Where's the latest EconDirectory?
Here.
The most recent update is from December 2011. Previous updates (dating back to June 2006) can be found in the archives.
What happened to the data from April through November 2011?
Publication of the list went on hiatus for a while. The data was still collected and is available for research (contact Brian Gongol if you need it), and it will be published retroactively as time permits.
Why hasn't an update been posted in a while?
The long and short of it is that a few individuals became insistent to the point of harassment, and publishing the list ceased to be enjoyable. Here's an example of the kind of borderline-abusive emails that were being sent:
I sent this email to you about 5 days ago and I've heard nothing in response...
Is there a reason that [SITE REMOVED] wasn't included in your rankings this month..?..
I have my traffic measured directly with a PUBLICLY available link to my stats on my site...
And it goes to my quantcast page...which is here...
[LINK REMOVED]
As you can see, it is now a top 3,000 site...and i am averaging approximately 130k pageviews per DAY in february...and it clearly shows we had 59k pageviews per DAY in january...
And i took the time to send all of this info to you last month and you told me that i had satisfied the requirement since i have this data available publicly with a link to it from my site...
So what happened...is there a reason that you chose to exclude my site...
Thank you,
Awaiting your response,
[NAME REMOVED]
Emails like this were arriving from different people on a nearly-daily basis, and quite frankly, this list never existed to satisfy the childish ego of someone who thinks they're entitled to special treatment. The EconDirectory is a research project and a public service. It's not the Yellow Pages. Plenty of hotshots have shown up, put up a linkbait page, gotten a lot of traffic for a couple of months, and then rightfully faded into obscurity forever. On the other hand, there are lots of quality sites that have earned a lot of daily traffic by providing useful, valuable information to the world. Those are the folks to whom this list is dedicated.
Questions or comments?
Contact Brian Gongol anytime, or send a note to mail@gongol.com.
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