It's a Strange Old World

I've recently been exploring Alexa's traffic rankings once more after a long hiatus. It seems odd, to me at least, that both SAGE Crossroads (754,181) and InfoAging (565,333) trail the Longevity Meme (346,233) and Fight Aging! (246,681) by a fair amount. Both are good resources, and I would have expected them to see more use, even though they don't go in for daily updates. Still, this would seem to be the upside-down world we see online these days; reference sites get little traffic, while sites that reference get much more. The Longevity Meme tries to be both, but it's clear from the logs that people come for the buffet rather than the library. The library is a large part of the purpose for which the Longevity Meme was built - but if the popularity of the buffet leads more people to find the library next door, then all is well in the world.

The "also visit" lists on the Alexa pages linked above are interesting in and of themselves, implying that there isn't a great deal of overlap between Fight Aging! readers and Longevity Meme readers. Or maybe there is - it's hard to tell when the silent majority remains silent. One of the great joys of running any sort of website is that you live in a sea of reporting and content, but truly have no clue as to what is actually going on.

On a related, happy note, the Mprize for longevity research (645,985) is currently where the Longevity Meme was a year ago or so - and may that growth in visitors continue. The more people who are exposed to the Mprize message, the better: degenerative aging could be cured in our lifetimes, and here is a way, today, for you to help and encourage the necessary research.

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