Bias in Alexa Rankings

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    Alexa Toolbar and the Problem of Experiment Design
    by Peter Norvig

    ...read more and view data
     
    minstrel, Mar 5, 2007 IP
  2. max pain

    max pain Notable Member

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    Good to see the findings supported by statistics - though it will still be difficult to convince the ALEXA fans (especially those who make it a point of sale).
     
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    Nice write-up on some key issues with alot of emphasis on Alexa rankings. Thanks for the insight.
     
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    chuckd1356 Active Member

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    Interesting article! Thanks!
     
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    My motorsport sites gets about ten times more visitors than a directory I'm running. The directory is ranked at 25,000 something and my motorsport site is usually around 600,000. Now, why can't more webmaster be interested in motorsports? ;)
     
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    Alexa is good only for reference and given its biased ranking i dont think its data should only be given a token consideration.
     
    ronaldmarva, Mar 14, 2007 IP
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    alexa will maintain its dominance in providing web site trafiic details and people will also use it as a prime source for reference inspite of any such news

    ;d
     
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    minstrel Illustrious Member

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    What people? I think even fewer people have heard of Alexa rankings than have heard about PageRank.
     
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    Thanks! Good information! :)
     
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    My travel site gets triple more traffic than my directory but, Alexa ranking for the directory is way better than the travel site.

    I can not beleive their stats. :mad:
     
    maldives, Mar 15, 2007 IP