This is done quarterly. Next one will be December 23, 2009.
You can always click the links for each company to check out the latest.
Combining the 3 buying stats for a
"Buyers not Lookers" Ranking

Alexa.com compiles statistics for the internet industry. Of all the stats available there are three vital to evaluate your ability to attract buyers. Time on Site  - Page Views per user - Bounce Rate All three are important so we have combined their rank for a score.  3 would be a perfect score, being number one in all 3 categories. To see the rankings of each category, click the links above. These stats are from Alexa.com on September 21, 2009. They are for the Top 40 web sites that list photographers over a 3 month time period - that's our market.. This can be done for any industry so you base your  business decisions on facts and it is free. It is VITAL that you use stats to get the most for your money. This can also be done to check the effectiveness of your competition.

There are additional factors to consider - For more information go to:
You are wasting money on the internet

(If there is a tie the winner will be determined by the most important stat - Time on Site)

Together they give a great picture of effectiveness.
(The links on each company name go to their Alexa page for current stats)
(click on links to see current status.)

Combined  Ranking	Company                                       Time on Site   Page Views   Bounce Rate Total Score
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40  41	Best USA Photographers.com     1               1                3                 5 Nature Photographers                                 2                  3                      5                   10 Shutterstock                                                 3                   5                     6                    14 iStockphoto.com                                          4                   2                      9                   15 Corbis                                                            5                   6                      7                   18 Getty Images                                                 6                 11                     4                    21 Shutterfly                                                       9                15                      2                   26 The Knot                                                      12                  9                      8                   29 photoshelter.com                                       11                  8                    13                   32 sitewelder.com                                           17                 17                      1                  35 BigStockPhoto                                              8                10                    18                   36 Photographers.com                                     7                   4                   26                    37 SmugMug                                                    10                 17                   11                   38 Kodak Gallery                                              13                13                   15                    41 The Wedding Photojournalist Assoc.       23                  7                   12                    42 Professional Photographers of Canada  14                18                    16                   48 Flickr                                                            16                12                    22                   50 photoportfolios.net                                    21                25                    10                   56 Dreamstime Stock Photography               15                14                    28                   57 Professional Photographers of America 19                23                    17                   59 Magnum Photos                                          22                21                    19                  62             National Assoc. of Photoshop Pros          18                24                    21                  63 Photobucket                                                24                22                   24                   70 Photography-now.net                                33                26                    14                   73 wppionline.com                                          28                32                    20                   80 WedPlan                                                       29                27                   25                   81 PBase                                                           35                16                   33                   84 Webshots                                                    36                20                    31                   87 Photo Marketing Assoc. International     26                38                   23                    87 foliolink.com                                                27                36                   29                   92 photographersdirect.com                         20                28                   45                   93 Photo.net                                                     30                19                   44                   93      PhotographyBlog                                        25                37                   32                   94 The National Geographic Society             31                33                   37                 101        Popular Photography                                 32                35                   35                 102 National Press Photographers Assoc.     40               30                    36                 106 betterphoto.com                                        37                29                    41                 107         Fotosearch Stock Photography               38                 31                   38                 107 web 100                                                       43                40                    30                 113 Outdoor Photographer                              34                41                   40                  115         photography.com                                       39                42                   39                  120

What good are a million unique visitors if they don't spend time on your site. Buyers spend time looking. It makes sense to be on the site that gets looked at the longest. By the way, the 6-24 stats to the right of the company name were BEFORE Best USA Photographers put up the new pages. You might want to check out the boxes to the upper left to see the new look.

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