Dang, we shoulda made that list - at #241 - Granite Grok

Dang, we shoulda made that list – at #241

I’ve never made it a priority to “write for the rankings” – I write for me.  I write because I like to on topics that are of interest to me – else why bother as no one is paying me to do it.  Ditto for the wonderful writers that volunteer their time and talent.  But when someone comes up with a ranking, I do look – just in case I could be surprised.

DougRossAlexaRankingsWell, Doug Ross over at Doug Ross @ Journal (aka http://directorblue.blogspot.in) has such a list – a ranking based on Alexa listings of the top right of center blogsites with those 300 top ones with Alexa global (not just US standings) ranking from 196 for FoxNews.com at #1 to astuteblogger.BlogSpot.com with a ranking of 1664275.

And no, we were not listed.  Shoulda though – for a state level blog in a very small state, our Alexa global ranking is 681,238.  Our US ranking is higher: 243,676 when I looked us up, so we could have ended up on that list at #241 (see image).  That’s with millions upon hundreds of millions in the blogosphere.  I guess we punch, very well, above our weight class – thank you, Readers!

A couple of other things I found out:

  • Bounce rate is 70.80%
  • 24% of our traffic comes from search engines – to me, this is GREAT because it means that people actually WANT to be here on purpose and with forethought (versus “stumbling into the doorway”).
  • And “Maggie Hassan” is one of the top search terms sending people to GraniteGrok (er, does this mean “mission accomplished“?)
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