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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix
Alexa is a company that provides information on the popularity of Web sites. While their rankings aren’t perfect, the “Alexa number” is a common metric when comparing things online. (The most popular site is #1. And so on.) Today’s quiz asks you to look at two sites and determine which has the higher Alexa number.
Take the Quiz: Internet Popularity Contest
[These rankings are for the three-month period ending Sunday, April 21.]
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60%. I can’t believe that Pizza Hut is more popular than Dominos.
posted by Sue on 4-21-2008 at 10:48 am
70% – a new personal best! Not bad, considering they were all educated guesses and that, until about three minutes ago, it never occurred to me that Vanilla Ice would even *have* a website.
posted by Roger on 4-21-2008 at 10:49 am
Perhaps the quiz will turn you on to a few new sites. MC Hammer is all over the Clinton-Obama race.
posted by Jason on 4-21-2008 at 10:53 am
75% ha,ha most were guesses.
posted by Anna on 4-21-2008 at 10:53 am
Has the Democratic primary gone on for so long because one or the other party is 2 legit 2 quit?
posted by Roger on 4-21-2008 at 11:10 am
80%, that was interesting!
posted by Brittany on 4-21-2008 at 11:22 am
90 percent!! Wikipedia over YouTube messed me up… I Wiki about 20 times a day, so I guess my personal bias ruined that one for me.
posted by Stacy on 4-21-2008 at 12:40 pm
80% who knew that yahoo was more popular then google!?!?!!?
posted by Tonya on 4-21-2008 at 12:54 pm
80%. Fun quiz!
posted by AuntShell on 4-21-2008 at 12:55 pm
Firefox has an add-on that shows the Alexa number for the site you are viewing. I have mine up and running so I did very well on the quiz, as far as popular sites go. Lots of good guesses, got a 85%. BTW Mental floss is 10,779 now. It was less then 10,000 for a long time.
posted by Owen on 4-21-2008 at 3:48 pm
We’d better get more people to take this quiz so we can dip back into the quadruple-digits. Those were the days.
posted by Jason on 4-21-2008 at 3:54 pm
Hmm… I just clicked the ones that I visit more often (well, not that you’ll catch me skulking around PizzaHut.com or WeightWatchers.com), so I’m not sure if it’s a good or a bad thing that I got a 55%!
posted by Allison on 4-21-2008 at 6:03 pm
16/20
Not bad, I guess.
posted by Bethany on 4-22-2008 at 9:36 am
I scored 11/20 and received a score of 9/20, as I followed the directions and guessed which site has the higher number (thus the lower rank).
posted by El Tigre on 5-15-2008 at 4:42 pm
Yes, El Tigre! I was wondering if I was the only one who did that!! I got a score of 30% because I followed the instructions and guessed the one with the HIGHER Alexa number/lower rank. So really I guess 70% right. Lame!
posted by Amanda on 5-29-2008 at 11:40 am
I can see why you were confused, but I think people are getting a little nit picky. Besides, if your class rank was #4, and mine was #28, who would be ranked higher? You. If UNC is ranked #2, and NC State is ranked #16, who is ranked higher? UNC.
Then again, I interpreted the instructions correctly and still only got 6 right.
posted by Brent on 5-29-2008 at 12:13 pm
70%
some were easier than others
i already did the naming top 10 most popular websites quiz
myspace-facebook was tough
notorious b.i.g. #2 million?
the fact that TMZ and perez are in triple digits is saddening
PIZZA HUT?
wikipedia should not be less than youtube
posted by athur on 1-17-2009 at 10:52 pm