Comments on: Determining Website Traffic Tool Review: Compete.com

By: re: The Big Spill and Enviro Web Traffic | EnviroKnow

re: The Big Spill and Enviro Web Traffic | EnviroKnow — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:32:06 +0000

[...] and installed their toolbar, their traffic data consistently skews geek. As Social Media Explorer explains, â€œThe sample also includes Compete toolbar users: People who have gone through the trouble of [...]

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:05:15 +0000

Google Anayltics has my key site increasing a bit through the last 12 months. Compete has it decling dramatically in the last three months.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:05:15 +0000

Google Anayltics has my key site increasing a bit through the last 12 months. Compete has it decling dramatically in the last three months.

By: eledger

eledger — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:41:27 +0000

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I brought this to the attention of management who was rude & defensive. The agent who responded had more of a desire exercise his ego than to address the issues and have the problem resolved. No refund was offered despite my attempt to cancel within approximately one hour of opening the the account.

WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND http://WWW.COMPETE.COM TO ANYONE. We intend to spread the word about poorly run companies like http://www.compete.com and praise those companies which provide excellent service such as http://www.getclicky.com. For more information regarding our opinion about http://www.compete.com please contact me at 800-300-0001.

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By: JasonFalls

JasonFalls — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:12:41 +0000

Thanks, Ben. Good to get some real examples!

By: Benjamin Berkowitz

Benjamin Berkowitz — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:33:37 +0000

Compete has been about 5-10% shy on SeeClickFix.com but very very close to our analytics numbers.
Compete counts our widget hits which alexa definitely does not.

I'll check out quantcast and let you know.

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By: winter123

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By: JasonFalls

JasonFalls — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:22:53 +0000

Thanks for this Gary. The problem with Compete and Alexa (and
Quantcast for those who don't embed their code) is they predict what
they think a website's traffic might be based on extrapolating data
from a variety of sources. This is the key problem I've always had
with predictive audience equations. They're guesses ... even educated
ones ... but inherently flawed. I doubt you could sue ... I'm sure
there's something in the fine print that says they aren't responsible
for bad numbers ... but you certainly raise a great point about how
reliable they are.

Thanks for sharing your numbers and perspective.

By: garygranneman

garygranneman — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:13:50 +0000

Compete.com reported that schoolofmusic.com had only 179 visits in September 09. We monitor visits, and our software determines IP addresses, city, state, country, OS, date and time of visit, and more. This is not some fantasy. We counted over 3,000 unique visits. Since we are localized the difference in the numbers is significant in our relationships with others. Quantcast, which monitors our site, showed 2300 visits in the last 30 days. All I get from compete.com is an explanation of their, obviously flawed methodology. We had more hits reported on Google Maps alone than Compete shows. Is there really a point in using them for anything? I am thinking that a class action lawsuit might be appropriate if anyone important actually believes their numbers.

By: ladybird1005

ladybird1005 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:42:47 +0000

Iâ€™ve found another site valuation tool and it seems to provide competitive analysis for free. I'm talking about
www.estimix.com .