Originally Posted By Darkbeer I can't speak to LP finances, but the LP board is still popular based on web hits, here is the top 100 Disney (and park related) websites, based on the Quantcast.com traffic numbers. (Interesting to see the store is more popular than the information site)... Also, just bother to copy the first 100, the full list is at the link... <a href="http://www.micechat.com/forums/blog.php?b=169" target="_blank">http://www.micechat.com/forums /blog.php?b=169</a> >>The top Theme/Amusement Park websites Finally, a list I created in the last week or so. Somebody posted at MiceChat with a list that The Disney Portal website created. They haven't updated it in over 6 months, so I thought I would create an updated one, using just the traffic volume each website got, plus adding some websites that The Disney Portal didn't list. The list is in order, with the Disney/Theme/Amusement park site with the most volume listed first, then the overall ranking from the Quantcast website, and then the name of the Website. <a href="http://www.quantcast.com" target="_blank">http://www.quantcast.com</a> 1. 6,065 - WDWInfo 2. 10,740 - JimHillMedia 3. 18,811 - AllEarsNet 4. 19,068 - MousePlanet 5. 20,625 - MiceChat 6. 21,592 - MouseSavers 7. 27,208 - ThemeParkInsider 8. 28,256 - UltimateDisney 9. 28,599 - DisBoards 10. 30,287 - AllSeasTravel 11. 31,792 - LionKing 12. 35,302 - Intercot 13. 35,853 - Disney-ClipArt 14. 44,766 - The DisneyBlog 15. 46,117 - WDisneyW (UK) 16. 48,031 - ILoveDisney 17. 49,140 - Yesterland 18. 50,385 - DisneySites 19. 55,006 - KingdomMagicTravel 20. 57,342 - LaughingPlaceStore 21. 60,450 - LaughingPlace 22. 65,902 - JustDisney 23. 72,641 - WDWMagic 24. 73,888 - DisneyThemes 25. 77,692 - TinksNook 26. 78,402 - MuppetCentral 27. 86,601 - Mickey-Mouse 28. 88,902 - DizPins 29. 90,579 - MiceAge 30. 92,369 - DisneyMouseLinks 31. 95,009 - DisneyWorldTrivia 32. 95,684 - AffordableDisney 33. 95,841 - Screamscape 34. 98,622 - HiddenMickeys 35. 103,686 - OfficialTicketCenter 36. 104,425 - Passporter 37. 105,991 - DisneyFriends 38. 113,365 - DisneyFrontier 39. 116,549 - MouseMemories 40. 118,894 - Solarius 41. 135,975 - TheMouseforLess 42. 139,834 - TouringPlans 43. 147,691 - TalkDisney 44. 149,783 - MouseShoppe 45. 157,746 - SongoftheSouth 46. 158,135 - Disney2Go 47. 158,888 - DWInsider 48. 168,249 - MagicTrips 49. 172,703 - WDWVacations 50. 174,465 - LittleAriel 51. 178,857 - DisneyLies 52. 180,124 - StartedbyaMouse 53. 189,140 - ExploreTheMagic 54. 193,050 - FantasiesComeTrue 55. 195,633 - Guide2WDW 56. 198,343 - DisneyClubs 57. 201,722 - MickeyFriends 58. 205,103 - MouseFest 59. 205,230 - DisneyShorts 60. 210,067 - VisionsFanastic 61. 210,856 - WDisneyW 62. 218,671 - HundedAcreWoods 63. 221,129 - DisneyPix 64. 221,858 - DisneyDreamer 65. 224,007 - DarkbeerPhotos 66. 230,988 - WDWPlanner 67. 235,093 - MousePal 68. 236,772 - ReliveTheMagic 69. 251,970 - DoomBuggies 70. 254,392 - UpcomingPixar 71. 257,669 - DisneyExperience 72. 260,380 - SaveDisneyShows 73. 260,805 - MickeyNews 74. 266,858 - DisneylandReport 75. 272,295 - TourGuideMike 76. 273,671 - MouseandMore 77. 278,422 - MouseSurplus 78. 296,541 - DisneylandToday 79. 299,661 - AladdinCentral 80. 312,443 - DisneyZone 81. 318,060 - TheLittleMermaid 82. 321,531 - MouseInfo 83. 325,111 - DisneyGeek 84. 325,915 - DisneylandPostcards 85. 338,140 - MouseTyme 86. 349,264 - DisneySearch.net 87. 355,874 - DisneyAnimationArchive 88. 360,041 - AMSLiquidation 89. 374,649 - DLDHistory 90. 374,804 - MouseBuzz 91. 375,245 - KeeptotheCode 92. 375,884 - DLRPMagic 93. 380,622 - DisneyNut 94. 385,328 - DisneyWarehouse 95. 386,517 - PSCalculator 96. 388,372 - BuildaBetterMouseTrip 97. 394,372 - BuzzLightyear 98. 395,686 - WDWVacationPlanning 99. 405,537 - wdccDuckman 100. 411,243 - PhilSears <<
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Jim Hill is number two? There's no accounting for some things, I suppose.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Yes, I know, JHM ranking surprised me too, but those are the numbers, and I only used the Quantcast numbers, to prevent any type of bias for personal preference. There is a major bias, as this is how often you get visitors, so a website with a board will tend to get more traffic than a site like BlueSkyDisney or MiceAge, that tends to only have a few new articles a week. But it also looks like people like to shop and buy travel, based on some of the higher rated sites.....
Originally Posted By FerretAfros That means that he's number 2 from the bottom of the list of the top 100. I'm a little more concerned that DisneyLies is 51, since I'm not sure how many people who go there are savvy enough to pick up on the fact that it's all a satire. Hopefully the name isn't too sublte for them. It's a very interesting list, considering that I've never even heard of most of the ones that seem to be the most popular (but I guess I don't really search for travel info).
Originally Posted By FerretAfros After checking that again, it looks like I was mistaken. I guess a lot more people go to Jim Hill than I thought. It's also interesting to me that LP and the LP Store are listed as seperate things (I guess they do technically have different URLs and all that stuff), and that the store is ranked higher than the normal site.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x <<<What is wrong with the ones we have now? >>> Absolutely nothing!! We just need fresh meat, um..I mean, I love meeting new people! LOL LP just seems kind of slow lately, I hope that with new people, it can pick up!
Originally Posted By jonvn I started the Jim Hill site. Yay for me and Jim! I have nothing to do with it now though. But, can someone explain the numbers? Why are smaller numbers at the top?
Originally Posted By xrayvision Too bad. Although I am only registered and participate on LP, I enjoyed reading Mouseinfo from time to time. I enjoyed Michael's insights and ocassional nuggets of information he provided on the behind-the-scene projects happening at the Disney parks. Thanks Michael and Jenn for a great ride!
Originally Posted By Ursula I read it as the first number is the # rating of Disney sites (so, numbers 1-100). The second number is their overall rating altogether. (So the lower number is the highest ranking Disney site).
Originally Posted By TP2000 I'm confused why MiceAge and MiceChat are two separate websites. I thought they were all owned and operated by the same group. The LaughingPlace boards are not separate from LaughingPlace itself, nor is MousePlanet or Mouseinfo or JimHill broken into boards and site, etc. So why is MiceAge/MiceChat set up like that? What would that do to the rankings if you combined MiceAge and MiceChat together?
Originally Posted By Ursula ^ They probably have different addresses for each? (I'm just guessing here.)
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Jonvn figured it out, but to explain the Quantcast numbers to others. They have currently over 20 Million sites, and they rank them for the most popular and then downward. For example, the top sites are... 1. Yahoo 2. Google 3. AOL 4. eBay 5. Microsoft So they are going from the top to the bottom. But if you look at the Uniques (number of different folks visiting in the same month, Yahoo and Google have over 120 million folks each, while number 3, AOL, has less than 60 million, so there is a big jump between the top 2 and the rest. But it is basically, the more "uniques" (different people) your website gets, the LOWER the number you will have in their top list.
Originally Posted By Doobie Just for the record, I don't know how Quantcast gets their numbers, but I certainly know our own numbers and our store does not have nearly the numbers as our main site (which is as it should be and in contradiction to this listing). Doobie.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS <LP just seems kind of slow lately, I hope that with new people, it can pick up!> I don't understand this statement at all. What constitutes "slow"?
Originally Posted By Darkbeer As I understand the Quantcast numbers (once again, IMHO), it is based on the amount of "unique" visitors. So you might have a lot more bandwidth used on the main site, but if you get a few more folks to check out the store site, the store site would be rated higher, even though the average main board user would use much more bandwidth and visit much more often than the store visitor. It is really the amount of different visitors per month that makes you get rated higher.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer OK, from Quantcast... LP (General) >>This site reaches approximately 34,116 U.S. monthly uniques. The site caters to a fairly wealthy, slightly more female than male group.The typical visitor uses Trip Advisor, visits Michael's Stores, and shops at Barnes & Noble. << LP Store >>This site reaches approximately 38,232 U.S. monthly uniques.The typical visitor visits Collectibles Today, shops at PetSmart, and frequents neopets.com. << Some interesting "other" sites, eh?
