Posts tagged traffic

2008-06-20

Google takes on Compete, Alexa

Google trends websites

Everybody knows that Alexa, Compete, and other web services that track web site traffic are inherently flawed. Because they compile third party data instead of looking at your actual server data, you can never be sure that the statistics you’re reading are accurate. But hey, if you really want to see whether Engadget is more popular than Gizmodo, they’re the only game in town, right?

Now there’s a new player in the web traffic comparison game. Google has added the ability to search for websites in Google Trends. While there’s no…

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2008-04-18

Google Maps adds traffic predictions

Google Traffic predictions

Just a few days after Microsoft rolled out a new traffic prediction feature for Windows Live Maps, Google has followed suit with traffic predictions for Google Maps. Both services use historical traffic data to predict likely congestion points and travel time in the future. But there are two major differences:

  1. Windows Live Maps will suggest the best driving directions for avoiding traffic, Google Maps will not
  2. Google Maps lets you choose the day of the week and time of day to see projected traffic patterns, Windows Live Maps will not.

While both services are…

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