Which Israel-Based Think-Tank Leads the Pack on the Internet?
After a decade of concentrated effort on the front lines of the Internet, the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs headed by former Israeli UN Ambassador Dore Gold leads the pack of Israel-based think tanks, according to data from Alexa.com, an independent website traffic ranking service owned by Amazon.com.
A comparison of 17 think tanks in July 2010 shows that the Jerusalem Center ranks much higher than better known and more lavishly funded institutions such as the Israel Democracy Institute, Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies, the Shalem Center, and the Peres Center (see table).
Rank Website World Ranking
1 Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs 368,054
2 NGO Monitor 605,446
3 One Jerusalem 752,482
4 Daily Alert 962,386
5 Institute for Counter-Terrorism, IDC Herzliya 978,644
6 Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University 1,093,413
7 Israel Democracy Institute 1,302,090
8 Reut Institute 1,735,615
9 Van Leer Jerusalem Institute 1,878,871
10 Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information 2,205,274
11 Peres Center for Peace 2,594,697
12 Ariel Center for Policy Research 2,761,903
13 Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress 3,312,665
14 Shalem Center 4,859,252
15 Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University 5,812,872
16 Rabin Center 6,365,319
17 Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies 8,419,974
So I looked up my Alexa rank:
209,116.
I am speechless.
I don't know whether to be proud that my ranking is so high, or upset that these professional think-tanks - with full time staff and salaries, filled with stellar content - cannot do better.
Maybe, if they would hire me full time, I could make aliyah and increase their ranking!
(Just for context - newspapers and magazines do much, much better than my little blog, and these sites don't generally have daily news updates, but still....)
(Just for context - newspapers and magazines do much, much better than my little blog, and these sites don't generally have daily news updates, but still....)