Scribd vs. other Web 2.0 properties

[ceratissimo]

I'm hoping Ed or one of the moderators can answer this question. I'm a few days behind and I'm about to start my web 2.0 property posts, when I came across this Techcrunch article online about Scribd's traffic being done a huge 50% since June:

Hey, What Happened To Scribd? Traffic Down Over 48% Since June

I know that people are still having great success with Scribd, but given that we want to rank as quickly as possible to test our market, I was wondering if we should perhaps consider any of the other solid Web 2.0 properties that are out there, for our first few blog posts, including WetPaint, Zimbio, Quizilla and a bunch others.

What does everyone think? I'm sure that Scribd was chosen for a very good reason by Ed and the 30DC team, but I'm just reacting to the market news.

Any thoughts?

[Levanak]

Well, I'm no mod, but I'll share my 2c anyway

This is comparing the traffic of the sites you mentioned:



It's plummeted quite a lot, but its still way up there.

[ktraeger]

Levanak, thank you for the chart. It summarizes quite nicely what I feel is the most important point (and which you already noted) -- even though Scribd traffic is down considerably in recent months, it's still the "market leader" when compared to the other article-posting sites.

I've not been following news about Scribd, and don't have time to do the research now, but out of sheer curiosity, I would be very interested to know what event took place a few months ago that caused the drop in traffic.