I'm not taking sides but with Compete.com's history of bad data I wouldn't trust it that much. Here's another reference from Google Trends for Websites: http:/

I'm not taking sides but with Compete.com's history of bad data I wouldn't trust it that much. Here's another reference from Google Trends for Websites: http://trends.google.com/websites?q=techcrunch.com%2C+readwriteweb.com%2C+venturebeat.com&geo=all&date=ytd&sort=0 http://trends.google.com/websites?q=techcrunch.com%2C+readwr... According to Google TC's traffic is down a bit but nothing as dramatic.