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[neuroman9999]

OK, using those two words shows right there that you know wayyyy too much. A typical engineer, and overthinker:

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[The_Doc_Man]

But you knew I had the engineering mindset a long time ago. And "overthinker" is just because I can and it TWEAKS you when I do it. Because perhaps you are jealous and an UNDERthinker? Just guessing, not accusing.

 

[neuroman9999]

LOL. ha ha ha ha ha. very funny my good friend! You DON'T want to compare brain pans with me, and you know it.

by the way, did you know that the color red has the ability to confuse satellites?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

You are right, I would never want to compare brain pans with you. I'm too compassionate to embarrass you that way.

 

[neuroman9999]

I knew that was coming....

I gotta go. someone is calling for help. and no, it's not anyone that would've learned from you. (j/k) later, mr. certified grandpa. (I see you haven't changed the signature in years)

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Shows what YOU know. Changed it when I became a moderator a couple of months ago.

 

[neuroman9999]

Shows what YOU know. Changed it when I became a moderator a couple of months ago.

I think everyone here knows that I KNOW a lot more than you on many levels. and, I was referring to only a part of it:

Certified Grandpa

and I believe previously, it was suffixed with something like this:

and proud of it...

and if i remember right, your wife was also referenced in it previously, but it said something different than it does now. But it was still all about you getting lucky that she hasn't kicked you out by now, thus you must be doing something right....

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

Keep it up Richard, you are definitely getting under his skin!

 

[neuroman9999]

Keep it up Richard, you are definitely getting under his skin!

I don't think so Tony. That's not possible. You must be stuck in ""old-man"" thinking.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Oh, my, Adam, methinks the gentleman doth protest too much.

 

[neuroman9999]

Oh, my, Adam, methinks the gentleman doth protest too much.

AWESOME philosophy! One of the rare occassions around here when I like what a moderator has said. =) gold star!

 

[Jon]

I'm just repeating my post from another thread, since it is highly relevant. Here are some recent numbers.

AWF: We have lost 19.2K Alexa rank in the last 90 days.

UA: They have lost 129K Alexa rank in the last 90 days.

AF.net: They have lost 267K Alexa rank in the last 90 days.

It would be nice if all 3 sites did well, but Google has its own ideas.

 

[Jon]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It looks like UA has now copied the location and order of the top forums sections of AWF. In other words, News at the top, their Site Suggestions equivalent and then their Watercooler type section. They had this at the bottom forever until this last week. I think they are probably reading these posts.

 

[Jon]

Meanwnile, our Alexa rank has slightly improved since my last posting of Alexa screenshots...

...while UA has gone further south...

So, from the first Alexa screenshot I did about a week ago...

AWF: 116K > 130K -------> 14K drop

UA: 195K > 335K -------> 140K drop

 

[Jon]

According to SimilarWeb, UA are now getting roughly a quarter of the traffic of AWF:

 

[Jon]

Thought I would do an update.

AWF:

UA:

You can see AWF has recovered somewhat, while UA has continued to decline. However, one thing came to mind, and that is that each of these graphs when compared together give you a misleading representation of "the truth". Let me explain.

If the Y-axis in each graph was using the same range of units, then the graphs would give a comparable indicator of what is going on. But they don't. The range under the UA graph is much wider than under the AWF graph. It is a question of scale. Without noticing that, it would appear that AWF's Alexa rank is fluctuating wildly, just like UA's. Yet that is not the case.

Let me show you both AWF and UA on the same graph, with just the starting and ending values.

This shows an altogether different picture.

Edit: Actually the "90 days ago" label is wrong. It is more like 110 days ago, because the above graph shows from when I first started the tracking posts until now.

 

[Minty]

Do the same people make the COVID summary graphs...

 

[Jon]

AWF:

UA:

 

[Jon]

AWF:

UA:

SimilarWeb are stating that UA now gets 14% of the traffic of AWF.

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

Hopefully we can improve on those figures with the new software and hosting.

You're doing a marvelous job Jon, little tweaks here little tweaks there, not taking too many big risks!