Man, I love statistics and indices. The monthly Top 100 Aussie Tech Startups is something that I check every now and then just to see “how everyone else is doing”. TechNation used to use various traffic stats (Alexa and Compete ranks), but now have changed to use YouNoodle Scores. What score?!

A YouNoodle Score is a quantitative measurement, on a scale of 0 to 100, of a startup’s impact and importance based on its traction, activity, and buzz. The score is based on information pulled in from thousands of online sources: traffic, mainstream media, the blogosphere, conversations on Twitter, and other key factors.

So instead of just the traffic, it also includes how much media coverage this website receives. Now, stop reading and blog and tweet about OzBargain so hopefully the score will go up :)