[WikiEN-l] Weekly cycles to Wikipedia traffic

[Versageek]

Use Alexa's comparison feature to compare wikipedia.org and google.com,
they seem to mirror each other quite closely in terms of the sawtooth
pattern.

I have no idea what it means, but it's worth noting.


Sunday, April 1, 2007, 11:47:07 AM, you wrote:

DRT> Looking at the Alexa stats for Wikipedia:
DRT> http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=wikipedia.org

DRT> you see some interesting patterns.  The graphs seem to have a 
DRT> sawtooth shape with a weekly period, but the specific days of the 
DRT> week where it peaks differ depending on whether you're looking at 
DRT> reach, traffic rank, or page views.



DRT> Can anybody venture any theories (original research!) about why this 
DRT> is the case?