Comments on: Is Bitly Bigger than Google?

By: Excerpted: Is Social Media Killing Search? « Hypios – Thinking

Excerpted: Is Social Media Killing Search? « Hypios – Thinking — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:25:40 +0000

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By: Search, Discovery and Curation

Search, Discovery and Curation — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:40:50 +0000

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By: 3 Reasons Why Social Media is Killing Search

3 Reasons Why Social Media is Killing Search — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:38:49 +0000

[...] recently wrote about how in an apples to oranges comparison bitly was challenging Google. One commenter thought I was a loon or a complete idiot for trying to compare the two. In all [...]

By: Jud Valeski

Jud Valeski — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:17:52 +0000

comparing a bit.ly decode to search traffic on google is apples and oranges. I don't understand what you're trying to compare here. I'd also note that 12 months ago Google publicly stated that their “API usage equates to 4 Billion 'calls' per *day*.” still apples to oranges, but closer than “searches are somehow comparable to decodes.”

did I miss the point of your post?

By: tacanderson

tacanderson — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:08:57 +0000

Oh for sure. I have little doubt my numbers aren't even realistically close but they're close enough to make you think.

By: Mike Riley

Mike Riley — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:50:57 +0000

I'm pretty sure the Google numbers discard automated requests (giving a clearer picture of actual 'traffic'), while the bitly numbers include scraping and automated requests to their URLs. That probably skews it a good bit.