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Scribd web traffic higher than its YC peers (based on alexa data)

15 points by Sam_Odio 19y ago

pg 19y ago
Loopt is a cell phone application. People don't use it by going to the web site.
- Sam_Odio 19y ago
  I couldn't think of a 4th YC startup with traffic close to scribd's. We hear about loopt a lot, so I just thought I would add it for comparison. This wasn't intended to be a comparison of the popularity of the services. I posted the link because I hadn't before realized how large scribd's web presence is.
- wright 19y ago
  From what I hear they are going to be the most successful YC-funded company.
noodle 19y ago
1) alexa? c'mon. 2) scribd is much more search engine friendly than almost any other application i know. i find results for them all the time on random crap i search for. to note, it almost never actually helps me with the information i'm searching on, but it does get me to view their page. 3) reddit is more meta-oriented and niche. loopt is cell phone stuff. weebly is a service provider, if you don't want their service you won't hit their page. justin.tv is competing with giants. scribd has a sweet spot almost designed for traffic generation.
Readmore 19y ago
I like Compete.com better than Alexa. http://siteanalytics.compete.com/scribd.com+weebly.com+reddit.com/?metric=uv http://siteanalytics.compete.com/scribd.com+weebly.com+reddi... It tells a different story but the outcome is still the same. For Scribd to have higher traffic than Reddit is pretty impressive.
- Readmore 19y ago
  Compete also shows Yellowpages.com with much higher traffic than Scribd, but they do beat twitter. http://siteanalytics.compete.com/scribd.com+twitter.com+yellowpages.com/?metric=uv http://siteanalytics.compete.com/scribd.com+twitter.com+yell...
  - paul9290 19y ago
    Interesting about Twitter going from 500 to 1,900 on Alexa. It's compete ranking and now its most current alexa ranking match up, as compete ranks it 2K. Though were sure to see it's ranking go back up to 500 and beyond. It's the next huge thing, just like MySpace and Facebook!
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jshen 19y ago
i hate scribd. the reason it gets traffic is deceptive search engine rankings. I refuse to ever go there again after being falsely sent to a page that did not have the information it ranked for multiple times.

15 points by Sam_Odio 19y ago

pg 19y ago

Loopt is a cell phone application. People don't use it by going to the web site.

Sam_Odio 19y ago
I couldn't think of a 4th YC startup with traffic close to scribd's. We hear about loopt a lot, so I just thought I would add it for comparison. This wasn't intended to be a comparison of the popularity of the services. I posted the link because I hadn't before realized how large scribd's web presence is.
wright 19y ago
From what I hear they are going to be the most successful YC-funded company.

noodle 19y ago

1) alexa? c'mon. 2) scribd is much more search engine friendly than almost any other application i know. i find results for them all the time on random crap i search for. to note, it almost never actually helps me with the information i'm searching on, but it does get me to view their page. 3) reddit is more meta-oriented and niche. loopt is cell phone stuff. weebly is a service provider, if you don't want their service you won't hit their page. justin.tv is competing with giants. scribd has a sweet spot almost designed for traffic generation.

Readmore 19y ago

I like Compete.com better than Alexa. http://siteanalytics.compete.com/scribd.com+weebly.com+reddit.com/?metric=uv http://siteanalytics.compete.com/scribd.com+weebly.com+reddi... It tells a different story but the outcome is still the same. For Scribd to have higher traffic than Reddit is pretty impressive.

Readmore 19y ago
Compete also shows Yellowpages.com with much higher traffic than Scribd, but they do beat twitter. http://siteanalytics.compete.com/scribd.com+twitter.com+yellowpages.com/?metric=uv http://siteanalytics.compete.com/scribd.com+twitter.com+yell...
- paul9290 19y ago
  Interesting about Twitter going from 500 to 1,900 on Alexa. It's compete ranking and now its most current alexa ranking match up, as compete ranks it 2K. Though were sure to see it's ranking go back up to 500 and beyond. It's the next huge thing, just like MySpace and Facebook!

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jshen 19y ago

i hate scribd. the reason it gets traffic is deceptive search engine rankings. I refuse to ever go there again after being falsely sent to a page that did not have the information it ranked for multiple times.