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some of them just changed the urls.

i.e. "BLUEMOUNTAINARTS.COM" is now actually just bluemountain.com not a #9 site...but still not 18 million either

Agreed. CDnow, for example, was acquired by Amazon, so their traffic ranking is meaningless too. I still have a soft spot in my heart for CDnow :)

Likewise MININGCO.COM is now About.com (#31 -> #65)