Hi!

Got two "easy" questions:
What is the Top10 software download sites? (that accept shareware)
What is the Top10 music software related download sites?

Answers should include any known stats (even guestimations) about the
site & its montly traffic.
Sites should be ranked with the most visited site at the top.

Thanx!
Louis

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 27 Mar 2003 07:08 PST

I was unable to find monthly traffic averages but found averages based
on 1 week, and 3 months.
Which average should the answer include?

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 27 Mar 2003 07:15 PST

I also found a link that includes the Top 10 music software related
download sites but it's for Shareware and Windows, is that what you
are looking for?

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Clarification of Question by clickbutt-ga on 28 Mar 2003 04:09 PST

Goal:
- The information will be used to submit our software to the Top 20
websites "that matter". The theory is that 90% of the traffic goes to
the Top20 sites. We don't wanna waste our time submitting our software
to thousands of sites...

About our software:
- Shareware (14 day trial)
- Our software is totally music related
- More information at http://www.spacialaudio.com/products/sam2/

So the Top10 download sites should accept shareware
The To10 music software sites should exclusively target music related
software.

About the stats:
 - Provide ANY stats you can find. Does not matter how it is
formatted.  I will figure out the "best" site myself from it if
needed...

Thanx!
Louis
P.s. I will increase the amount to $20 if I'm happy with the answers.

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 28 Mar 2003 08:07 PST

Hi, this is what I found:

According to Alexa.com here are the traffic rankings for the Top 10
Shareware download sites and Top 10 Music Software Download(Windows)
Sites:

Top 10 Shareware Download Sites
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1. Tucows.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(tucows.com): 1,350
2.Downloads-zdnet.com.com 
Reach per million users/3 month average(com.com): 9.810
3. Simtel.net
Reach per million users/3 month average(simtel.net): 391
4.Majorgeeks.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(majorgeeks.com): 140
5. Jumbo.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(jumbo.com): 140
6. Shareware.cnet.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(cnet.com): 3,860
7. 5star-shareware.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(5star-shareware.com): 89.5
8.  Galttech.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(galttech.com): 128
9. Softpile.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(softpile.com): 115.5
10. Simplythebest.net/shareware.html
Reach per million users/3 month average(simplythebest.net): 87

Top 10 Sound and Music Shareware sites
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1. Winamp.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(simplythebest.net): 1,625
2. musicmatch.com/home 
Reach per million users/3 month average(musicmatch.com): 630
3. audiograbber.com-us.net
Reach per million users/3 month average(com-us.net): 15.5
4. noteworthysoftware.com/composer
Reach per million users/3 month average(noteworthysoftware.com): 8.75
5. gammadyne.com/jukebox.htm
Reach per million users/3 month average(gammadyne.com): 19.5
6. skyhawktech.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(skyhawktech.com): 5.9
7. mixmeister.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(mixmeister.com): 4.85
8.  litexmedia.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(litexmedia.com): 4.6
9. polyhedric.com/software
Reach per million users/3 month average(polyhedric.com): 2
10. digalo.com
Reach per million users/3 month average(digalo.com): 1.2

Search Strategy
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<Google Search> "traffic rankings"

Source
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Most Popular Shareware Directories
http://www.alexa.com/browse/general?catid=823454&mode=general
Most Popular Sound and Music Shareware Sites
http://www.alexa.com/browse/general?catid=5742&mode=general

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Clarification of Question by clickbutt-ga on 29 Mar 2003 04:18 PST

ok - that will work!
thanx
Upgraded price to $15...

Thank you for raising the price.
Greatly Appreciated.

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Clarification of Answer by googleexpert-ga on 29 Mar 2003 15:10 PST

I wanted to post the links again so they are clickable.  I hope that helps.
Top 10 Shareware Download Sites 
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1.) http://www.tucows.com 
2.) http://downloads-zdnet.com.com
3.) http://www.simtel.net 
4.) http://www.majorgeeks.com 
5.) http://www.jumbo.com 
6.) http://shareware.cnet.com 
7.) http://www.5star-shareware.com 
8.) http://www.galttech.com 
9.) http://www.softpile.com
10.) http://www.simplythebest.net/shareware.html


Top 10 Sound and Music Shareware sites 
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1.) http://www.winamp.com 
2.) http://musicmatch.com/home 
3.) http://audiograbber.com-us.net 
4.) http://noteworthysoftware.com/composer 
5.) http://gammadyne.com/jukebox.htm 
6.) http://skyhawktech.com 
7.) http://mixmeister.com 
8.) http://litexmedia.com 
9.) http://polyhedric.com/software 
10.) http://digalo.com