Posted on 03/07/2007 6:57:43 PM PST by Bob J
I have diligently watched the rise in size and influence of conservative websites, including Free Republic, over the last 7-8 years. I have been shocked and concerned over the drop in traffic at the most popular ones over the last year or so. There was good growth up until 2006 but since then there has been a steady downtrend that would crash any other market.
Anyone have any ideas as to what is happening? I'm out of explanations. The deficiencies in alexa.com are noted, but even if the numbers aren't accurate you're still comparing off numbers to off numbers so the decline is consistent.
DrudgeReport isn't "conservative", but it's fairly unbiased in general, which is just what most of us want.
Drudge and FoxNews may be drawing traffic away from us.
I thought I was the only person that felt that way! I'm unhappy with the way America is right now, our founding fathers wouldn't even recognize their country now. The really sad thing is we are the best place - the rest of the world REALLY sucks!
Actually we have three ... if you just count the backend! ;-)
Every time I run Spybot Alexa gets cut-off. In fact, I think the latest memory-resident spybot keeps the cookie out.
With the rise of spyware many more people are taking measures to keep it out.
The point is, Alexa may not be giving an accurate reading of how many people are on this site.
Conservatives spend more time nowadays "eating their own" rather than concentrating on the principles that drive us together. I heard today the Mike Savage says Bush is "worst" President ever.... the guy sounds like a raging dem. We are becoming the same fragmented mess the dems have become. Everyone seems to have their own agenda and priorities and damning those that don't have those priorities. Our conservative "leaders" have become self serving, and refuse to unite. We elected one leader, its ashame we can't follow his lead.
"This is not valid logic. Wrong data compared to wrong data can only produce a wrong conclusion."
Not true, it depends on what information you are looking at. Let me use the thermometer example. You got a good one that reads 70 degrees duringthe day than drops to 65 degrees at night. Then you got bad one that is off by 10 degrees. It may read 60 degrees and drop to 55 on the same night as the good one, but they both accurately recorded the 5 degrees drop.
Trolls that were pretending to be outraged conservatives ???
That's rich, the two states that are head long into selling their highways to middle eastern oil investors are going to be your hope. :)
I'm sure the bitchy Giuliani hags ragging on real conservatives who don't support pro-abortion, anti-gun candidates have something to do with it.
I'm sorry to say there's some real truth in that. I think the Senate is corrupt, and the founding fathers would be chagrined to see what a club it has become.
It's not the numbers, it's the drop. If you Alexa didn't see you last year it also didn't see you this year. Whatever the deficiencies of the ALexa system and even if the hard numbers are wrong, the drop may be pretty accurate.
I think most of us use to be very excited about being conservatives...
We showed up in strong numbers to elect Republicans, etc...but in all honesty- those elected did not deliver.
Now you have people who feel used and angry - just throwing in the towel. You also have the fact that we fight amongst each other constantly.
But for the most part, I think those of us most passionate feel like we joined a great cause, and are now marching int he parade all by ourselves....
The spending and gov't growth were hard to swallow- but the outright PC way the war has been fought and the border issues have really hit us hard.
2/3 of Dem voters are angry with their leadership for being too liberal.
2/3 of Repub voters are angry with their leadership for being too liberal..
but somehow- the nation keeps moving left...very discouraging.....
just some thoughts, anyway....
Two words, George Bush. He's not a conservative, out of control spending and the war in Iraq, lack of immigration control.
I might add that I come from a very strong Republican area and I have yet to meet someone who likes Jorge. All our local positions were run as Republicans and run unopposed, yet there is a strong anti-Bush feeling in our area. He's not done well here in the midwest and I think it carrys over into the conservative genre.
We need a strong conservative for President, no more compassionate conservative types.
The right wing seems to have disappeared in the U.S...
Civil War brewing?.. Maybe ... somethings up..
Political Burnout. Happened when Clinton was elected - if I recall.
The troops will come back around.
Did you check similar stats on the lefties?
If this is true,the more important question,for the Republican Party, is,where are they going?
Yep, that too.
I don't suppose it could possibly be the increase in gratuitous insults. No, that's too simple an explanation.
things havent exactly been wonderful for our side since the Iraq MESS
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