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Google takes on Compete, Alexa

Google trends websites
Everybody knows that Alexa, Compete, and other web services that track web site traffic are inherently flawed. Because they compile third party data instead of looking at your actual server data, you can never be sure that the statistics you're reading are accurate. But hey, if you really want to see whether Engadget is more popular than Gizmodo, they're the only game in town, right?

Now there's a new player in the web traffic comparison game. Google has added the ability to search for websites in Google Trends. While there's no guarantee that the stats Google spits back are any more accurate than the ones you'll find from Alexa or Compete, the service does give you one more source for comparison.

Search Engine Land reports
that Google grabs its numbers from a combination of sources including search traffic, anonymous Google Analytics figures and other third party marketing data.

[via VentureBeat]

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Utilities, Web services

Get smart profiles and traffic histories of websites with Compete


Compete aims to help users by showcasing websites that are trusted, transparent and add value to both the end user and the internet in general.

Compete has a few different products running, SnapShot, Toolbar, and Search. Snapshot is a handy service that provides traffic history and competitive analysis (similar to Statsaholic), which is great for search gurus and online marketing individuals. Toolbar is a browsing tool for IE and Firefox that provides real time SnapShot information to its users. Complete Search is built on Yahoo's search technology, and weaves in SnapShot results to provide trust scores and search results.

This site and the tools it offers isn't for everyone, but those that only care to be presented with what Compete sees as safe, popular and valuable to visitors might find it useful.

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