[quiteshirty.com]

does anyone know how to find out how much traffic certain websites have? for example uniques a day/month? thanks
joe

[yuppie]

if you are talking about other's websites, then I think such info is available to the owner only

[zoobie]

Try to check out Alexa Ranking.

[quiteshirty.com]

thanks!

joe

[greggomatic76]

Alexa gives you an OK idea but their traffic information and ranking comes from visitors to a specific site who have downloaded and are using the Alexa toolbar. Business and Internet Marketing sites are always going to be ranked higher because most visitors use that toolbar while pet shops and ballet sites are going to be ranked super low because those markets don't use or need the Alexa toolbar. So alexa is good to use to get a general idea of traffic but is not 100% accurate.

[AnneHamptom]

You are correct that Alexa gets its rankings data from browsers that have the Alexa toolbar installed. That's a fairly small sampling, as well as a skewed one, as many Web-savvy individuals feel that having the toolbar is akin to having spyware on your system. Because of this, any info you get from Alexa needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

[vishenda]

It definitely doesn't measure the true popularity of a site, but can give you some idea if people with the Alexa toolbar installed are visiting your site. I have to admit that I like the comparison feature at the Alexa site where you can stack up a few different URLs in related markets and compare their traffic. I don't put much stock in the actual numbers, but it is very interesting to see how much higher or lower sites are on the chart in comparison to one another.

[The Stealthy One]

Moved to correct section.