Hi GA Community,

I'm wondering about something today...

Is there any way of knowing  approximately how many people log onto
the GA site in a 24 hour period?
This would include both Researchers as well as questioners, browsers
and commenters.
Does anyone track this wonderful site for traffic?

Thank you kindly,

Steph53

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 25 Nov 2004 10:01 PST

Steph --

Are you familiar with the Alexa data?  That's probably the best public
indicator that any of us (including researchers) have.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

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Clarification of Question by steph53-ga on 25 Nov 2004 10:16 PST

Hi Omnivorous...

I'm not familiar with Alexa data...

Could you please explain it to me. Is it a programme or can I access
it from any computer??

Thanks,

Steph53

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Clarification of Question by steph53-ga on 25 Nov 2004 16:50 PST

Omnivorous...

The two links you gave me in your comment seem to apply to the whole google.com 
site and not to Google Answers itself....

Mabe I missed something?

Steph53

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 25 Nov 2004 17:59 PST

Steph --

They applied to Google Answers, unless your browser is getting different results.  

But in any event, go to the Alexa site independently and enter:
answers.google.com

Also, be aware that the parent domain receives so much more traffic
that it will dominate results.

Best regards,

O.

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Clarification of Question by steph53-ga on 25 Nov 2004 19:26 PST

Omnivorous...

I typed in answers.google.com and I still came up with what looks like
all the google sites :(

Sorry for being a pain in the a_s...for a cheapy $2 question :(

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=answers.google.com

Steph53

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Request for Question Clarification by omnivorous-ga on 25 Nov 2004 19:35 PST

Steph --

No apology needed; it was I who mis-read what data was being presented
on the Alexa site.

How's this for an alternative?
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/pubs/GoogleAnswers-011404.pdf

Best regards,

O.

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Clarification of Question by steph53-ga on 25 Nov 2004 20:45 PST

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! 

Omni!!!!!!

That does it for me.
Please post as an answer!

Thanks so much for bearing with me...

Steph53

Steph53 --

The referenced study was written by Benjamin Edelman, a PhD canddiate
in economics and a law student at Harvard.  So far as I know it was
never updated from this article:
"Earnings & Ratings at Google Answers," (Preliminary Draft, Jan. 14, 2004)
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/pubs/GoogleAnswers-011404.pdf

Edelman tries to treat a number of subjects using data from the open
service that you see here, including total revenues, revenues per
researcher, tipping behavior, spread of answers among researchers,
average time-to-answer, effect of experience on ratings.  There are
some possibilities for errors, since he was using publicly available
data and occasionally Answers get deleted for policy reasons or
because a customer requests it.

He also makes some mistakes on pay for Google Answers Researchers,
partly because he assumes that all revenues go to the Researcher and
partly because of difficulties in measuring amount of time spent on an
Answer.  But overall, it's a good analysis of the first 19 months of
this service.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA

Thanks bunches Omni...

This answers my question.
Its great to see that so many people from all over the world come here.
Regards,

Steph53

Great Question, Steph

BUT, Omni, does not Alexa data cost ... like an arm and a leg?

Steph --

As Probonopublico notes, you can get detailed information on website
traffic from Alexa.  You can also get some good summary statistics
about the most-popular sites presented in advertising terms (traffic
per million users, changes over time).  Here's the summary page for
Google Answers:
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/?url=answers.google.com

Here's more detail on GA:
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=answers.google.com

Happy Thanksgiving!

Omnivorous-GA

Hi Steph!

wow!  all those eyes on these pages, and now I'm getting stage fright!

thanks for your comments here and elsewhere tonight; who sez it's not a chat site?

will stay tuned,

ts