thats when compete started to get real data.

put in just about any other site... like digitalpoint.com techcrunch.com you will see they start to show stats the same time

yeah, stupid article. compete.com is extremely useless service, you would do better with alexa, although it's quite crappy as well. unless you have real datas from those 3 websites (google analytics,...), you can't compare them...

Compete continues to grow its panel (more people, more diverse sample) and continues to invest in fine tuning the projecting methodology. Compete aggregates data from 10+ sources, including ISP, ASP, Toolbars, Panels, etc.

There was a traffic spike for several smaller sites recently on Compete.com. This was a direct result of some of the hard work our data operations and analysis team has been putting in for improving accuracy down the tail. I hope the new numbers are more accurate. I welcome your feedback and input on the latest changes (sounds like shoemoney likes the updated numbers).

Compete is trying to make its data and the web transparent at the same time. Anyone can see Compete's data and compare it to their own local analytics reports, and then let us know how we're doing. We're always willing to - and regularly work with - website owners to calibrate Compete estimates for their sites.

Yea very correct,compete.com is not reliable source for judging any website. It often gives wrong stats. I check my website and it show huge traffic which i am still dreaming to get.

All the traffic sites help someone somewhere.

I hope one day we can all use the same traffic device, and traffic would not adjusted on someones whim to cut your rankings down.

Cheers

How do they get so much traffic from digg?

Where exactly do we claim to be these 'reputed marketing professionals' again?

HaHa, this is so funny. You've not taken into consideration the fact that compete.com only got working properly at that stage to show real data.

You should look at the alexa rankings for a better representation.