Show HN: RockingPage.com – Find the best trending websites

severine 8 years ago |

Very nice, it would be great if you added more filtering options (for example, I'd like to exclude anything with 'coin'), and generate RSS feeds with those filters.

Great job, now I'll go back into the rabbit hole you've created!

itrinity 8 years ago | |

Thank you very much for your feedback. I am really glad you like our new tool :)

supreme_sublime 8 years ago |

When I see things like this, I always wonder how the data is acquired. I have had many ideas in the past that I couldn't really go through with as they were data-bound. I am sure it would be preferred to be kept relatively under-wraps, but I'm still curious.

If anyone has any conjecture, or if itrinity would be willing to explain a bit, it would be greatly appreciated.

kinduff 8 years ago | |

The author wrote in a comment below:

> the ranks are based on Alexa rank and FB shares

This make sense but only for websites that are actually shared in social media (assuming you also pull Facebook, Twitter, VK, etc).

For other websites with high traffic but with less shares, this does not work (adult websites, tools, etc).

xandersvk 8 years ago | | |

Hello, one of the developers here. What you said is not quite accurate, as our ranking algorithm will still rate websites with high popularity/traffic (Alexa Rank) even with no facebook shares / referring domains or any other metrics. They will not reach such high positions, but they will be ranked.

kinduff 8 years ago | | |

Makes sense. Following this thread, what do you think would be a good ranking strategy besides Alexa rank and social shares?

xandersvk 8 years ago | | |

Definitely backlinks, number of referring IPs/domains is very big indicator of website Authority.

Besides that, UX factors like bounce rate, session duration, etc. are very good indicators as well.

drchiu 8 years ago | |

The sponsoring company is a keyword search tool. Not affiliated with them.

thisisit 8 years ago |

4 out 5 results are about cryptocurrency markets. So, it will be interesting see how was this actually built.

itrinity 8 years ago | |

It seems that crypto is a really hot thing these days :) Actually, the ranks are based on Alexa rank and FB shares, so it should correlate with the real usage of these websites.

cgb223 8 years ago | | |

Seriously

Its a little disconcerting just how many Crypto related posts have shown up on Hacker News lately, with the strong comments that come with it

Maybe its a good thing, who knows

maros 8 years ago |

Looks good! I will play a bit more with it to provide more feedback

itrinity 8 years ago | |

Thank you!

massabs 8 years ago |

It would be nice to be able to sort be alexa or fb.

itrinity 8 years ago | |

Good point. We will consider it.

gustavson131 8 years ago |

nice piece! I've already subscribed for a weekly newsletter!

itrinity 8 years ago | |

Thanks!