Monday, May 16, 2011

Top 10 Sites review

1. Google


(google.com): Enables users to search the world's information, including webpages, images, and videos. Offers unique features and search technology.

Google is ranked #1 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. The site has been online for at least thirteen years. About 31% of visitors to this site come from the US, and roughly 26% of visits to Google consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces). The time spent in a typical visit to the site is about fourteen minutes, with 35 seconds spent on each pageview.





2. Facebook


(facebook.com): A social utility that connects people, to keep up with friends, upload photos, share links and videos.

Facebook is the second most popular site in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. Search engines refer approximately 6% of visits to it. This site has been online since 1997, and the time spent in a typical visit to Facebook is roughly 32 minutes, with 37 seconds spent on each pageview. Relative to the overall population of internet users, this site's audience tends to be users who browse from school and home; they are also disproportionately women under the age of 45.
3. Youtube

 

(youtube.com): YouTube is a way to get your videos to the people who matter to you. Upload, tag and share your videos worldwide!

Youtube.com is ranked #3 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. Roughly 22% of visitors to the site come from the US. It has a bounce rate of about 27% (i.e., 27% of visits consist of only one pageview), and Youtube.com has been online since 2005. The site belongs to the “Video Sharing” category.


4. Yahoo


(yahoo.com): A major internet portal and service provider offering search results, customizable content, chatrooms, free e-mail, clubs, and pager.

Yahoo.com is ranked #4 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings, and roughly 30% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces). While we estimate that 32% of visitors to the site come from the US, where it is ranked #3, it is also popular in Taiwan, where it is ranked #1. Compared with internet averages, the site's audience tends to be over the age of 45; they are also disproportionately women browsing from school and home. The fraction of visits to Yahoo.com referred by search engines is approximately 8%.
5. Live


Live (live.com): Search engine from Microsoft.

There are six sites with a better three-month global Alexa traffic rank than Live.com. The site has been online for more than sixteen years. About 5% of visits to the site are referred by search engines, and the site is located in the US. Visitors to Live.com view an average of 6.2 unique pages per day.


6. Baidu

 

(baidu.com): The leading Chinese language search engine, provides "simple and reliable" search experience, strong in Chinese language and multi-media content including MP3 music and movies, the first to offer WAP and PDA-based mobile search in China.

Baidu.com is ranked #6 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. The time spent in a typical visit to the site is approximately fourteen minutes, with 32 seconds spent on each pageview. Compared with internet averages, the site appeals more to Asians; its visitors also tend to consist of women browsing from work and school who have incomes between $30,000 and $100,000. The site is in the “搜索引擎” category of websites. Baidu.com has been online for more than eleven years.


7. Wikipedia


(wikipedia.org): A free encyclopedia built collaboratively using wiki software. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License).

Wikipedia is ranked #8 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. About 52% of visits to the site are bounces (one pageview only). The site belongs to the “Wikipedia” category. Visitors to Wikipedia.org spend approximately five minutes per visit to the site and 59 seconds per pageview. Relative to the overall population of internet users, this site's audience tends to be users who browse from school and work; they are also disproportionately childless people under the age of 35 who have postgraduate educations.
8. Blogger

Blogger.com (blogspot.com): Free, automated weblog publishing tool that sends updates to a site via FTP.

Blogspot.com is the fifth most popular site in the world based on its three-month Alexa traffic rank. The site has been online since 2000. Compared with internet averages, the site appeals more to users who browse from home and school; its visitors also tend to consist of women earning less than $30,000 who have postgraduate educations. The site belongs to the “Blogger” category of internet sites. Approximately 21% of visits to Blogger.com are referred by search engines.



9. MSN


(msn.com): Portal for shopping, news and money, e-mail, search, and chat.

Msn.com is ranked #11 in the world according to the three-month Alexa traffic rankings. While we estimate that 25% of visitors to the site come from the US, where it is ranked #13, it is also popular in Mexico, where it is ranked #8, and it is located in the US. Msn.com has been online for more than sixteen years, and the fraction of visits to this site referred by search engines is approximately 4%.
10. Tencent


(qq.com): China's largest and most used Internet service portal owned by Tencent, Inc founded in November, 1998. Presently, Tencent is aiming its operations at the strategic goal of providing users with a "one-stop online life service". Tencent's Internet platforms QQ, QQ.com, QQ Games, and PaiPai.com have brought together China's largest Internet community. Tencent's communications and information-sharing services include QQ.com, QQ Instant Messenger, QQ Mail, and search engine SOSO. Linked up with heavily used features such as forums, chat rooms, and QQ Groups, Tencent's Qzone has grown into China's largest personal Internet space. These services foster group interaction and resource sharing. Virtual products such as QQ Show, QQ Pet, QQ Game, and QQ Music/Radio/Live have been successful in providing entertainment and customization options to users. Mobile phone users can take advantage of a number of value-added wireless services. Tencent's PaiPai.com is a C2C on-line shopping platform that seamlessly integrates into Tencent's other community platforms.As of June 30th, 2009, the number of registered QQ Instant Messenger users has reached 990.0 million. Active users numbered at 448.0 million. Peak concurrent users have reached 61.30 million. QQ Games platform counted about 6.2 million users simultaneously on-line. QQ.com has become China's most visited Internet portal website. PaiPai.com has also become China's second largest Internet shopping platform.
QQ.COM has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 10. Visitors to this site spend roughly 55 seconds on each pageview and a total of fifteen minutes on the site during each visit. Compared with all internet users, its audience tends to be Asian; it also appeals more to women browsing from work and school who have no postgraduate education and have incomes between $30,000 and $100,000. Qq.com has been online for at least sixteen years, and search engines refer roughly 5% of visits to the site.

source : alexa.com

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