Comments on: Top Irish Websites – Summer 2009 http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/ brendanhughes.ie Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Susan Salkeld http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/#comment-2662 Susan Salkeld Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:13:59 +0000 http://brendanhughes.ie/?p=409#comment-2662 I agree Alexa is not accurate, I personally use it as a guide. I agree Alexa is not accurate, I personally use it as a guide.

]]> By: Andy http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/#comment-2531 Andy Thu, 13 May 2010 20:56:30 +0000 http://brendanhughes.ie/?p=409#comment-2531 Alexa can be very innacurate. Alexa can be very innacurate.

]]> By: Kieran http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/#comment-1863 Kieran Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:57:02 +0000 http://brendanhughes.ie/?p=409#comment-1863 Yea i'm trying to find the top ranked irish owned sites, Alexa show the top viewed sites in Ireland but these aren't all Irish owned such as google, youtube etc... Yea i’m trying to find the top ranked irish owned sites, Alexa show the top viewed sites in Ireland but these aren’t all Irish owned such as google, youtube etc…

]]> By: Brendan http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/#comment-1424 Brendan Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:49:11 +0000 http://brendanhughes.ie/?p=409#comment-1424 Hiya Brian. We had a discussion about Alexa on a <a href="http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/07/26/only-24-of-the-most-popular-websites-in-ireland-are-irish/#comments" rel="nofollow">later blog post</a> and figured out that <a href="https://www.google.com/adplanner/#audienceSearch" rel="nofollow">Google Ad Planner</a> is an alternative source of information on top websites. You can do a bit more digging around there too. I reckon there's a 20% or so margin of error on Googles stats though. Most popular .ie "travel" websites according to Google are: daft.ie (huh?) gumtree.ie (???) irishrail.ie budgettravel.ie tripadvisor.ie expedia.ie ebookers.ie sunway.ie lastminute.ie rent.ie gohop.ie cheapflights.ie skyscanner.ie directholidays.ie latedeals.ie americanairlines.ie mayo-ireland.ie cork-guide.ie jjkavanagh.ie galway-ireland.ie keycamp.ie hertz.ie Hiya Brian. We had a discussion about Alexa on a later blog post and figured out that Google Ad Planner is an alternative source of information on top websites. You can do a bit more digging around there too. I reckon there’s a 20% or so margin of error on Googles stats though.

Most popular .ie “travel” websites according to Google are:

daft.ie (huh?)
gumtree.ie (???)
irishrail.ie
budgettravel.ie
tripadvisor.ie
expedia.ie
ebookers.ie
sunway.ie
lastminute.ie
rent.ie
gohop.ie
cheapflights.ie
skyscanner.ie
directholidays.ie
latedeals.ie
americanairlines.ie
mayo-ireland.ie
cork-guide.ie
jjkavanagh.ie
galway-ireland.ie
keycamp.ie
hertz.ie

]]> By: Brian Greene http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/#comment-1422 Brian Greene Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:06:30 +0000 http://brendanhughes.ie/?p=409#comment-1422 Hi Brendan, I've used Alexa and 'top100irishsites' for example to find guideline rankings of overall top Irish sites. Where do I look to find a list of, say, the top 100 TRAVEL sites viewed by Irish people? Hi Brendan, I’ve used Alexa and ‘top100irishsites’ for example to find guideline rankings of overall top Irish sites.
Where do I look to find a list of, say, the top 100 TRAVEL sites viewed by Irish people?

]]> By: Brendan http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/#comment-1401 Brendan Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:43:00 +0000 http://brendanhughes.ie/?p=409#comment-1401 Thanks for the comment Michele. You're in a better position to judge this than I am, but I think there is a fairly credible story being told there by Alexa in what I've highlighted. I'll pick up the discussion in the <a href="http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/07/26/only-24-of-the-most-popular-websites-in-ireland-are-irish/#comments" rel="nofollow">comments on the later post</a> so as not to confuse things. Thanks for the comment Michele. You’re in a better position to judge this than I am, but I think there is a fairly credible story being told there by Alexa in what I’ve highlighted. I’ll pick up the discussion in the comments on the later post so as not to confuse things.

]]> By: Michele http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/#comment-1397 Michele Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:01:41 +0000 http://brendanhughes.ie/?p=409#comment-1397 Alexa is NOT accurate. It can and is gamed. Alexa is NOT accurate.
It can and is gamed.

]]> By: Only 24% of the Most Popular Websites in Ireland are Irish « Brendan Hughes http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/#comment-1394 Only 24% of the Most Popular Websites in Ireland are Irish « Brendan Hughes Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:03:10 +0000 http://brendanhughes.ie/?p=409#comment-1394 [...] 24% of the Most Popular Websites in Ireland are Irish I wrote a post recently identifying the top websites that Irish people are visiting these days. Now Fergal was wondering which were the top Irish-owned websites and in fairness [...] [...] 24% of the Most Popular Websites in Ireland are Irish I wrote a post recently identifying the top websites that Irish people are visiting these days. Now Fergal was wondering which were the top Irish-owned websites and in fairness [...]

]]> By: Fergal, Business Advice Forum http://brendanhughes.ie/2009/06/28/top-irish-websites-summer-2009/#comment-1375 Fergal, Business Advice Forum Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:23:14 +0000 http://brendanhughes.ie/?p=409#comment-1375 Interesting list. Many of the sites are not Irish owned. Anyone know of a list of the top Irish owned websites? Interesting list. Many of the sites are not Irish owned. Anyone know of a list of the top Irish owned websites?

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