Comments on: ChemSpider Usage Continues to Grow In a Linear Fashion

By: ChemSpider Blog » Blog Archive » Another Response to Constructive Feedback from Peter Murray-Rust…

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:43:24 +0000

[...] when he has such a public profile and such influence. For evidence of influence visit the graph here and notice the incredible spike in traffic resulting from his post about the Monkeys at ChemZoo in [...]

By: ChemSpider Blog » Blog Archive » The question is, which project will surviveâ€¦Will ChemSpider Stick Around?

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:11:48 +0000

[...] website examined using various tools…our own and the Alexa Rank engine. Peter Schneider has commented on the performance of the various rank engines. He also asked an interesting question: “But [...]

By: Peter Schneider

Peter Schneider — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:28:01 +0000

Hello!

I do not like Alexa, because any webmaster using the Alexa Toolbar can manipulate the Alexa Rank to a certain extend. I do not like Server Stats too, because Robot Traffic is sometimes included (up to 90%) and sometimes not depending on the Software (webalizer versus AWStats).

The truth is, that the comparison of websites is only possible, if all the websites use a standardized protocol that exclude any own traffic. For example: google analytics using an IP-based filter.

But the real question is: Does emolecules generate more income with an Alexa Rank of 400 000? It is not the question, if a site has more visitors or not… The question is, which project will survive…

So good luck for chemspider. I know chemistry-related web sites with a daily number of visitor of 5000 that have real financial sorrows (by the way: Alexa Rank of 100 000 – 150 000).