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Miscellaneous => The Water Cooler -- General Discussions => Topic started by: DDGator on January 06, 2005, 01:01:48 AM

Title: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: DDGator on January 06, 2005, 01:01:48 AM
I know this is kind of a stupid thing, but I signed us up with the Top Sites Outdoor Network, which has a list of the top 100 gun-related sites, based upon traffic and volume.

You can see the list by clicking the banner at the bottom of each page.  When we crack the top 100, it will display our current ranking number.  There are some small sites in the top 100, so it will be interesting to see if we can break in!

Sites are ranked based upon the number of unique IP visits per day, and the number of banner clicks (with unique IP addresses) from our site each day.  So try to click over once a day if you think about it -- multiple clicks from the same person won't count, so don't bother.

Rankings are based upon a four day average (not including the current day), so we won't make the list for 5 days for sure -- even assuming we have enough volume to break in.

Anyway -- it should be interesting to see what happens!  ;D

Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: 9mil.mouse on January 06, 2005, 01:22:07 PM
Cool!  :D  If we visit more than once a day, does that count extra?  When I think of it, I usually check in the AM, and then again at night, just to see what interesting things have been posted recently.   ;D  
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: Brenden on January 07, 2005, 07:16:48 PM
Silly question??

Do we have to log in for this to "take" and be counted??

Just wondering as I do not always log in when I visit?

Thanks,
Brenden
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: R9SCarry on January 07, 2005, 07:37:39 PM
Brenden - I would say yes ... as without that the IP logging probably would not occur ... tho Duane will know this way better than me.  

Otherwise, stat's would be entirely based just on ''views'' which would not record IP's... and not really give an accurate picture of actual member activity.
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: DDGator on January 08, 2005, 02:58:45 PM
Visiting more than once per day doesn't count -- it tracks unique IP addresses each day.  I don't know if you need to be logged in or not...  I sure doesn't hurt!  ;D

In our first ranking, I see we are number 87!  Not bad.
However, all the sites behind us are places I never heard of for the most part!
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: Brenden on January 09, 2005, 05:45:57 PM
# 78 as of 4:45 PM.... 8)
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: R9SCarry on January 09, 2005, 09:03:34 PM
So - what is the link??  Can't see it written up.
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: DDGator on January 09, 2005, 09:51:43 PM
We are down to 71 and falling!  You can find out more about the site and see the other rankings by clicking on the box at the bottom of each page.

Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: R9SCarry on January 09, 2005, 10:20:27 PM
Help!  So what is the link - couldn't find it thru a web search!
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: Brenden on January 09, 2005, 11:36:22 PM
All the way to the bottom of this page... :)

The way I understand it too is that if each of us click on the Banner each day that the site may get extra attention too.. ;D
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: R9SCarry on January 10, 2005, 12:34:59 AM
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[size=13]All the way to the bottom of this page...[/size]

Darn Brenden .. I must be mega thick ... but -- bottom of page??  URL: for this top 100 site?  I am seeing zilch, sorry!  Warning ... I can be extraordinarily thick! :D
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: DDGator on January 10, 2005, 10:29:34 AM
The little grey square with white and yellow text at the bottom of each page with our ranking -- just click on it and it will link you to the Top 100 Website.

Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: R9SCarry on January 10, 2005, 11:32:27 AM
Duane, I think on reflection this could be cos of my firewall settings .. getting rid of ad's ... and at times it sees non-ads as ad's!!  I have not put it to test but certainly - I don't see this lil' square.  Do me a favor (someone) and copy the link it contains and post that for me. TIA. :)
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: DDGator on January 10, 2005, 11:40:43 AM
Interesting.... Chris, I didn't think you were THAT dense...  ;D

http://www.hitsunlimited.com/fish/100topguns/100top.html

Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: R9SCarry on January 10, 2005, 11:45:05 AM
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[size=13]Interesting.... Chris, I didn't think you were THAT dense...[/size]

Must say - I was gettin worried!!!  I know I can be pretty thick at times but this one was bugging me LOL!

Thx for the link. :)
Title: Re: Top 100 Gun Sites
Post by: DDGator on January 17, 2005, 12:23:05 PM
Hmmm.  We are down to 69 so far...   We have to crack 50 to really get close to the other forums that are simlar to ours.