Best Alexa ranking site?

[PR Design]

This is an odd one, but I've turned it into a personal goal to find out. Google has an Alexa rank of 2 but which site has a rank of 1?! I've tried all sorts! What is Alexa's #1? See if you can work it out.
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EDIT: It's Yahoo! That's a surprise to me.

[lolly]

Yahoo is usually one

[Toon]

Originally Posted by PR Design

It's Yahoo! That's a surprise to me.

Why are you surprised?

[PR Design]

Well no one I know uses Yahoo! for anything, so I s'pose it's just the fact that I never come into contact with it that makes it surprising.

[Toon]

• Yahoo! 360°

Yahoo! 360° is a social networking site and blog host. Since its launch on 29 March 2005, it has gained over 2 million members. It was invite-only until 24 June 2005, and is currently available only to users above 13.

• Yahoo! Advertising

A combination of advertising services owned by Yahoo!.

• Yahoo! Answers –

Yahoo! Answers is a service that allows users to ask and answer questions other users post. It competes with Ask MetaFilter. Yahoo! Answers uses a points system whereby points are awarded for asking and answering questions, and deducted for deleting a question or answer, or getting reported.

• Yahoo! Assistant

Yahoo! Assistant is a browser helper object for Internet Explorer. It was developed by Beijing 3721 Technology and originally called 3721 Internet Assistant, but was renamed Yahoo! Assistant after Yahoo! acquired Beijing 3721 Technology. Yahoo! Assistant blocks pop-ups and removes Internet history information. However, it is regarded as spyware or malware by Microsoft AntiSpyware, Panda AntiVirus and similar security programs.

• Yahoo! Briefcase

Yahoo! Briefcase is a free file hosting service.

• Yahoo! Buzz Log –

Yahoo! Buzz Log tracks and analyses trends in searches made through Yahoo! Search, and is updated weekly. It is similar to Google Zeitgeist, which tracks trends in searches made on Google search.

• Yahoo! Developer Network

Yahoo! Developer Network offers resources for software developers which use Yahoo! technologies and Web services.

• Yahoo! Directory

Yahoo! was first formed as a web directory of web sites, organized into a hierarchy of categories and subcategories, which became the Yahoo! Directory. Once a human-compiled directory, Yahoo! Directory now offers two methods of inclusion: Standard, which is free and only available for non-commercial categories, and Express, which charges over US$300 for a quick inclusion in the directory.

• Yahoo! Finance

Yahoo! Finance offers financial information, including stock quotes and stock exchange rates.

• Yahoo! Gallery

Yahoo! Gallery is a directory of applications built by third-party developers using Yahoo! technologies.

• Yahoo! Games

Yahoo! Games allows users to play games, such as chess, billards, checkers and backgammon, against each other. Users can join one of various rooms and find players in these rooms to play with. Most of the games are Java applets, although some require the user to download the game, and some games are single-player. Yahoo! acquired a one person effort called ClassicGames.com in 1997, which became Yahoo! Games. [citation needed]

• Yahoo! Geocities

Yahoo! GeoCities is a web hosting service which offers 15 MB of web space. It was formed in late 1994 as Beverly Hills Internet and allowed users to select a "city" to place their site in, based on the site's content. It was purchased by Yahoo! in 1999. Yahoo! implemented changes which proved unpopular with users, such as changing the Terms of Service, introducing advertisements on GeoCities pages and introducing a premium hosting service.

• Yahoo! Groups – mailing lists,

Yahoo! Groups is a free groups and mailing list service which competes with Google Groups. It was formed when Yahoo! acquired eGroups in August 2000. Groups are sorted in categories similar to the Yahoo! Directory. Yahoo! Groups also offers other features such as a photographic album, file storage and a calendar.

• Yahoo! HotJobs

Yahoo! HotJobs provides tools and advice to job seekers.

• Yahoo! Local

Find local businesses and services and view the results on a map. Refine and sort results by distance, topic, or other factors. Read ratings and reviews. Uses hCalendar and hCard microformats, so that event and contact details can be downloaded directly into calendar and address-book applications.

• Yahoo! Mail web-based email,

Yahoo! acquired Four11 on 8 October 1997, and its webmail service Rocketmail became Yahoo! Mail. Since Google released Gmail on 1 April 2004, Yahoo! Mail has made several improvements to keep ahead of the competition, which also includes MSN Hotmail and AIM Mail. Yahoo! Mail offers 1 GB of storage for free members and 2 GB of storage for Yahoo! Mail Plus subscribers. On 9 July 2004, Yahoo! acquired an e-mail provider named Oddpost and used its technology to create Yahoo! Mail Beta, which uses Ajax to mimic the look and feel of an e-mail cilent.

• Yahoo! Maps

Yahoo! Maps offers driving directions and traffic.

• Yahoo! Messenger

Yahoo! Messenger is an instant messaging service first released on 21 July 1999, which competes with AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ and QQ. It offers several unique features, such as IMvironments, custom status messages, and custom avatars. On 13 October 2005, Yahoo! announced that Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger would become interoperable.

• Yahoo! Mobile

Yahoo! Mobile is a mobile website used predominantly in the UK. It offers mobile downloads such as ringtones.

• Yahoo! Movies

Yahoo! Movies offers showtimes, movie trailers, movie information, gossip, and others.

• Yahoo! Music

Yaho! Music offers music videos and internet radio (LAUNCHcast), a for-fee service known as Yahoo! Music Unlimited, and the Yahoo! Music Engine.

• Yahoo! News news updates and top stories at Yahoo! News, including world, national, business, entertainment, sports, weather, technology, and weird news.
• Yahoo! OMG

OMG is a Yahoo! Entertainment online tabloid with most content provided by Access Hollywood and X17.

• Yahoo! Personals –

Yahoo! Personals is an online dating service with both free and paid versions. However, the free service is limited, as only paying users can contact users they meet through Yahoo! Personals and exchange contact information.

• Yahoo! Photos –

Yahoo! Photos is a photo sharing service similar to Flickr, which Yahoo! acquired. Users have unlimited storage, but only JPG photographs are allowed. Users can categorize and upload their photographs to albums they have created. Users can set various access levels for albums, ranging from public to private. Yahoo! Photos is closing in 2007. Photos can be moved with other photo hosts, including Flickr.

• Yahoo! Pipes –

Yahoo Pipes is a free RSS mashup visual editor and hosting service.

• Yahoo! Podcasts –

Yahoo! Podcasts is a beta service that allows users to search for and view podcasts.

• Yahoo! Publisher Network – advertising network,

Yahoo! Publisher Network is an advertising program, which is currently in beta and only accepts US publishers.

• Yahoo! Real Estate –

Yahoo! Real Estate offers real estate-related information and allows users to find rentals, mew houses, real estate agents, mortgages and more.

• Yahoo! Search

Yahoo! Search is a search engine which competes with MSN Search and market leader Google. Yahoo! relied on Google results from 26 June 2000 to 18 February 2004, but returned to using its own technology after acquiring Inktomi and Overture (which owned AlltheWeb and AltaVista). Yahoo! Search uses a crawler named Yahoo! Slurp.

• Yahoo! Search Marketing (Overture)

Yahoo! Search Marketing is based on Overture, which Yahoo! acquired. The service is the pioneer of pay-based inclusion in search engines, and also delivers targeted ads similar to Google AdSense.

• Yahoo! Shopping

Yahoo! Shopping is which competes with eBay and Amazon. It allows users to search for, compare and buy products online.

• Yahoo! Small Business

Yahoo! Small Business offers web hosting, domain names and e-commerce services for small businesses.

• Yahoo! Sports

Yahoo! Sports offers sports news, including scores, statistics, and fixtures. It includes a "fantasy team" game.

• Yahoo! Tech

Yahoo! Tech offers reviews and advice for buying and using electronics.

• Yahoo! Telemundo

A Spanish service of Yahoo! affiliated with The Telemundo Network (Owned by NBC Universal)

• Yahoo! Travel

Yahoo! Travel offers travel guides, booking and reservation services.

• Yahoo! TV

Yahoo! TV offers TV listings and scheduled recordings on Tivo box remotely.

• Yahoo! Video – Video sharing site

Yahoo! Video is a video sharing site.

• Yahoo! Widgets

Yahoo! Widgets is a cross-platform desktop widget runtime environment. It used to be a widget program called Konfabulator for Mac OS X until Yahoo! bought it.

• Yahoo! Kids

Yahoo! Kids is a children's version of the Yahoo! portal. It also offers some online safety tips.

• Bix

Bix is a contest website acquired by Yahoo!.

• Kelkoo

Kelkoo is a shopping search engine which operates in 10 European countries. It was acquired by Yahoo! in 2004.

• del.icio.us – popular social bookmarking site,

del.icio.us is a social bookmarking website which allows users to store and share bookmarks online. Yahoo! bought it on 9 December 2005.

• blo.gs – a directory of recently updated weblogs,

blo.gs is a directory of recently updated weblogs, purchased by Yahoo! in June 2005.

• Dialpad

Dialpad is a phone company. Now Yahoo! Voice.

• Flickr

Flickr is a popular photo sharing service which Yahoo! purchased on 29 March 2005.

• upcoming.org

upcoming.org is a social event calendar which Yahoo! acquired on 5 October 2005.I use at least 10 of those.

[PR Design]

Wow, I had no idea they did all that! lol

[Toon]

They don't always put their name to everything, also remember just because web people use google, there's a high percentage of 13-18 year old users who use yahoo home page and search because it focusses on entertainment, music stars films etc. Also yahoo messenger was the top dog when the chat room boom came about and alot of people never switched to a new one.

[conspire]

The New Alexa Rankings

We've been working hard behind the scenes for several months and are excited to announce that our new Alexa Rankings system is available.
When Alexa began displaying rankings in 1998 it was with the goal of showing Alexa Toolbar users how popular any given site was within the Alexa community. We generated the rankings through an analysis of Internet usage by people who use the Alexa Toolbar. Since that time we've been delighted to see that the Alexa Rankings have become a yardstick by which website popularity is measured. We are grateful to the thousands of people who come to Alexa.com each day to check the Alexa Rankings.
In recent months we've heard from our Alexa users that understanding Internet usage beyond Alexa Toolbar users was increasingly of interest. Ask and you shall receive!



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