Archive: the original analysis

Five pieces from this site's earlier life as a rank tracking service, reproduced with their original dates. The figures are historical; they are kept as examples of the method applied at the time.

What You Can Learn From the Amazon Sales Rank
Archive, December 2010. The original methodology piece: what the rank number represents and why a single reading tells you almost nothing.
Archive · 2010-12-22
Art of the Start Outsells Other Marketing Titles
Archive, April 2012. Comparing rank trajectories across a set of competing marketing books over a five-day observation window.
Archive · 2012-04-10
The Lean Startup Sells Its Way to Success
Archive, April 2012. Rank comparison across entrepreneurship titles, including an unexpected finding about social media and sales.
Archive · 2012-04-10
Life of Pi vs Currency Wars: First Week of 2012
Archive, January 2012. A head-to-head rank comparison of two very different titles over the first trading week of the year.
Archive · 2012-01-07
Tipping Point Outselling Competitors
Archive, April 2012. A rank comparison putting one popular title against its nearest category competitors, with the ratio worked out.
Archive · 2012-04-10

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