As we mentioned in a previous post, when we took a six-month hiatus from regular postings, our rankings suffered. For example, our Alexa traffic rank fell from 45,000 to 396,000. Even factoring in how inaccurate Alexa is as a ranking system, that’s a big drop.
But there is a glimmer of hope, a ray of sunshine in the Alexa details: We’ve held our audience in Bahrain.
That’s right. According to Alexa’s rankings by country, Media Orchard is the 47,863rd most popular Web site in Bahrain.
Bahrain is the smallest Arab nation with a population of about 700,000. (Can you imagine the sample size issues for Alexa? This ranking is probably about as accurate as your estimate of how many jellybeans are in the big jar at the county fair. Oh, wait — nevermind.)
Thank you, Bahrainian people. Just as you demonstrated your warmth, generosity and, um, nonjudgmental nature in welcoming Michael Jackson into your homeland, so too you have demonstrated these traits in standing by Media Orchard during difficult times.
I’m big in Prague.