LibraryThing

Going to the library is an important part of learning.

This page discusses LibraryThing which is arguably the most popular means of putting //your own// //library// online.

So what happens when the library is online? You might want to share information about what you read and see what other people read. There are network effects here: the more people participate, the more value is created. So we may want to look at these various services in terms of their //use//, as measured by their Alexa traffic ratings.

Here is an analysis of the traffic to the 20 book-discussion-related sites listed at education-portal.com plus **GoodReads** and **LibraryThing** and **Zotero**:

Alexa http://www.alexa.com/ rankings as of 2 July 2011. [NOTE: Rankings change significantly over time, so this list is already stale.]

Site Information for msn.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 11 Traffic Rank in US: 13 Sites Linking In: 22,267 http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/3041344/

Site Information for amazon.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 17 Traffic Rank in US: 5 Sites Linking In: 275,172

Site Information for barnesandnoble.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 804 Traffic Rank in US: 183 Sites Linking In: 8,343


 * Site Information for goodreads.com**
 * Alexa Traffic Rank: 1,176 Traffic Rank in US: 414 Sites Linking In: 8,946**

Site Information for oprah.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 2,214 Traffic Rank in US: 844 Sites Linking In: 10,223

Site Information for upenn.edu Alexa Traffic Rank: 3,185 Traffic Rank in US: 1,485 Sites Linking In: 4,204

Site Information for gutenberg.org Alexa Traffic Rank: 5,668 Traffic Rank in US: 3,221 Sites Linking In: 12,986


 * Site Information for librarything.com**
 * Alexa Traffic Rank: 8,350 Traffic Rank in US: 4,378 Sites Linking In: 7,065**

Site Information for online-literature.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 28,702 Traffic Rank in US: 16,084 Sites Linking In: 3,138

Site Information for librivox.org Alexa Traffic Rank: 37,087 Traffic Rank in US: 20,150 Sites Linking In: 2,619


 * Site Information for zotero.org**
 * Alexa Traffic Rank: 42,980 Traffic Rank in US: 27,573 Sites Linking In: 2,193**

Site Information for onlinebookclub.org Alexa Traffic Rank: 167,835 Traffic Rank in IN: 43,111 Sites Linking In: 15

Site Information for bookreporter.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 254,940 Traffic Rank in US: 71,202 Sites Linking In: 935

Site Information for bibliomania.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 332,377 Traffic Rank in IN: 115,438 Sites Linking In: 2,587

Site Information for readinggroupguides.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 567,980 Traffic Rank in US: 190,210 Sites Linking In: 645

Site Information for bookbrowse.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 204,266 Traffic Rank in US: 80,509 Sites Linking In: 788

Site Information for classicbookshelf.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 902,856 Traffic Rank in US: 537,002 Sites Linking In: 232

Site Information for wiredforbooks.org Alexa Traffic Rank: 1,125,875 No regional data Sites Linking In: 830

Site Information for litlovers.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 1,173,259 Traffic Rank in US: 269,531 Sites Linking In: 170

Site Information for readinggroupchoices.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 1,429,680 No regional data Sites Linking In: 255

Site Information for writtenvoices.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 3,028,444 No regional data Sites Linking In: 72

Site Information for notingbooks.com Alexa Traffic Rank: 8,552,480 No regional data Sites Linking In: 11