Quantcast top 1000 sites in the USA - we made it!

Quantcast is one of those services we monitor regularly, to see how we stack up against the rest of the sites out there.

While we're not "quantified", quantcast has been accurately tracking (to an unnerving degree) our US audience for many months now...we use Google Analytics internally, and the numbers are within 5%, which is amazing to me.

After a while, we've finally managed to crack the top 1,000 sites in the US on their list, for the first time ever! I know, I know - we're not facebook ($400 million in funding anybody?) or myspace ($900 million in revenue anyone?) but, with a 3 person team, and 6 part time people, it's gratifying to see that we can indeed accomplish something meaningful.

Of course, our ambitious, big & lofty goal is to change the world. I love Google, personally, and their "do no evil" business philosophy is inspiring...however, at FunAdvice, our goal is one step further: to proactively make the world a better place. With the founding team coming from three unique countries and cultures, and all of our children having dual citizenship (or more), it's imperative to us that people learn to get along, respect our similarities and what makes us individuals, as people or as cultures.

Personally, I (Jeremy, aka, thedude) come from a small town in Oregon. Bigotry & racism were rampant, and you could literally count the number of non European American people I grew up with on both hands. My wife is from a country that, until I met her, I'd never heard of. To me, this kind of 180 degree change in thinking *shouldn't* be possible, eg, all of our children should grow up more enlightened, more tolerant and more understanding.

With any luck and our future growth, we'll get the message of acceptance, tolerance and understanding communicated to the broader global community and make a huge impact in people's ability to embrace their fellow human beings.