It seems to me that both were just following the traffic of the internet:
While not as much and with the line translated upwards, Microsoft seems to have the same shape: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=3m&size=lar...
As does CNN, but below Wikipedia: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=3m&size=lar...
On 3/5/06, charles matthews charles.r.matthews@ntlworld.com wrote:
On Alexa.org, try the Traffic rankings, comparing WP with the BBC site bbc.co.uk, and looking at the Page Views tab: like
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=3m&size=lar... .
Then since Christmas WP and the Beeb are almost spookily tracking each other; and not just in the weekday/weekend fluctuations.
Any idea of what this might mean? The numbers could be broken; or the demographics match amazingly over the population from which these things are calculated.
It could mean that WP became a household word in December; in that target group.
One to watch.
Charles
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