Wednesday's Deals: Seven great local businesses

Posted by Howard Owens on September 2, 2009 - 7:10am
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Adam Miller Toy & Bicycles, 8 Center St., Batavia, N.Y.: Feel like a kid in a toy store again, or treat your kids to the greatest toy store they will ever see. We have a $25 gift certificate for $12.50.

T.F. Brown's, at 214 E. Main St., Batavia, N.Y.: T.F. Brown's is a great place for a good meal, good friends and to catch up on what's going on in the sports world. When you need to book your next party, think T.F. Brown's. See the ad on the right side of the page for contact information. We have a $20 gift card for $10.

Settler's Restaurant, 353 W. Main St., Batavia, N.Y.: Settler's has a 25-year history of serving great, affordable breakfasts, lunches and dinners to Batavians. We have a $20 gift certificate for $10.

Center Street Smoke House, 20 Center St., Batavia, N.Y.: Ribs, brisket, steak, prime rib -- Center Street is a meat lover's paradise. We have a $25 gift card for $12.50.

The Enchanted Florist, 202 E. Main St., Batavia, N.Y.: Brighten up your home or office with flowers!  We have a $20 gift certificate for $8.50.

Matty's Pizzeria, 4152 W. Main St., Batavia, N.Y.: Matty's is another Batavia favorite for pizza and wings. We have a $20 gift certificate for $10.

Alex's Place, 8322 Park Road, Batavia, N.Y.: People come from all over the region for a fine dining experience at Alex's. It's best known for its ribs, of course, but Alex's seafood is also a favorite of the restaurant's diners. We have a $25 gift certificate for $12.50.

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Posted by Marty Stucko on September 2, 2009 - 8:46am
Howard, Go to alexa.com for some comparative site rankings. For instance The batavian is ranked: 214,000 and the daily news is: 13,810,000.

The batavian also has traffic from India (23%) and Sri Lanka (5%).
Posted by Howard Owens on September 2, 2009 - 8:56am
Alexa is totally useless as a web measurement source. It's traffic numbers are terrifically off and are in now way related to reality.

Compete.com is also highly flawed.

Most reliable source, though by no means 100 percent accurate, and takes a little metrics knowledge to understand, is quantcast.
Posted by Beth Kinsley on September 2, 2009 - 9:01am
23% of the Batavian's traffic is from India? Howard, you need to get some Indian sponsors!
Posted by Howard Owens on September 2, 2009 - 9:04am
Ha. Again, Alexa is in no way accurate. It probably also says we get 15 percent of our traffic from Mars and another 5 percent from Atlantis.
Posted by Peter O'Brien on September 2, 2009 - 9:09am
23% from India could all be malware (assuming it was accurate)
Posted by Howard Owens on September 2, 2009 - 9:15am
Alexa wouldn't measure anything automated. It relies on people installing a browser plug in that communicates back to its servers what sites those users are visiting.

We do get a lot of spammers trying to post to the site, which would explain some Indian traffic, but not 23 percent. That's just insane. GA shows all non-US traffic less than 1 percent. We had 78 visits from India in August.
Posted by bud prevost on September 2, 2009 - 9:28am
maybe a decimal was lost.... 78 vistors from India account for .23% of traffic? just a thought... :)