Bob -

> I wanted to know if any of the members here
> had ever utilized Ranking.com? Their website
> claims they have ranked 830,000 sites
> according to popularity metrics such as UVs,
> visits, views and links. I apparently rank
> exceptionally well and wanted to know if the
> forum has had any experience with them and
> could elaborate on the methodolgy they use?
> I am in the process of contacting them but
> wanted some outside input before I proceed?

I've not tried them. However, after reading how useful Alexa was (is), I decided to give it a try. I really like it so far. And they don't hide the fact that they will report back some of your information. I don't yet understand their ranking system but it *is* quite interesting. For example, eBay's rank is 10. Well, as compared to what? All sites? Auction sites? Dog training sites? (Sorry Adam. (g) ) You can get all the info you want on a site about ranking, who's behind it, etc. as long as the information is available. It seems to be available for most sites that I've seen.

Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"