Last year it was a much more homogeneous picture according to this map (based on figures from Alexa) by Italian blogger Vincenzo Cosenza. Social media usage is set to rise everywhere over the next couple of years but growth will continue to be far...
The site overtook MySpace on Alexa's listings in 2008 and hasn't looked back since. A Pew Internet survey found that 65 percent of Internet users in the U.S.used social networking sites, up from 61 percent the previous year.
Number 16 website in the world (Alexa) Internet growth continues at a healthy and robust pace The days of the single task "SEO and done" marketing are over. Today’s fashion statements include a mix of marketing color: local SEO, Pinterest, and...
Baidu is the most popular search engine in China and is currently the fifth most visited site in the world, according to Alexa. The Internet offers unparalleled opportunities to break into new markets, but traditional SEO through localization...
Some people still rely on metrics such as Google's Toolbar PageRank or MozRank to determine a site's authority, but it's simply too easy to employ methods that mean most metrics are about as reliable as Alexa.
Alexa provides a great deal of data as well as Topsy, MixRank, and so on. On the other hand, what about social projects whose startup may not be open for the Internet? Lost in the knowledge.Where is the knowledge?
In Russia, for example, Yandex has the greatest market share while Baidu – the fifth most visited site in the world according to Alexa – is massively important in China. A recent study conducted across the European Union found that more than half...
To put these figures in context, it's important to understand Pingdom’s methodology, accept Alexa as a reliable authority on site traffic, and consider that the largest and most successful sites aren't always an accurate reflection of what others...
This means no more obsessive checking of just where your linking sites currently sit on Alexa. Yahoo Japan is the most used search engine within Japan and, while that brand may be well known to Western Internet users, other names may not be so...
Even under these restrictions, latest Alexa figures show that over 45 percent of Internet users in China participate in some way in the social media scene, with Internet forums and blogs being a popular choice for many in the country.
Looking at Alexa and comScore data, Bing gained 138 million page views while Conduit lost 165 million after Conduit began sending searches to bing.com. Hitwise collects aggregate usage data from a geographically diverse range of ISP networks and...
Here's a link to the top 50 article directories supposedly ranked by Alexa and Google PageRank. Article marketing allows writers to promote themselves and their company by writing articles and making the content freely available for reproduction on...
Interestingly, Yahoo has more hot pages over at Alexa. Google is now the most visited site on the web, according to Alexa, a spot Yahoo maintained for years. Posted by Greg Jarboe Jul 21, 2009 Imagine a room full of internet marketers, search...
Google is now the most visited site on the web, according to Alexa, a spot Yahoo maintained for years. Interestingly, Yahoo has more hot pages over at Alexa. Meanwhile, AOL is going for complete domination and this Friday will "unveil the early...
TechCrunch has lost a lot of its traffic from search engines, if you can believe Alexa numbers. Either way, you are getting them Michael, and I will watch closely how those search numbers over at Alexa are influenced.
Business Nugget: Businesses should constantly monitor tools like Compete, Alexa, Hitwise, Nielsen, comScore, and the like to benchmark where they stand in relation to competition. Alexa, another tracking tool, shows the same trend.
Following the lead of sites like Compete.com and Alexa, Google Trends for Websites allows you to see a graph of traffic to the sites you designate. But Google Trends for Websites is only adding to the confusion caused by Compete and Alexa.
Alexa ranks Yahoo as the number one used portal worldwide, with recent estimates at about 250 million users. Will the Yahoo decision to refuse Microsoft's offer go down as one of the biggest missed opportunities of the Internet industry?
Metacrawler Obovo.com Goes MobileObovo.com, a metacrawler search portal, which searches and returns results from MSN Live Search, Gigablast, LookSmart, and Alexa is now available through mobile devices.
If You Like Inaccuracy, You'll LOVE Alexa! Yahoo Continues Search Suggestions RolloutYahoo has been on a search refinement kick lately, which continued on Friday with the release of Search Suggest for Yahoo Toolbar for Internet Explorer.
