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Off the topic here, are there still many people download software programs from download sites, like download.com, brothersoft.com or softpedia?
by feir 15y ago
Off the topic here, are there still many people download software programs from download sites, like download.com, brothersoft.com or softpedia?
- ramidarigaz 15y agoOnly for Windows...
- dangrossman 15y agoYes. Download.com is the 173rd highest traffic site in the world. They're probably pushing over 100-200k downloads a month at least. Nothing compared to the Apple or Android app stores, but still a significant number.
- burgerbrain 15y agoAssuming an average download time of 1 minute, that's merely 5 or so simultaneous downloads at any particular point in time. That is nothing.
- peteforde 15y agoI'm guestimating that you're off by an order of magnitude. According to Alexa, somewhere between 0.6% and 0.8% of the entire web goes there every day.
- jiggy2011 15y agoDownload.com users are probably over-represented on Alexa simply because of all the tracking crapware they have installed.
- sp332 15y agoI'll often use File Hippo, but they've always seemed "cleaner" to me somehow. I even use their updater on some computers, which I wouldn't even consider doing with those other sites.
- tonyedgecombe 15y agoI pulled my apps from download.com years ago because the traffic was neglibile. It's probably alright if you are in the top ten for a category, otherwise there are much better ways to promote your software.
- technomancy 15y agoYes, but the Venn diagram of them and serious nmap users probably looks like a figure 8.