Update and Thanks

Gongol.com has posted its latest monthly EconDirectory, which details traffic rankings for business and economics websites. Once again, Financial Armageddon has placed in the top 20 based on average daily pageviews for October.

Traffic ratings from November 11, 2008 - by average daily pageviews

Rank	Site	Page Views	...making this the ___ of business/econ websites:
1	Big Picture	81743	USA Today (Washington, DC)
2	Calculated Risk	65426	New York Times (New York, NY)
3	Michael Shedlock	58715	New York Times (New York, NY)
4	Naked Capitalism	35712	The Washington Post (Washington, DC)
5	Marginal Revolution	35145	The Washington Post (Washington, DC)
6	Gregory Mankiw	27880	New York Daily News (New York, NY)
7	Economist's View	16064	Long Island Newsday (Long Island, NY)
8	Tax Prof	11850	Orange County Register (Orange County, CA)
9	Overcoming Bias	9651	Cincinnati Enquirer/Post (Cincinnati, OH)
10	VoxEU	8902	The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC)
11	European Tribune	8803	Louisville Courier Journal (Louisville, KY)
12	Half Sigma	8292	St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
13	Trader Mike	7850	Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA)
14	Gongol	6243	Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
15	Carpe Diem	6090	Los Angeles Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
16	Coyote Blog	6073	Los Angeles Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
17	QandO	6050	The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)
18	Angry Bear	5975	The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA)
19	Mess that Greenspan Made	5506	Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH)
20	Financial Armageddon	5061	Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)

There's little doubt, of course, that recent developments have boosted interest in sites -- like mine -- that try to provide helpful information about what is really going. Here are the latest statistics for FA from Sitemeter:

Thanks to those blogs and portals that have played an important role in spreading the word about my blog, which has been up and running for nearly two years now. Below are 25 of the biggest referrers in recent months (in alphabetical order):

The Automatic Earth
Bearwatch
Bull! (Not Bull)
Calculated Risk
Carolyn Baker
Cause for Depression
Credit Writedowns
Depression2.tv
Dr. Housing Bubble
Financial Crookery
The Financial Ninja
Flip This Burger
FT Alphaville
Hedge Fund Implode-O-Meter
immobilienblasen
The Kirk Report
Jesse's Café Américain
The Mess That Greenspan Made
Naked Capitalism
Of Two Minds
Prudens Speculari
Some Assembly Required
SurvivalBlog.com
Trader Mike
24hGold.com

Finally, I appreciate those individuals who have taken the time to stop by, and hope they've been able to use the information on these pages to their advantage.

Comments

[Martin, the Netherlands]

I drop by every morning.

[Andy]

Congrats. I too have this on my reader and am not surprised to see the growth in your site. Always a good read. Looks like you are going to have a lot of content to write about over the next few months.

Cheers,
Andy.