How Chess.com Is Ranked #1?

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So, as lot of people know, chess.com si the #1 chess internet online site on the world. But, why? Well today, im trying to know the answer: Why. 

On my opinion, I think it's #1 for the advertisements and for the recomended people that camed here. Did you know that more than 30% of chess.com players are from schools? Yea, lot of school blocking sites unlock chess.com. So people find it and play.

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I think he has a fair question deserving of an answer.

Yes most of the streamers and top players use this site, thats because it is the best platform. I looked at quite a few and though it was best myself at the time and still do.

The schools obviously feel the site is pretty well monitored and safe.

Personally I am very happy here.

 

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Derek-C-Goodwin wrote:

I think he has a fair question deserving of an answer.

Yes most of the streamers and top players use this site, thats because it is the best platform. I looked at quite a few and though it was best myself at the time and still do.

The schools obviously feel the site is pretty well monitored and safe.

Personally I am very happy here.

 

Yea. Same

 

Chess.com Is popular and never will lose it's players

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bolt48 wrote:
Derek-C-Goodwin wrote:

I think he has a fair question deserving of an answer.

Yes most of the streamers and top players use this site, thats because it is the best platform. I looked at quite a few and though it was best myself at the time and still do.

The schools obviously feel the site is pretty well monitored and safe.

Personally I am very happy here.

 

Yea. Same

 

Chess.com Is popular and never will lose it's players

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/why-chess-com-is-dying

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/chess-com-is-dying

lmao

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Its because the name is just chess.com and nothing else, people are more likely to search chess than lichess for example

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lichess looks pretty interesting. Lol beer.com who goes to that lol

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GOAT domain

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Its so weird when i go to that website, very strange beer.com

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Roadchessmaster12345 wrote:

The best thing about chess.com is the community, there is barely a community on lichess

Yea

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How is chess.com ranked #1? For many reasons, it was the first real chess multiplayer site of any worth on the internet, as such it grew to the vastest audience numbers. 

To illustrate, 

you hold a magnet (chess.com) to a ocean of iron filings. The number of filings are limited (aka the world population)

the first magnet on the scene draws in the most number of filings, assuming the magnetic powers of said magnet are limitless ( read "the capacity for chess.com to take in new members")

other magnets may ensure, like 24chess lichess, 3chess, etc, but the first magnet is now the biggest most popular one on the block.

ALSO

for existing iron filings to be redrawn to other magnets, the later magnets have to be bigger and more powerful than the chess.com magnet. which is near impossible, for the power of the first magnet, chess.com, grows as its audience number grows, like facebook. 

so the trick to be the best is to be the first on the block, apparantly.

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bolt48 skrev:

So, as lot of people know, chess.com si the #1 chess internet online site on the world. But, why? Well today, im trying to know the answer: Why. 

 

On my opinion, I think it's #1 for the advertisements and for the recomended people that camed here. Did you know that more than 30% of chess.com players are from schools? Yea, lot of school blocking sites unlock chess.com. So people find it and play.

How do you know it's 30%?

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JacobTanya wrote:

How is chess.com ranked #1? For many reasons, it was the first real chess multiplayer site of any worth on the internet, as such it grew to the vastest audience numbers. 

To illustrate, 

you hold a magnet (chess.com) to a ocean of iron filings. The number of filings are limited (aka the world population)

the first magnet on the scene draws in the most number of filings, assuming the magnetic powers of said magnet are limitless ( read "the capacity for chess.com to take in new members")

other magnets may ensure, like 24chess lichess, 3chess, etc, but the first magnet is now the biggest most popular one on the block.

ALSO

for existing iron filings to be redrawn to other magnets, the later magnets have to be bigger and more powerful than the chess.com magnet. which is near impossible, for the power of the first magnet, chess.com, grows as its audience number grows, like facebook. 

so the trick to be the best is to be the first on the block, apparantly.

Yea. Thats true. But how could it have the tecnology on the year it released?

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bolt48 wrote:

So, as lot of people know, chess.com si the #1 chess internet online site on the world. But, why? Well today, im trying to know the answer: Why. 

because they have "chess" in the domain name, I don't think it's that complicated. 

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bolt48 wrote:

So, as lot of people know, chess.com si the #1 chess internet online site on the world. But, why? Well today, im trying to know the answer: Why. 

 

On my opinion, I think it's #1 for the advertisements and for the recomended people that camed here. Did you know that more than 30% of chess.com players are from schools? Yea, lot of school blocking sites unlock chess.com. So people find it and play.

dawg why did you even post this

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bolt48 wrote:
JacobTanya wrote:

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so the trick to be the best is to be the first on the block, apparantly.

Yea. Thats true. But how could it have the technology on the year it released?

Just because it was made before 2015 doesn't mean people weren't doing things with the internet

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B1ZMARK wrote:
bolt48 wrote:

So, as lot of people know, chess.com si the #1 chess internet online site on the world. But, why? Well today, im trying to know the answer: Why. 

because they have "chess" in the domain name, I don't think it's that complicated. 

Yea. Lichess also has chess

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bolt48 wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
bolt48 wrote:

So, as lot of people know, chess.com si the #1 chess internet online site on the world. But, why? Well today, im trying to know the answer: Why. 

because they have "chess" in the domain name, I don't think it's that complicated. 

Yea. Lichess also has chess

Yes but chess.com has the better, simpler domain name

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Tedwaed wrote:
bolt48 wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:
bolt48 wrote:

So, as lot of people know, chess.com si the #1 chess internet online site on the world. But, why? Well today, im trying to know the answer: Why. 

because they have "chess" in the domain name, I don't think it's that complicated. 

Yea. Lichess also has chess

Yes but chess.com has the better, simpler domain name

Yea i Know it has better. If you search chess sites, look:

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TheNameofNames wrote:

Its because the name is just chess.com and nothing else, people are more likely to search chess than lichess for example

It's not just the name.  The current owners bought the domain out of a bankruptcy auction in 2005.

The prior owners also were selling a product called Chess Mentor.

They were evidently unsuccessful.

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just local marketing, advertising, players, events, and cool features which make us all love it for the most part cause there are still haters lurking i see but then again i am kinda just neutral