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Randy Seaver in his Genea-Musings blog from time to time analyzes traffic statistics of genealogy sites. On Jan 31, 2009 he started a new series of posts: TGN/Ancestry.com Traffic statistics - Post 1 TGN/Ancestry traffic statistics - Post 2, and… Continue

Based on feedback from Louis Kessler (http://genealogymetrics.ning.com/profiles/blogs/metrics-for-genealogy-software), I have added Geni, One Great Family, and Genoom to the traffic rankings. I added Geni.com to the Quantcast traffic chart as one of the top 4 genealogy sites. Continue

Hello David, Very interesting site you've put up here. I've always been interested in Genealogy metrics, especailly those for genealogy software. I'm curious how you select what sites are "genealogy" to include in your metrics. I do see very few software sites listed. There's never been any "hard" evidence of which are the most popular programs, there's only been claims by the developers, so it would be great to see an Alexa list or something maintained by someone. If you need a list, I main… Continue

I'm a Programmer and Genealogist. I maintain a Genealogy Software Review site at: www.gensoftreviews.com See my own program Behold at: www.beholdgenealogy.com Oh, and I did have a world-class (at the time) chess program named Brute Force See my personal website at: www.lkessler.com, and the unique way I set up… Continue

After a discussion with my a long time friend Shelly Dardashti, I have added a new section named "Top 9 - All Genealogy/Family History" that includes the top 9 of all Genealogy or Family History web sites. Her concern was that their may be comfusion by some site visitors. The web sites were broken into different sessions based on the location of the company that created the site or the site's target market. She makes the valid point that everything on the internet is "completely international"… Continue

One of the activities that I enjoyed most when I was president of FamilyLink/WorldVitalRecords was tracking the genealogy industry metrics. Each day I would track how our web sites were performing compared to the other most popular genealogy sites. And since I have left my involvement at FamilyLink/WorldVitalRecords I have still followed the genealogy sites and products very closely. I have found the various industry tracking tools provide insight into what is going on with the various sites an… Continue

The traffic maps for the top 3 and top 8 genealogy sites documents the steep decline in traffic over the Thanksgiving holiday week. This could be expected because of the hustle and bustle of the holiday: transportation, traffic, shopping, cooking, eating, etc. This does conflict with the additional discussion of family and family history that occurs over the Thanksgiving Day meal. These discussions trigger the desire to look up family history details. Additionally, looking at the major holiday… Continue

The metrics that I am tracking for this site come from multiple, publicly available metrics. The two main tracking tools used on this site are Alexa.com and Quantcast.com. These metrics are collected using various technices. This also means that there will be diffrences in the reporting mechanisms. The strenght and accuracy of US when compared International tracking plays a big roll in the differences. This can best be shown in the tracking of NotreFamille.com. Alexa.com has NotreFamille.com a… Continue

MYHERITAGE AND FAMILY TREE DNA PARTNER TO HELP PEOPLE TRACE FAMILY HISTORY USING DNA Tel Aviv, Israel and Houston, Texas – November 20, 2008 – MyHeritage, one of the world’s most popular family Web sites, today announced a partnership with FamilyTreeDNA, the company that pioneered DNA testing for genealogic research. In addition to MyHeritage’s innovative Smart Matching and Research technologies, members can now also use information contained in their DNA to find present-day relatives wh… Continue

50 Most Popular Genealogy Websites for 2008 Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA This list was created in the first quarter of 2008. It was developed from a list of criteria explained in an article published in the Digital Genealogist, edited by Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens. Rank Website Coverage/Content

• Ancestry.com $ - Ancestry.com is the leading genealogical data site, with some articles,

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Howard Luxenberg President, Enteractive Distribution Co. phone: 860-236-8600; fax: 860-232-7575 hluxenberg@sprynet.com http://familyhistorian3.ning.com Family History 3 named Family History Software of the Year for 2008 West Hartford, Connecticut, November 25, 2008 --­ Your Family Tree magazine (UK) named Family Historian 3 the Family History Software of the Year for 2008. Family Historian… Continue