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Freerepublic.com's Internet Ranking Surpasses Salon's
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| February 3, 2003
| High Wheeler
Posted on 02/03/2003 5:56:26 PM PST by HighWheeler
For the first time ever, the Internet ranking of freerepublic.com has surpassed salon.com's Internet ranking. Their rankings crossed over each other Monday, February 3, 2003, with freerepublic's ranking at an all time high of 803 (meaning that freerepublic.com was the 803rd most popularly ranked website on the Internet on Monday) while salon.com dropped the same day to 1378, a full 575 websites difference between them.
The biggest Alexa monitored surge of freerepublic.com happened in the last 3 weeks, driving the conservative website from a very respectable ranking of just over 2000, all the way up to 803.
The Alexa generated graph below shows salon.com's graph (and this weeks decline) in communist red, and freerepublic.com's dramatic 3 weeks upsurge shown in Patriot Blue. The crossover is shown on the right side of the graph.
Freerepublic.com is, as they state, "an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web. We're working to roll back decades of governmental largesse, to root out political fraud and corruption, and to champion causes which further conservatism in America. And we always have fun doing it. Hoo-yah!" Members and regular visitors of Freerepublic call themselves "FReepers".
Salon.com is a publicly owned company that at one time in 1999 was on the NASDAQ at almost $15 per share. But since then, the stock and the company has suffered. Salon has been bleeding red in it's editorials and on its balance sheet since the beginning. In a tinge of irony, the stock now trades on what stockbrokers call the pink sheet for 5 cents a share. It appears that the attempt by Salon to merge Capitalism and Communism has not worked.
The sudden spike in popularity of Freerepublic cannot be fully explained, but the talk of ousting Saddam Hussein, the SOTU last week, and the Shuttle accident this weekend drove many people to Freerepublic. Even the Wall Street Journal recently browsed Freerepublic: over the weekend the WSJ mentioned that Freerepublic.com had scooped the Associated Press about the problems with Columbia by 11 minutes. By the way, the Associated Press's website, www.ap.org, was ranked only 1736 today on the Internet by Alexa.
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To: HighWheeler
OK, who figured out how to FReep Alexa?
To: Redbob
I just went to Michelle Malkin's website, and found this set of linked sites:
foxnews
jewish world review
stein report
american patrol
lucianne
drudge report
national review
townhall
fumento.com
instapundit
capitalism magazine
human events
acri
worldnet daily
opinion journal
vdare
Which one is missing, hmmmmmmmm?
To: HighWheeler
Yep, like that.
To: Inspectorette; meanie monster
Oh no! You've started talking about mooses while replying to someone talking about taking a shower at a very series moment!
Who has a link to a picture of some good cheese?
To: Tamsey
Welcome to FR.
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posted on
02/03/2003 8:16:35 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Rock with Celtic roots at http://www.sevennations.com)
To: ken in texas; Tamsey
I knew the cheese would show up, after the moose was brought in!
Welcome, Tam. I don't remember how the moose-an-cheese stuff showed up, but we're stuck with it...........FRegards
46
posted on
02/03/2003 8:20:40 PM PST
by
gonzo
( You can save the whales, so collect the whole set......)
To: HighWheeler
Not only did Free Republic get more hits than Salon.com, but our last fundraiser could buy them out several times over.
47
posted on
02/03/2003 8:22:30 PM PST
by
SamAdams76
('Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens')
To: SamAdams76
Great point, Sam. The more exposure FR gets, the more we grow and will continue to trounce any and all left wing websites. Ain't life grand?
48
posted on
02/03/2003 8:28:45 PM PST
by
demkicker
(I wanna kick some commie butt)
To: Bogey78O
I like their choice of verbs.
To: Inspectorette; gonzo; HighWheeler
Thanks for the welcomes... I am just so grateful to have found you all!
I've been a lonely, lonely conservative surrounded by liberals in every direction (live in Pennsylvania close to NYC). Hubby is conservative but not interested in politics...
I can live with the moose and cheese, no problem ;-)
50
posted on
02/03/2003 9:05:40 PM PST
by
Tamzee
(Bringing pillow and sleeping bag, moving in to Free Republic....)
To: Admin Moderator
Our salute to you Zot-meister, for the great work keeping the disruptors in check. Over the years, Jim sure has gathered a great FReeper Family.
Nam Vet
51
posted on
02/04/2003 1:50:55 AM PST
by
Nam Vet
(Rooting for 'Big Al Sharpton', Savior of the Dims. (America's Mugabe?))
To: HighWheeler
hey! Someone needs to Freep Malkin's email (nicely for a change)...From the pics I saw, she was having fun with the Freepers at CPAC. Why don't we ask her to link to us? I bet it could bump us up 50 spots.
To: Nick Danger
I think the antifreepers put up a link on their site...
53
posted on
02/04/2003 4:24:50 PM PST
by
Bob J
(Join the Free Republic Network! www.freerepublic.net)
To: Capitalism2003
I'm sure it's an oversite. Michelle was a guest on RadioFR just a month or so ago.
54
posted on
02/04/2003 4:26:30 PM PST
by
Bob J
(Join the Free Republic Network! www.freerepublic.net)
To: Tamsey
an island of class, intelligence and rational thought with simply fantastic people throughout. And wholesome, and good-looking, and now with the new, improved ZOT!
To: Bob J
LOL!
56
posted on
02/04/2003 4:37:44 PM PST
by
Nick Danger
(Heave la France)
To: Nick Danger
Go
here to see links. Just type in www.freerepublic.com (or any other) in the area indicated. Cool!
To: SamAdams76
"Not only did Free Republic get more hits than Salon.com, but our last fundraiser could buy them out several times over. " Cool idea! Kinda like the scientologists did to that anticult site! (Wish I could remember its name.)
To: realpatriot
WOW! What a cool site! Thanks!
To: HighWheeler
What is sad is to read the FreeRepublic comments. The Anti-freepers are so glued to their hatred of FR that they keep making comments. I figure it is the same fellow over and over.
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posted on
02/04/2003 5:42:28 PM PST
by
LowOiL
("And will you profane Me among My peopleā¦keeping people alive who should not live"EZEK13:19)
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