Alexa ranks sites by the amount of traffic they receive. For example, Google ranks in at #1, meaning it is the most popular website on the internet, and Yahoo! at #2.
While Alexa rankings are not an exact science and can fluctuate, it is useful in determining approximate popularity.
Let's take a look at how some of Jacksonville's sites rank.
Worldwide Rank - Site URL- Average Time
18,108 - Jacksonville.com - 3.4 min/day
32,847 - Firstcoastnews.com (WTLV 12) - 4.4 min/day
34,103 - News4jax.com (WJXT-TV 4) - 3.4 min/day
496,821 - MetroJacksonville.com - 9.1 min/day
500,710 - Actionnewsjax.com (CBS 47) - 3.1 min/day
735,095 - HelloJacksonville.com - 1.6 min/day
738,066 - Jaxdailyrecord.com - 2.4 min/day
817,797 - Jaxevents.com - 2.3 min/day
947,073 - wjct.org - 3.0 min / day
1,077,254 - eujacksonville.com - 0.8 min/day
1,102,771 - Folioweekly.com - 1.8 min/day
1,206,711 - Jacksonvillemag.com - 1.8 min/day
1,653,775 - DowntownJacksonville.org - 2.8 min/day
1,692,717 - JacksonvilleConfidential.com - 1.7 min/day
2,206,981 - UrbanJacksonville.info (our newfound partner in the transit push) - 1.4 min/day
2,282,711 - Jaxobserver.com - 2.0 min/day
3,384,860 - Bikejax.org - 2.1 min/day
4,258,334 - Jacksonvilletransit.blogspot.com - 2.3 min/day
4,413,606- jaxpolitics.wordpress.com -1.9 min/day
4,775,444 - jaxbars.com - 1.7 min/day
5,378,245 - Globatron.org - 0.8 min/day
5,829,160 - JaxOutLoud.com - 3.9 min/day
5,873,190 - Whatsupjacksonville.com - 1.0 min/day
6,382,483 - theurbancoredotcom.blogspot.com - 1.3 min/day
7,680,240 - Sparcouncil.org - 1.1 min/day
We lead Jacksonville in the average time spent on the site per day. This means we keep you interested longer than anyone else in the city!
Thanks to all of our readers for sticking around so long!
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JeffreyS
June 04, 2009, 11:53:11 AM7 day avg 0.00021%
1 month avg 0.00021%
3 month avg 0.000146%
3 month change 70%
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metrojacksonville.com%2Fforum%2Findex.php%3Faction%3Dunread
Congrats on the great work Metro Jacksonville.
stjr
June 04, 2009, 12:51:59 PMInteresting info and site. Another site with even more detail is Google Analytics but I think that is password protected for the webmaster only.
Your numbers were for percentage of global internet traffic. Here is "traffic rank" which is also up (i.e. the lower the number the better):
Yesterday No data
7 day avg 327,921
1 month avg 348,714
3 month avg 510,182
3 month change -427,903
JeffreyS
June 04, 2009, 12:55:14 PMI have a widget that shows the traffic rank of each page I go to and Google is #1 so I think the lower your number the better.
stjr
June 04, 2009, 12:57:28 PMYes, I just revised my post. I misread their explanation but got it on a rereading. Thanks.
civil42806
June 08, 2009, 07:50:36 AMBut how does this relate to rail?
vicupstate
June 08, 2009, 08:30:50 AMImpressive. Keep up the good work.
johnsantangelo
June 08, 2009, 10:11:02 AMYou guys are doing a good job, but don't get too excited about alexa data. It is very skewed.
Deuce
June 08, 2009, 10:53:54 AMHighest time per user and we beat one of the news stations' websites, not bad at all.
AFCassidy
June 08, 2009, 05:09:04 PMCongrats to MetroJax for the high placement. However I agree with John about Alexa.
Quantcast.com and Compete.com both provide much more accurate comparitive measurement tools.
Lunican
June 08, 2009, 07:39:15 PMThe only problem with compete and quantcast is that they do not have any stats on most of Jacksonville's smaller sites.
coredumped
June 08, 2009, 10:09:51 PMThese can't be right. In fact, I know they're not, it's alexa:)
jacksonville.com is how all sites should model their site from, including this one. It's clean, renders nice in firefox and they're mobile site is full featured. Zooming on metrojacksonville.com is still a DISASTER!
I wish sites would just conform to standards:
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metrojacksonville.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0
(rant over)
Steve
June 08, 2009, 10:12:31 PM^This might be a difference of opinion, but I personally thing Jacksonville.com is a terrible site. The new version, launched a couple months ago, sucks less.
Steve
June 08, 2009, 10:16:30 PMcoredumped - Please find me a major website not called mozilla.com that fully passes the w3 standards.
I tried cnn.com, cnbc.com. microsoft.com, google.com, apple.com, and a few others.
Amazon.com has 1731 errors. It hasn't seemed to hold them back.
coredumped
June 08, 2009, 10:41:58 PMSteve, I understand it's hard to find a site that conforms to exact standards, they're pretty harsh, but because many popular sites ignore standards doesn't mean all sites should!
Look at how bad the CSS is on metrojacksonville when using zooming:
^^close to edge on left...........................Cut off on right below
Things get cut off everywhere, most sites would scroll
jaxoutloud only has 3 errors on the validator and renders beautifully, even when zooming.
Please take these as constructive criticisms, as that was my intent.
Lunican
June 09, 2009, 01:57:38 PMCoredumped, some of the things you suggested have been fixed. We keep working to improve it.
coredumped
June 09, 2009, 07:32:17 PMLunican, thanks for listening. I really love metrojacksonville.com and I'm guilty of spending much of my browsing time here. Any more enjoyable might be dangerous for me:)
obie1
June 23, 2009, 02:46:18 PMThis is where I come for my news, especially when I am out of town. Won't it be a great day when everyone gets their news from this site. You are almost there.
Lunican
July 03, 2009, 05:19:06 PMOne month later, update to the stats:
stephendare
July 03, 2009, 05:39:40 PMThats a stellar freaking uptick in rankings!
Thanks everyone!
Lunican
August 05, 2009, 12:42:40 PMAugust update:
JeffreyS
October 13, 2009, 10:59:30 AMOctober update
Global 200,685
Alexa Traffic Rank
United States 53,302
Traffic Rank in US
7 day avg 0.00032%
1 month avg 0.00027%
3 month avg 0.00035%
3 month change 60%
Keep up the good work
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