Tuesday, September 30, 2008

19 Most Popular Comparison Shopping Sites | August 2008

1 BizRate.com
28,129,641 - Inbound Links 14,117,053 - Compete Monthly Visitors 17,000,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 750 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 820


2 Shopzilla.com
7,484,663 - Inbound Links 10,005,087 - Compete Monthly Visitors 13,000,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 1,930 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 720

3 DealTime.com
13,005,416 - Inbound Links 8,712,971 - Compete Monthly Visitors 10,000,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 829 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 820

4 ShopLocal.com
21,062,762 - Inbound Links 7,071,499 - Compete Monthly Visitors 7,200,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 1,519 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 820

5 PriceGrabber.com
15,151,276 - Inbound Links 4,592,123 - Compete Monthly Visitors 4,700,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 915 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 920

6 CoolSavings.com
268,706 - Inbound Links 7,968,496 - Compete Monthly Visitors 9,500,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 4,119 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 620

7 Coupons.com
2,409,646 - Inbound Links 6,721,044 - Compete Monthly Visitors 3,600,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 7,679 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 620

8 Smarter.com
575,048 - Inbound Links 8,421,414 - Compete Monthly Visitors 2,400,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 2,934 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 720

9 MySimon.com
22,650,563 - Inbound Links 1,066,415 - Compete Monthly Visitors 1,100,000 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 8,071 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 8

10 SlickDeals.net
172,617 - Inbound Links 736,266 - Compete Monthly Visitors 425,417 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 1,395 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 6

11 CouponCabin.com
75,642 - Inbound Links 886,796 - Compete Monthly Visitors 602,278 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 18,471 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 6

12 eBates.com
92,107 - Inbound Links 568,911 - Compete Monthly Visitors 610,483 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 13,856 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 6

13 DealNews.com
235,745 - Inbound Links 481,436 - Compete Monthly Visitors 338,904 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 6,856 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 6

14 DealCatcher.com
123,169 - Inbound Links 459,882 - Compete Monthly Visitors 229,984 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 14,421 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 6

15 PriceRunner.com
1,479,829 - Inbound Links 288,667 - Compete Monthly Visitors 442,121 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 5,555 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 7

16 FatWallet.com
327,773 - Inbound Links 350,440 - Compete Monthly Visitors 264,038 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 1,647 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 6

17 Geeks.com
304,455 - Inbound Links 278,645 - Compete Monthly Visitors 306,703 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 8,015 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 6

18 woot.com
259,568 - Inbound Links 317,680 - Compete Monthly Visitors 187,425 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 1,573 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 7

19 BensBargains.net
126,817 - Inbound Links 108,102 - Compete Monthly Visitors 67,778 - Quantcast Monthly Visitors 10,479 - Alexa Ranking. Page Rank: 5






The 10 most popular iPhone Apps

With the iPhone 3G making its debut around the world, I thought it'd be interesting to look at the iPhone Apps that have achieved the greatest popularity so far.
According to Apple, on Saturday, August 23, the following apps represent the Top 10:


iSudoku
Description: "The classic game of Sudoku now optimised for the iPhone and iPod Touch."
Category: Games

The Amazing Mind Reader
Description: "Your phone can read your mind!! Be amazed, really."
Category: Games

TripApple.com - Travel A Simple Way
Description: "TripApple.com provides you with the cheapest hotel deals on the internet."
Category: Travel

Jedi Star Name
Description: "Jedi name generator."
Category: Entertainment

Boring Day at the Office
Description: "Can you make it to 5 o’clock?"
Category: Games

KingdomGame
Description: "A browser based game, pitting you against thousands of other players, online in a real time ongoing strategy game."
Category: Games

3D Cube
Description: "Animated Multi-Textured Rotating & Scaling CSS 3D Cube."
Category: Games

PackageTrackr
Description: "Track your UPS, USPS, FedEx/FedEx SmartPost, DHL/Airborne, DHL Global Mail, TNT, UK City Link and Aramex package with Google Maps"
Category: Utilities

Reader
Description: "Your iPhone is now the most advanced full featured portable online/offline eBook reader. Now including a free public library."
Category: Entertainment

iPuzzle - The Sliding Puzzle Game
Description: "A superb sliding puzzle game designed for the iPhone."
Category: Games

Given that the vast majority of these applications are for gaming/entertainment, this list makes it quite clear - the iPhone is still thus far primarily a consumer phone, despite the fact that some believed it would pose a significant competitive threat to RIM's Blackberry, which is the smartphone of choice for corporations.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with this and the implication for developers betting on the potential of iPhone Apps is that consumer-oriented apps, such as games, probably present the greatest opportunity at this time.
Will that ever change?
In my opinion, the iPhone's enterprise features still lag behind those of RIM/Blackberry in terms of giving IT departments the type of power and flexibility they've become accustomed to, and the issues with iPhone reception probably mean that the iPhone will remain a consumer "device" for the time being.

10 Most Popular Brands on Digg

What brands are the most popular with the Digg audience? I did a little research to gather some data so I can figure out what brands are mentioned most on Digg. What I did is I looked at the number of times a story with the brand name in the title, description, or URL has appeared on the Digg homepage in the last year.
Top 10 brands on Digg

Apple - 1731
Wii - 1503
Microsoft -1502
Google -1484
Linux -1390
Mac -1374
Windows - 1337
Nintendo - 1112
Yahoo -1105
Digg - 877

Some other fun stuff...
Console Wars

Wii - 1503
Xbox - 781
PS3 - 787

iPod vs Zune

iPod - 690
Zune - 154

I'm a Mac - I'm a PC

Apple - 1731
Microsoft - 1502

The Big 3

Google - 1484
Yahoo - 1105
Microsoft - 1502

Who is more evil ?

RIAA - 186
MPAA - 85

This analysis was done purely out of my curiosity, but this data does hint at the preferences of Digg users. Have you learned anything from it?






Ten Most Used BitTorrent Sites

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