del.icio.us traffic tanking/rocking

There's been some contention over del.icio.us' traffic numbers lately, with TechCrunch's Michael Arrington pointing out that, according to Alexa, the social bookmarking site's traffic peaked in April and "by some measures they've tanked completely" since then. I'm a huge fan of del.icio.us, so some recent numbers from Hitwise are the kind that I like better. Hitwise says that del.icio.us is going strong, and since January its traffic has more than doubled. TechCrunch's Marshall Kirkpatrick underscores the real issue here: "Traffic numbers are maddeningly difficult to nail down, it's an issue that's rarely discussed but is a real problem." It just goes to show, you shouldn't rely on stats from just one source, and you should be prepared to flip a coin.

Tags: alexa, del.icio.us, delicious, hitwise, stats, traffic, yahoo