In late June 2007 we decided to do an extensive review of the most well known Cuba related websites that we could find.
We wanted to research the traffic and quality of other Cuba related websites in order to find and evaluate websites that would be suitable to promote and advertise our HavanaJournal.com.
We also thought this would be a good opportunity to have a close look at our own HavanaJournal.com and how it compared to other Cuba related websites.
We found over 50 potential candidates and judged them on the following criteria:
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Alexa Traffic Rank
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Compete Traffic Rank
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Quantcast Traffic Rank
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Google Backlink Count
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Google Indexed Page Count
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Google Page Rank
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DMOZ Listings
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Wikipedia References
Sites were not excluded for any reason such as location, content or design. Sites were excluded if shown to be ranked very low in multiple criteria.
Here’s how HavanaJournal.com ranked
Traffic Ranking
Alexa, Compete, Quantcast average traffic rank: 10th place – 299,209
Compete and Quantcast only average traffic rank: 9th place – 168,260
Google Information
Google Backlinks: 7th place – 272
Google indexed pages: 8th place – 5790
Google Page Rank: tied for second – 5
Miscellaneous
DMOZ: tied for 5th place – 2 listings
Wikipedia: 3rd place – 24 references
Top Ten Cuba Select Rankings for 2007
Alexa, Compete and Quantcast average traffic rankings:
1. CubaWeb.cu
2. Cubanet.org
3. Cuba.com
4. TasteOfCuba.com
5. BabaluBlog.com
6. DTCuba.com
7. CubanFoodMarket.com
8. Netssa.com
9. MyCubanStore.com
10. HAVANAJOURNAL.COM
Compete and Quantcast average traffic rankings:
1. CubaWeb.cu
2. TasteOfCuba.com
3. Cubanet.org
4. Cuba.com
5. CubanFoodMarket.com
6. BabaluBlog.com
7. MyCubanStore.com
8. Netssa.com
9. HAVANAJOURNAL.COM
10. Cuba-Junky.com
Google Backlinks rankings:
1. BabaluBlog.com
2. CubaWeb.cu
3. Cubanet.org
4. Sprachcaffe-kuba.com
5. LaHabana.com
6. DTCuba.com
7. HAVANAJOURNAL.COM
8. NetForCuba.org
9. WebHavana.com
10. Gran-Caribe.com
Google Indexed Pages rankings:
1. CubaWeb.cu
2. Cubanet.org
3. Cubamania.com
4. CubaXP.com
5. VacacionarTravel.com
6. BabaluBlog.com
7. DTCuba.com
8. HAVANAJOURNAL.COM
9. CubanFoodMarket.com
10. CubaHotelBookings.com
Google Page Rank rankings:
1. Cubanet.org
2. BabaluBlog.com
3. LaHabana.com
4. TasteOfCuba.com
5. HAVANAJOURNAL.COM
6. DTCuba.com
7. Cuba-Pictures.com
8. CubaXP.com
9. CubaMapa.com
10. Gran-Caribe.com
DMOZ rankings:
1. CubaWeb.cu
2. Cubanet.org
3. DTCuba.com
4. Sprachcaffe-kuba.com
5. TasteOfCuba.com
6. HAVANAJOURNAL.COM
7. Cuba-Junky.com
8. WebHavana.com
9. NetForCuba.org
10. GoCuba.ca
Wikipedia rankings:
1. CubaWeb.cu
2. Cubanet.org
3. HAVANAJOURNAL.COM
4. BabaluBlog.com
5. TasteOfCuba.com
6. Cuba-Junky.com
7. NetForCuba.org
8. CubaVIP.com
9. PaseosPorLaHabana.com
10. Cuba-Pictures.com
Only Three Sites in the Top Ten in Every Category
Only three Cuba related sites in the world ranked in the top ten in every category listed above:
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HavanaJournal.com (private, Massachusetts based corporation – accepts advertising)
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Cubanet.org (receives millions of dollars of USAID funding – no advertising)
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CubaWeb.cu (owned and operated by the Cuban government – no advertising)
You can view all the raw data and hierarchical ranking order in our combined 2011, 2009 and 2007 Cuba Select spreadsheet (will open Excel). Each tab contains a different year of data.