Dang, we shoulda made that list – at #241

by
Skip

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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  • Skip

    Co-founder of GraniteGrok, my concern is around Individual Liberty and Freedom and how the Government is taking that away. As an evangelical Christian and Conservative with small "L" libertarian leanings, my fight is with Progressives forcing a collectivized, secular humanistic future upon us. As a TEA Party activist, citizen journalist, and pundit!, my goal is to use the New Media to advance the radical notions of America's Founders back into our culture.

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