How much traffic is MGOBLOG getting this year?
I use to really enjoy clicking on that link at the bottom of the page to see what the site's traffic looked like and during which events or days it spiked. I remember the Jihad was a particularly busy time around here.
I can't find that link anymore. Was it removed, moved, or can I just not find it? Is there another reliable website to look at website traffic trends and what not? It would be great to see how popular this site is with all the early season success so far.
September 15th, 2010 at 10:05 PM ^
Good to know Denise from Taco Bell still leads here.
September 16th, 2010 at 7:49 AM ^
juliana paz
September 16th, 2010 at 9:59 AM ^
I know I am!
September 15th, 2010 at 10:15 PM ^
What's USC doing there?
September 15th, 2010 at 10:19 PM ^
1. USC
2. Michigan Football
3. Denise Taco Bell
It's nice to see a spike from search engines, which means more traffic, and more money for Brian.
Mgoblog.com's three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 49,279. Roughly 7% of visits to the site are referred by search engines, and it has a bounce rate of roughly 55% (i.e., 55% of visits consist of only one pageview). Relative to the overall population of internet users, the site's users tend to be under the age of 35, and they tend to be childless, higher-income college graduates and men browsing from school and work. Mgoblog.com has attained a traffic rank of 6,919 among users in the US, where we estimate that 91% of its audience is located.
No shit.
September 16th, 2010 at 10:02 AM ^
We're rich, bitch!
September 15th, 2010 at 10:19 PM ^
"Call the Amber Lamps?!" WTF.
September 15th, 2010 at 10:27 PM ^
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/amber-lamps
Enjoy the youtube clip!
September 15th, 2010 at 10:41 PM ^
Sure. I just don't remember Brian or anyone else writing that here... so I was surprised to see that in connection with Mgoblog.
September 15th, 2010 at 11:21 PM ^
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-epic-beard-man-call-amber-lamps
One of the first hits when you google "call the amber lamps"
I also couldn't believe that was one of the more common search queries.
I also like that...
"gardner white" has a bigger impact factor than "robinson"
and "buckets" is on there.
September 15th, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
Some guy is looking for a new couch and finds a 5-star QB and a former tailback instead
September 15th, 2010 at 10:24 PM ^
Our site's traffic decribed as... "higher-income college graduates and men browsing from school and work".
MSU traffic described as "likely sitting on a couch (which will likely be burnt after the next loss by one of the school's athletic programs) discussing the greatest moment in Spartan sports, the App St win over Michigan".
September 15th, 2010 at 10:35 PM ^
Brians rich beeeeyotch.
September 15th, 2010 at 11:05 PM ^
Who are the 55% of people that don't open up anything but the first page they see? The fewest times I open threads or diaries is five times, and I visit this site every hour or two.
September 15th, 2010 at 11:27 PM ^
Oftentimes I'll check the board & diaries in the morning, then as content is posted during the day just click through on a link from reader or twitter, read the post, and only scan the board & diaries for new links that interest me...
September 15th, 2010 at 11:14 PM ^
While these are only estimates (just like Alexa is), here are a couple other ways of looking at traffic for mgoblog:
http://www.quantcast.com/mgoblog.com
http://siteanalytics.compete.com/mgoblog.com/
September 15th, 2010 at 11:22 PM ^
That "Harrison Ford imdb" is down 0.13 % for this last month. Come on people, it's time to step your game up. Enough searching purely Michigan stuff and Denise Taco Bell. I mean, how can you not search this more often...
September 15th, 2010 at 11:32 PM ^
uniscorn wla is gaining search popularity. About time, methinks.
September 15th, 2010 at 11:36 PM ^
...but there sure seems to be a lot of activity on the board so far this season.
September 15th, 2010 at 11:44 PM ^
and the glut of national attention suggests that this blog and UM football are white hot. I think the crowd size for UMass will show the same thing.
September 15th, 2010 at 11:38 PM ^
I am limited poster. Read a lot more than I post. I have to say the increase in activity sometimes comes at the cost of quality content. Like this post I just wrote. Whoops.
September 15th, 2010 at 11:42 PM ^
September 15th, 2010 at 11:57 PM ^
is a massive jump for uniques over a year.
dolla dolla bill, y'all
September 16th, 2010 at 12:41 AM ^
Some quick math:
My own blog gets about 1.4 pageviews per visit, but I lack a message board, so, very conservatively let's double that and say MGoBlog gets 2.8 per visit. 1.07 million times 2.8 is almost exactly 3 million. 3 million pageviews in the month of August.
Brian once posted in a meta-style post what ad rates look like - let's say it ends up being about $2.50 per 1,000 pageviews, which was about midrange. Advertising revenue: about $7500 a month. Very rough figure. It's no wonder MGoBlog can afford a guy like TVH and swallowed up Varsity Blue as well.
dolla dolla bill y'all indeed.
September 16th, 2010 at 7:56 AM ^
I think that's an overly generous estimate... by almost double.
September 16th, 2010 at 12:09 PM ^
I think he significantly overestimates the ad revenue per 1,000 page views and significantly underestimates page views per unique visit. That final number is probably a little high but may be accurate when you add in the MGoStore. and Beveled Guilt.
September 16th, 2010 at 10:38 AM ^
I believe I read somewhere in the ND liveblog that there were over 1M viewers of the liveblog during the game. Did I read that wrong?
September 15th, 2010 at 11:46 PM ^
relative to the overall population of internet users, the site's users tend to be under the age of 35, and they tend to be childless, higher-income college graduates and men browsing from school and work. Mgoblog.com has attained a traffic rank of 6,919 among users in the US, where we estimate that 91% of its audience is located
Well, fcuk, I'm now over 35, I got kids, I did graduate and have an income, I browse at home and am located in Canada.
What I want to know, is outside of me and BlueSeoul who else is outside the lower 48.
September 16th, 2010 at 1:18 AM ^
London, as the handle suggests.
September 16th, 2010 at 1:44 AM ^
I'm in Alberta. Which sucks for getting TV coverage of UM football!
September 16th, 2010 at 5:07 AM ^
Living in Shanghai...
September 16th, 2010 at 8:06 AM ^
Including me.
September 16th, 2010 at 3:10 PM ^
Haiti, and female!!
September 16th, 2010 at 4:56 AM ^
I stumbled on to this nifty little site after googling "divorce settlement".
September 16th, 2010 at 7:55 AM ^
Talk about losing a dollar and finding a twenty. Too soon?