http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/chess.com#trafficstats
Make Your Guess About Chess.com's Visitor Statistics!
Sort:
Feb 13, 2010
0
#22
Just surfing the web... I have found the first time that chess.com was named like that... do you remember this Erik?
http://web.archive.org/web/20050728134528/http://www.chess.com/ (July 28, 2005)
and the last day named chessmentor... :)
http://web.archive.org/web/20050727083714/http://www.chess.com/
but of course... the very first day with a chess.com logo... :)
http://web.archive.org/web/20050817071847/http://www.chess.com/ (August 8, 2005)
Figured I may as well take a stab at it:
- 75,000
- 4%
- 27 minutes
- 3%
- 19
- http://www.chess.com/home/ , http://www.chess.com and http://www.chess.com/echess/myhome.html
- facebook and twitter
- US, India, UK, Canada, Philippines, Australia, Egypt, Malaysia, Brazil, Turkey
Feb 13, 2010
0
#26
erik wrote:
OK. Let's have a little trivia here :)
I'm going to ask you a few questions, and we'll see who gets the closest to the right answers. Maybe I'll give out a few prizes...
Note: For all questions below, we are EXCLUDING Facebook, iGoogle, and iPhone traffic. This is only main Chess.com traffic, and numbers are gathered using Google Analytics.
#1 - How many UNIQUE daily visits did Chess.com get in January (example: 500 or 56,500,000)? 75000
#2 - What % of people "bounce" from the Chess.com homepage (meaning, come, see the homepage, and just exit or go back - ex. 1.2% or 75.4%)?25%
#3 - How long does the average person stay on Chess.com in minutes (example: 1 min 18 sec or 72 minutes 30 sec)? 5min 22
#4 - By what % did Chess.com grow in visits over the last 30 days (example: 2.4%, or 20.5%, or...)? 2.8%
#5 - How many pages does the average visitor see (example: 1.3 or 75.8)? 13
#6 - What are the top 3 visited URLs (pages) on Chess.com (in order!) (example: play/iphone.html)? online cchess, home, live chess
#7 - Which two sites, aside from email programs and search engines, send the most traffic to Chess.com (example: blah.com)?
facebook, google
#8 - Which are the top 10 countries in terms of visits to Chess.com (in order!)? USA, India, UK, Canada, Phillipenes, Australia, Egypt, Malaysia, England, Brazil. If England is counted as UK, then 9th would be Brazil and 10th would be Turkey
There you have it. Make your guesses! I'll check back in a few days and give out some rewards based on the closest guesses.
Have fun speculating!!
My answers are in the quote, with bold answers
1. 6,000,000
2. 34%
3. 3 hours
4. 1.75%
5. 14
http://www.chess.com/livechess/myhome.html
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/daily-puzzles/2142010---decoy-for-the-win
7. Facebook, tribalfusion
8. USA, UK, India, Philippines, Australia, Malaysia, Romania, Russia, Brazil, Canada
OK. Let's have a little trivia here :)
I'm going to ask you a few questions, and we'll see who gets the closest to the right answers. Maybe I'll give out a few prizes...
Note: For all questions below, we are EXCLUDING Facebook, iGoogle, and iPhone traffic. This is only main Chess.com traffic, and numbers are gathered using Google Analytics.
#1 - How many UNIQUE daily visits did Chess.com get in January (example: 500 or 56,500,000)? 50,000
#2 - What % of people "bounce" from the Chess.com homepage (meaning, come, see the homepage, and just exit or go back - ex. 1.2% or 75.4%)? 1.67%
#3 - How long does the average person stay on Chess.com in minutes (example: 1 min 18 sec or 72 minutes 30 sec)? 25min. 10sec.
#4 - By what % did Chess.com grow in visits over the last 30 days (example: 2.4%, or 20.5%, or...)? 1.5%
#5 - How many pages does the average visitor see (example: 1.3 or 75.8)? 21
#6 - What are the top 3 visited URLs (pages) on Chess.com (in order!) (example: play/iphone.html)? http://www.chess.com/, http://www.chess.com/livechess/myhome.html, http://www.chess.com/echess/myhome.html
#7 - Which two sites, aside from email programs and search engines, send the most traffic to Chess.com (example: blah.com)?
www.facebook.com, www.twitter.com
#8 - Which are the top 10 countries in terms of visits to Chess.com (in order!)? USA, India, UK, Canada, Germany, Armenia, Spain, Indonesia, The Netherlands, Australia, Canada
There you have it. Make your guesses! I'll check back in a few days and give out some rewards based on the closest guesses.
Have fun speculating!!
P.S:
Average Load Time for Chess.com
Very Slow (5.743 Seconds), 85% of sites are faster.
Feb 14, 2010
0
#30
Pure guesses
#1 250,000
#2 43%
#3 6 min 34 secs
#4 3.90%
#5 4.7
#6 http://www.chess.com/
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/daily-puzzles/
http://support.chess.com/
#7 digg.com
reddit.com
#8 United States
India
United Kingdom
Canada
Philippines
Australia
Egypt
Malaysia
Brazil
Turkey
#1: 12,000 a day
#2: 18.9%
#3: 18 minutes, 22 seconds
#4: -1%
#5: 11.8
#6: www.chess.com (homepage), live.chess.com (live chess), support.chess.com (support)
#7: google.com and facebook.com (assuming facebook is allowed)
#8: In order: United States, India, United Kingdom, Germany, Armenia, Spain, Indonesia, Netherlands, Australia, Canada
*Crosses fingers*
(Count me out for potential prizes...)
...
There you have it. Make your guesses! I'll check back in a few days and give out some rewards based on the closest guesses.
Have fun speculating!!
P.S:
Average Load Time for Chess.com Very Slow (5.743 Seconds), 85% of sites are faster.Become a Premium Member and the pages load more like in a second than in 5.8 seconds.
1. 800 000
2. 6 %
3. 13 min
4. 1.6
5. 4.2
6. chess.com - chess.com/home - chess.com/myonlinechess
7. facebook yahoo
8. USA india UK Canada Phillipines Australia Egypt Malaysia Brazil Turkey
Funny quiz :P
awesmond wrote:
@RetGuvvie98... England isn't a country. Its sorta like a state of the United Kingdom. England is to the United Kingdom as Texas is to the USA. As is Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Just thought I'd let you know...
Do we get a membership if we win?
I think you will find England IS a country
erik wrote:
Twitter
OK. Let's have a little trivia here :)
I'm going to ask you a few questions, and we'll see who gets the closest to the right answers. Maybe I'll give out a few prizes...
Note: For all questions below, we are EXCLUDING Facebook, iGoogle, and iPhone traffic. This is only main Chess.com traffic, and numbers are gathered using Google Analytics.
#1 - How many UNIQUE daily visits did Chess.com get in January (example: 500 or 56,500,000)?
70,000
#2 - What % of people "bounce" from the Chess.com homepage (meaning, come, see the homepage, and just exit or go back - ex. 1.2% or 75.4%)?
55%
#3 - How long does the average person stay on Chess.com in minutes (example: 1 min 18 sec or 72 minutes 30 sec)?
10 mins 10 secs
#4 - By what % did Chess.com grow in visits over the last 30 days (example: 2.4%, or 20.5%, or...)?
3%
#5 - How many pages does the average visitor see (example: 1.3 or 75.8)?
2.4
#6 - What are the top 3 visited URLs (pages) on Chess.com (in order!) (example: play/iphone.html)?
http://www.chess.com/play/computer.html
#7 - Which two sites, aside from email programs and search engines, send the most traffic to Chess.com (example: blah.com)?
MySpace
#8 - Which are the top 10 countries in terms of visits to Chess.com (in order!)?
USA, UK, India, Australia, Russia, Canada, Germany, Indonesia, Netherlands, France
There you have it. Make your guesses! I'll check back in a few days and give out some rewards based on the closest guesses.
Have fun speculating!!
Here are my guesses in RED
cclynes wrote:
awesmond wrote:
@RetGuvvie98... England isn't a country. Its sorta like a state of the United Kingdom. England is to the United Kingdom as Texas is to the USA. As is Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Just thought I'd let you know...
Do we get a membership if we win?
I think you will find England IS a country
I think someone should check your geography teachers credentials young man.
In the age of technology, you can easily google something before you speak so you don't sound stupid (not calling anyone stupid btw).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England
its a part of a country
#1 - How many UNIQUE daily visits did Chess.com get in January (example: 500 or 56,500,000)? 94,500
#2 - What % of people "bounce" from the Chess.com homepage (meaning, come, see the homepage, and just exit or go back - ex. 1.2% or 75.4%)? 20%
#3 - How long does the average person stay on Chess.com in minutes (example: 1 min 18 sec or 72 minutes 30 sec)? 40
#4 - By what % did Chess.com grow in visits over the last 30 days (example: 2.4%, or 20.5%, or...)? 7.5%
#5 - How many pages does the average visitor see (example: 1.3 or 75.8)? 17.9
#6 - What are the top 3 visited URLs (pages) on Chess.com (in order!) (example: play/iphone.html)?
#7 - Which two sites, aside from email programs and search engines, send the most traffic to Chess.com (example: blah.com)? Facebook & Yahoo
#8 - Which are the top 10 countries in terms of visits to Chess.com (in order!)? USA, India, Indonesia, Phillipines, Russia, Balkans, Mexico, Australia, Germany, Sweden,
I got a kick out of 6) Un Jamon.
I can't remember whether that's Spanish for "a ham" or "a soap", but I don't think it really matters. I also liked that your examples were sometimes interpreted as multiple choice questions!