Comments on Skype Numerology: Shifts in website visits

Thanks for the compliment :-)

2009-06-18T13:29:09.427+02:00

Thanks for the compliment :-)

very cool post

2009-06-18T12:42:22.275+02:00

very cool post

Dear Jean,After posting my comments, I thought abo...

2008-05-08T02:50:00.000+02:00

Dear Jean,
After posting my comments, I thought about it and come to the conclusion, that the holidays should not affect too much the website statistics, since, what I believe from my own observations here in China, Skype is mainly used for business rather than for non-business (friends, family, etc.). If Skype would be, let's say a travel agency website, then the story would be a bit different.

Thanks for the follow-up on my comment. Great work with your blog!

Greg

Simone,Thanks for your post concerning the new Ale...

2008-05-06T19:43:00.000+02:00

Simone,

Thanks for your post concerning the new Alexa ranking system.

I wasn't aware of it!

Alexa changed their ranking methods on April 15th ...

2008-05-06T10:16:00.000+02:00

Alexa changed their ranking methods on April 15th so it could also explain the wild change from April 15th to May 1st. Could be.

http://awis.blogspot.com/2008/04/alexa-ranking-system-has-been-changed.html

Simone

Hello Greg,Thanks for your comment, you scared me ...

2008-05-05T19:14:00.000+02:00

Hello Greg,
Thanks for your comment, you scared me ... i thought "he could be right", but i was almost certain that the pattern of visits would not be very different, because indeed, May 1 is a Holiday for a lot of big AND small countries.

I checked the data, and indeed, the top 5 was still the same (with some shifts in the rank).

But, i learned a lesson from you: never publish data taken on a Holiday (unless it is by purpose). Thanks for the lesson!

Dear Jean, Please don't forget that May 1st is a h...

2008-05-05T16:42:00.000+02:00

Dear Jean,

Please don't forget that May 1st is a holiday in many countries around the world, including China. Probably, that's why you saw that the "big countries" have overtaken the "small countries" in your Skype.com statistics. How about comparing not May 1st, but maybe May 15th or some other weekday, i.e. this week? I am really interested in seeing that data again.

Greg