans Day · 06-04-2004, 01:53 PM

I dont know 1 single person that has an alexa toolbar

V_RocKs · 06-04-2004, 01:53 PM

For the impared:

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...www.sony .com
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...=www.sex. com
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr....play boy.com
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...w.porn no.com
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr... eurcurves.com

I am wondering if your server stats reflect their stats too. As in, if you had a 300k tgp in January, is it 150k now? Or 50k in January is 25k now.... etc.

polish_aristocrat · 06-04-2004, 02:06 PM

Internet less popular

i wouldn't say so

V_RocKs · 06-04-2004, 02:09 PM

Look at the numbers for the links I posted.

doober · 06-04-2004, 02:09 PM

internet is so last week

V_RocKs · 06-04-2004, 02:11 PM

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Originally posted by doober
internet is so last week

Alright, I admit, my gf just looked at me with a weird look because I laughed pretty hard at that one.

Baal · 06-04-2004, 02:12 PM

Um... ranking is relative, not absolute.

ZoiNk · 06-04-2004, 02:12 PM

More people are using adware removers and they all consider alexa as something that should be removed.
ZoiNk

monaro · 06-04-2004, 02:14 PM

what does sextracker tell you?

acctman · 06-04-2004, 02:16 PM

just wait till Internet version 2.0 is released. the current beta version is covered with spam, popups, virii, and spyware. All Gore and Microsoft will launch 2.0 soon

V_RocKs · 06-04-2004, 02:17 PM

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Originally posted by monaro
what does sextracker tell you?

Good point, let me go and check.

bluff · 06-04-2004, 02:18 PM

haha come on you can't be serious. Alexa doesn't measure absolute but relative volume! There's just some new sites coming up that share the total volume of traffic.

stev0 · 06-04-2004, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ZoiNk
More people are using adware removers and they all consider alexa as something that should be removed.
ZoiNk

That could be it... spyware removers usually kill it.

Rhino22 · 06-04-2004, 02:19 PM

It's because everyone has to pay for porn now. You can't get it for free anymore.

bizmak · 06-04-2004, 02:22 PM

Maybe brow. Who knows

V_RocKs · 06-04-2004, 02:23 PM

Sextracker tells me that Alexa is a piece of shit and is being uninstalled at a rate twice as high as it is being installed.

V_RocKs · 06-04-2004, 02:26 PM

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Originally posted by Rhino22
It's because everyone has to pay for porn now. You can't get it for free anymore.

Thats pretty funny... If porn was as readily available 5 years ago as it is today, I would never have paid for it. Exept to put my first payout check over the payout limit, of cource.

McSpike · 06-04-2004, 03:38 PM

oh boy. internet getting less popular... use some common sense.

lilj · 06-04-2004, 03:40 PM

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Originally posted by Veterans Day
I dont know 1 single person that has an alexa toolbar

I dont too LOL

cayne · 06-04-2004, 03:42 PM

I don't believe this, there are some many statistics proofing that there are more and more users "online".

Manowar · 06-04-2004, 03:44 PM

summer slowdown

Ecstasy Glass · 06-05-2004, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by V_RocKs
I was checking some well known TGP's on alexa today and noticed they all are about half a popular as they were back in January. So I check Sex.com and Playboy.com to see if it was just free sites and they were getting worse too.

So I checked AOL, MSN, Microsoft, Windows, Google, etc... and noticed that everyone is about 1/2 their old popularity. If they were #3000, they are now #6000, were #12,000, now #24,000.

Is the internet getting less popular in general or is it just Alexa's toolbar is actually being uninstalled often enough to fuck up their data?

I would say the net is only getting bigger and more used. The more people that are born, the more motherfuckaz' that can go online. And these days, every kid basically learns all sorts of shit about computers at school.

AMADude · 06-05-2004, 12:33 AM

I would say Alexa is fucked. Try other research.

SeTec · 06-05-2004, 12:35 AM

V_RocKs · 06-05-2004, 12:35 AM

So in all likelyhood, it is that as more websites come online, Alexa's stats show more users with less market share than they once had even though the may still have grown in size... Fuck you Alexa, I never installed that shit and I am glad.

EviLGuY · 06-05-2004, 12:48 AM

The internet is NOT getting less popular. I doubt it ever will. It will evolve though.

V_RocKs · 06-05-2004, 12:49 AM

Into what?

Face (o_0) · 06-05-2004, 01:43 AM

im kinda getting bored with the internet myself

Pornwolf · 06-05-2004, 01:53 AM

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Originally posted by acctman
just wait till Internet version 2.0 is released.

I heard Envisiontext is going to redesign it.

Baal · 06-05-2004, 02:04 AM

Damn, it's a *relative* number, not an *absolute* number. Only a few people got that fact.

The original post compared to a marathon:
John Smith finished 100th in the marathon last year, but this year he finished 500th. Jane Doe finished 2nd last year, but finishes 800th this year. THEREFORE, there are fewer people running in the marathon this year, because they both finished lower than last year.

Make sense? Nope! The position they finished in is a *relative* number. The place they finished in has nothing to do with the number of people running in the marathon. Could be a thousand, could be a billion.

The number of people running in the marathon (or surfing web pages) is the absolute number. The place they finish in (their ranking) is relative to every other runner... it doesn't determine the number of runners.

vapewiz · 06-05-2004, 02:08 AM

Not 100% sure but isn't a lower alexa raiting better? As for traffic being down sure it is there are millions of college kids back home with mom and pops and without their college dorms high speed connection.

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06-04-2004, 01:52 PM	#1
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,409	Anyone notice the internet is less popular? I was checking some well known TGP's on alexa today and noticed they all are about half a popular as they were back in January. So I check Sex.com and Playboy.com to see if it was just free sites and they were getting worse too. So I checked AOL, MSN, Microsoft, Windows, Google, etc... and noticed that everyone is about 1/2 their old popularity. If they were #3000, they are now #6000, were #12,000, now #24,000. Is the internet getting less popular in general or is it just Alexa's toolbar is actually being uninstalled often enough to fuck up their data?

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06-04-2004, 02:09 PM	#5
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,409	Look at the numbers for the links I posted.

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doober Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in yoOoo kitchen Posts: 6,984	internet is so last week

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Baal Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 696	Um... ranking is relative, not absolute.

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monaro Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Queensland. Posts: 968	what does sextracker tell you?

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acctman Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,840	just wait till Internet version 2.0 is released. the current beta version is covered with spam, popups, virii, and spyware. All Gore and Microsoft will launch 2.0 soon

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bluff Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bluffville Posts: 6,253	haha come on you can't be serious. Alexa doesn't measure absolute but relative volume! There's just some new sites coming up that share the total volume of traffic.

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Rhino22 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 2,288	It's because everyone has to pay for porn now. You can't get it for free anymore.

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bizmak So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 10,014	Maybe brow. Who knows

06-04-2004, 02:23 PM	#17
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,409	Sextracker tells me that Alexa is a piece of shit and is being uninstalled at a rate twice as high as it is being installed.

06-04-2004, 03:38 PM	#19
McSpike Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 1,042	oh boy. internet getting less popular... use some common sense.

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Manowar jellyfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71,528	summer slowdown

06-05-2004, 12:33 AM	#24
AMADude Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,875	I would say Alexa is fucked. Try other research. __________________ No sig, just here to fuck around.

06-05-2004, 12:48 AM	#27
EviLGuY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: malta Posts: 12,745	The internet is NOT getting less popular. I doubt it ever will. It will evolve though.

06-05-2004, 12:49 AM	#28
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,409	Into what?

06-05-2004, 01:43 AM	#29
Face (o_0) So Fucking Banned Join Date: May 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 2,617	im kinda getting bored with the internet myself

06-05-2004, 02:04 AM	#31
Baal Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: SoCal Posts: 696	Damn, it's a relative number, not an absolute number. Only a few people got that fact. The original post compared to a marathon: John Smith finished 100th in the marathon last year, but this year he finished 500th. Jane Doe finished 2nd last year, but finishes 800th this year. THEREFORE, there are fewer people running in the marathon this year, because they both finished lower than last year. Make sense? Nope! The position they finished in is a relative number. The place they finished in has nothing to do with the number of people running in the marathon. Could be a thousand, could be a billion. The number of people running in the marathon (or surfing web pages) is the absolute number. The place they finish in (their ranking) is relative to every other runner... it doesn't determine the number of runners.

06-05-2004, 02:08 AM	#32
vapewiz Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,530	Not 100% sure but isn't a lower alexa raiting better? As for traffic being down sure it is there are millions of college kids back home with mom and pops and without their college dorms high speed connection.