Alexa Rankings: Madville Times Is Voice of Madison

Crass self-promotion? On a Sunday? For shame! ;-)

Here's some news that will matter absolutely no one... except maybe my advertisers and the Madison Chamber of Commerce. Alexa produces the following Web-wide rankings for some key Internet portals where the rest of the world can come Discover the Unexpected™ (remember, the smaller the number, the better the ranking):

1. MadisonDailyLeader.com: 10,705,531
2. KJAMRadio.com: 9,888,365
3. City of Madison official government site: 9,353,765
   
4. MadisonSD.com (chamber promotional website): 7,532,355
5. Madville Times: 2,576,119

The City, the Chamber, and the Leader still kick my butt on Google search results. So folks just browsing around will bump into the official organs of the community before they reach the Madville Times. And all of these Madison-based websites are very small potatoes bobbing in a very small pot of local stew. (Compare Dakota War College's ranking of 566,352 -- I'm coming for you, PP! Oh, and KELOLand.com, probably the busiest website in the state, is at 99,920.)

But when it comes to people consistently checking in on our fair community, the Alexa numbers suggest that online, the Madville Times is the loudest voice of Madison. And all with a staff of one, no budget, and no formal web training. Vive la révolution numéric!