I found a great new internet gadget last week: the Alexa toolbar.
Alexa looks at site traffic for all sorts
of companies, and shows how popular they are against a global index. For example, here are
the most popular internet sites of all worldwide:
1. Yahoo
2. Google
3.
YouTube
4. Windows Live
5. Microsoft
Network
6. MySpace
7. Wikipedia
8. Facebook
9. Blogger
10. Yahoo (Japan)
Going through their top list of the Global
500, it’s interesting that once you get through all the social networks,
search engines, news services, auction and shopping sites, technology, sex and
gambling destinations … you start to find banks just outside the Top 200.
Chris M Skinner
Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...
