I have said it before and I'll say it again - Alexa sucks. Here is a new article outlining some of the reasons it is worthless. It's a good read and important to note.
As far as I know the best way to determine a website's popularity would be to combine all of the log file data from all of the DNS servers in the world and create a database that would be searchable and ranked. Since this will never happen, Alexa is seen as the next best thing. Bottom line - it's time to stop looking to Alexa for site popularity.
Full Version: Why Alexa Ratings Are Worthless
QUOTE(sc123 @ Jul 23 2007, 05:34 PM) 
I have said it before and I'll say it again - Alexa sucks. Here is a new article outlining some of the reasons it is worthless. It's a good read and important to note.
As far as I know the best way to determine a website's popularity would be to combine all of the log file data from all of the DNS servers in the world and create a database that would be searchable and ranked. Since this will never happen, Alexa is seen as the next best thing. Bottom line - it's time to stop looking to Alexa for site popularity.
As far as I know the best way to determine a website's popularity would be to combine all of the log file data from all of the DNS servers in the world and create a database that would be searchable and ranked. Since this will never happen, Alexa is seen as the next best thing. Bottom line - it's time to stop looking to Alexa for site popularity.
Great article! Thanks for pointing it out.
I've never let Al3xa freak me out though--once in a while it's entertaining!
Alexa Who? Good find SC.
QUOTE(agkits @ Jul 24 2007, 08:28 AM)
Alexa Who? Good find SC.
Ditto on this, Alexa, what a joke!
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