# We're in 13, 539th place! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821 "2003-03-03T20:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/1 "2003-03-03T20:15:07Z")
I came across a cute little site called [www.Alexa.com](http://www.Alexa.com) that ranks websites according to total traffic. Being a narcissist at work, the first thing I did was check out the company sites. One clocks in at about 160,000th place world wide, while the other is closer to 1000. Then I did the Dope-- 13, 539th place at the moment. Seems our biggest spike for single day traffic was last October or thereabouts. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/2 "2003-03-03T20:21:02Z")
I can’t be sure, but there is a source called Alexa out there that fills your computer with ad spyware. Better run Ad-Aware on your system after visiting there. I found Alexa addresses all over spyware I deleted from my system. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/3 "2003-03-03T20:26:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barbarian \* > \*\*Seems our biggest spike for single day traffic was last October or thereabouts. \*\* Had to be the LOTR’s thread…😃 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/4 "2003-03-03T20:38:27Z")
Woohoo! [Fathom.org](http://Fathom.org) is 103,261 Not too shabby 😃 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/5 "2003-03-03T20:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Meatros \* > \*\*Had to be the LOTR’s thread…😃 \*\* Yes, but if that thread had been written by someone else, would it have gotten so much traffic? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/6 "2003-03-03T21:00:27Z")
Remember when [Metatus accused of stealing content](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132916&highlight=metatus)? They barely even chart. They’re way down at 323,502! Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/7 "2003-03-03T21:04:17Z")
😕 Only 31% of those who visit the main page make it to the SDMB? Wow. Probably a good thing, too. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/8 "2003-03-03T21:06:11Z")
Pretty neat site, **Barbarian**. My employer (a university)'s site is 255,379. One of my favorite sites, CricInfo, was in the top 1000 at 966th! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/9 "2003-03-03T21:26:47Z")
OK, I must be really stupid, but where can you find the traffic rankings? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/10 "2003-03-03T21:33:01Z")
Doh! Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/11 "2003-03-03T21:42:06Z")
I used to have the Alexa toolbar on my browser but I don’t anymore. Anyway: Interesting: Traffic Rank for [alexa.com](http://alexa.com): No Data ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/12 "2003-03-03T21:48:36Z")
Whoa, [www.homestarrunner.com](http://www.homestarrunner.com) is 3,708. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/13 "2003-03-03T21:52:00Z")
wow, fark ranks in the top 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/14 "2003-03-03T22:07:11Z")
I must admit to being amused that Neopets is rated higher than the Washington Post. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/15 "2003-03-03T22:08:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke \* > \*\*Pretty neat site, **Barbarian**. My employer (a university)'s site is 255,379. One of my favorite sites, CricInfo, was in the top 1000 at 966th! \*\* Ha! My employer (a college) is 50,983. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/16 "2003-03-04T00:00:40Z")
How is this determined? If, say, I log onto the SD 3 times in one day, will it count that as 3 people or 1? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/17 "2003-03-04T01:43:09Z")
If I’m schizophrenic and log on once, does that count per personality or how many times I hit the enter button as my inner beings fight for control? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/18 "2003-03-04T02:56:51Z")
Well, my university’s web page www.uidaho.edu rates number 16,378 on the list. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/19 "2003-03-04T03:37:20Z")
Wow. My Web site is at 97,692 for today. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821/20 "2003-03-04T03:49:20Z")
When you think of how big the whole www is 13,539 isn’t all that bad! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-13-539th-place/158821.md?page=2)