Website Research

[madl]

Hi

I'm thinking of starting up a website and would like to know the popularity of other similar websites - is there a site i can go to that will evaluate how many users, when, where they use/are from etc etc for a particular site OR do i need to own that site to get that kind of information??

Thanks for your help

[LeeU]

Usually those stats are protected by the Web sites. As to popularity, that can be checked through the search engines, forums, blogs, and other sites. You just need to do a bit of research. It also depends on the type of site you are going to have.

[madl]

So if a website claims to hav x thousand hits per week, is it possible to prove this independantly?

[LeeU]

Not really, as those stats would be in their logs, which are (generally) not available to the public.

[madl]

Thanks - I appreciate your response

[WebJoel]

Yeah, -I'm usually suspicious of a mediocre site that claims to have x-thousand hits per day... I figure it's like opening some new account and you get a few thousand AirMiles points for your trouble... :p