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Ajaxian provides more traffic then del.icio.us/popular?

Well, it might just be one data point, but the guys at alwaysbeta saw more traffic from our post on their lightbox mod then from getting on the front page of del.icio.us/popular.

My theory is that noone really browses delicious for random sites - its primarily a service used by nerds, and as nerds we all use the bookmarklets or extensions. I know if I’m visiting delicious, its for a specific tag or tag intersection, or I’m just looking over what I’ve added to my account in the last couple of days. Usually I’ll go to digg, slashdot, or memorandum before I go to the del/popular page.

My second theory is that its too hard to get the del.icio.us URL right. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had the periods in the wrong place. Stupid domain hacks.

Hi Rob. I’ll completely agree your observation about del.icio.us - I just it a ton but just to save bookmarks which I grab via RSS. Same with the inbox feature - rss. By the way, love what you, Dion, Ben and guys are doing with Ajaxian.

Thanks Vinny, glad to hear you like it.

btw did you just redesign your blog? I clicked through and don’t recognize it anymore.