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I have compared Compete's numbers to actual data from about 150 sites. On that sample the numbers were never higher than actual and on average the Compete numb
by kerryfalk 15y ago
I have compared Compete's numbers to actual data from about 150 sites.
On that sample the numbers were never higher than actual and on average the Compete numbers were 2-3x lower than the actual numbers.
So I have used it as a reasonable estimate for half of the traffic a site sees. Although I may be placing my foot in my mouth because the stats for HN don't quite seem accurate: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/news.ycombinator.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/news.ycombinator.com/
- acangiano 15y agoSome of my sites receive 10 to 100 times more traffic than reported by compete.
- kerryfalk 15y agoAre they sites with less than 20,000 uniques per month? I've found those to be the outliers in my data set. They're wildly off on "low" traffic sites but have been a decent yardstick for sites getting more than 20k uniques in my limited experience.
- acangiano 15y agoNo, more like 50,000-150,000 (depending on the month).