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moosecat
Aug 28, 2003, 01:33 PM
Being the bored, aimless, procrastinating fool that I am, I was digging around on Alexa.com and I noticed a really weird traffic pattern for macrumors.com. See here: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=3m&size=medium&compare_sites=&url=macrumors.com#top

I thought about the wild swings in traffic shown on the graph, and then I realized: all the huge upticks appear to be on Tuesdays. It must be that a vast number of people check in only on Tuesdays, looking for Apple announcements. Or else I'm just missing something because, in addition to being bored, aimless, and procrastinating, I can also be dumb.

Just thought that was interesting.


XnavxeMiyyep
Aug 28, 2003, 01:38 PM
Heh, we crush Microsoft.com in comparison of popularity.

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=379&h=216&r=3m&u=macrumors.com/&u=microsoft.com
Mr. Anderson
Aug 28, 2003, 02:23 PM
Oh, that's hilarious.

For those who know, it seems that the announcements for new hardware have tendencies to come out on Tuesdays.

Who would have thought that the traffic would be that biased as well....

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wdlove
Aug 28, 2003, 02:32 PM
I happen to be a regular visitor, more than once daily. Very proud to be a member of such a popular site!
rhpenguin
Aug 28, 2003, 02:54 PM
This is hands down the best comunity based site ive ever been to/been a member of. A very helpful comunity with members that know their stuff.
arn
Aug 28, 2003, 03:18 PM
Nah... I don't think it's a Tuesday phenomenon.

If you look at other sites, there are similar trends. It's just the way the stats are recorded I think.

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ItsAMacWorld
May 25, 2006, 04:42 PM
have you seen this?
http://alexadex.com/ad/index.py?page=url&url=macrumors.com
Blue Velvet
May 25, 2006, 04:47 PM
have you seen this?
http://alexadex.com/ad/index.py?page=url&url=macrumors.com

Shares in MR? I don't get it... but there's prob. a good reason for that.
jsw
May 25, 2006, 04:48 PM
Holy thread resurrections, Batman!

Still, looks like our popularity is growing:
http://formymac.com/MR/MRAlexaStats.png
Shares in MR? I don't get it... but there's prob. a good reason for that.
It's a virtual trading site... good for fun, no real $$$ involved, AFAIK.
ItsAMacWorld
May 26, 2006, 11:27 AM
Watch out on the toolbar though. Slowed down my PC when i installed it. but everything slows down my PC. :D