Here’s my latest project on WebSoda: The WebCloud!

What’s the WebCloud anyway? Well, it’s the Top 50 website list on WebSoda.net, bigger websites represent websites with more votes, while those in vivid red are the ones with higher scores (either by Votes or Frequency).

One curious fact is that BodyBuilding.com is the most voted website (and has a very high score too). This is actually because the website was stickied in their forum, which generated many hundreds of votes. However, even though the websites are viewed on a random order, common websites such as YouTube, Wikipedia, Gmail, or Google, are quite big in the cloud too!

I’m starting to think that it is very common for visitors to vote for website they know, and skip other websites which may not be of their interest or they may not know about. Another hypothesis could be that users are likely to search for an URL and vote. Here’s a list of conclusions based on the limited WebSoda population:

1. Facebook > hi5 > MySpace

Facebook is bigger (more votes) and more colored compared to MySpace or hi5. I’m not a fan of social networking, but I’ve been reading a lot of comments about angry MySpace users or visitors anyway, and a few about hi5.

2. Google > Yahoo!

Google is probably on the top 5 websites, while Yahoo! is at least 10 ranks below, with a lower score too.

3. Million Dollar Homepage has a high score but low frequency

Comparing the Score vs. Frequency, the Million Dollar Homepage has a very hgh score, however, its frequency is very low. There’s not really a big discovery there (since that website’s no longer the web hype, and either way it’s not common for a visitor —or at least for me— to return), but it means that WebSoda’s ratings are not inaccurate (at least for this website!).

I’m starting to draw lots of other conclusions, I’ll be adding more websites this week (thanks for everyone who added their websites!), in the meantime please help the WebCloud have better results by voting! What else can you tell me about the WebCloud that I missed?

Remember: This conclusions are based on statistic data (aka. very prone to errors) from votes casted by users.

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