Just a couple of statistics that might interest you. Using data from Ratified.org, I found that a total of 58 Filipino blogs lost Pagerank after the latest update, while only 14 gained Pagerank. 407 blogs’ Pageranks remained unchanged.

Major shifts in the rankings can be noticed as well by looking at the Ratified Winners and Losers. A total of 13 blogs broke out into the top 100 during this update.

Got curious about how the different traffic rating services ranked the top 10 websites in the United States last month.

Here’s what I found:

Alexa:
1. Yahoo!
2. Google
3. Myspace
4. Youtube
5. Facebook
6. MSN
7. Ebay
8. Windows Live
9. Wikipedia
10. Craigslist
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I’ve been using Quantcast since last year and all I can say is it has the potential to give Alexa a run for its money. That is because Quantcast doesn’t rely on a silly toolbar for its ratings but instead analyzes data from advertisers, publishers, ISPs and advertising networks, which I think is the most sensible solution. Besides giving your site a rank, it studies your audience, gives their age, ethnicity, income and education. Where else can you find out that your site attracts a younger, primarily male, Asian, college educated crowd?

Here are some analyses of popular Philippine sites:
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