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FWIW Alexa isn't accurate and can easily be gamed.
by itsprofitbaron 14y ago
FWIW Alexa isn't accurate and can easily be gamed.
- GigabyteCoin 14y agoI am aware, but at least it doesn't look like this: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bitcoin.org http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bitcoin.org Faking a high alexa ranking may be possible, but faking a low alexa ranking is not. You can't fake the fact that next to nobody went to instawallet.
- itsprofitbaron 14y agoI'm talking about the sites with a lower alexa ranking who potentially are gaming the results. For instance, I have a "junk" site (its kindof lame) which took about ~30 minutes of my time to make in 2007 and I haven't touched it since and this site is by far the largest in its niche. I know it’s the largest in the niche because, I know some of the other webmasters in this niche & we’ve shared traffic info. Anyway my “junk” site has a significantly higher alexa ranking than its competitors - for instance they are nearly in the top 100k (they get ~60-70% of the traffic) and this site is nowhere near that.
- X-Istence 14y agoHow does Alexa get the information to rank websites? From a toolbar a user has to install ... maybe the people using some place like instawallet wouldn't be too keen on sharing data with a 3rd party.
- illuminate 14y ago"Faking a high alexa ranking may be possible, but faking a low alexa ranking is not." You need to be the sort of idiot who runs feature-free bloatware before you can contribute to their ranking system.
- IheartApplesDix 14y agoThat is not a counter to his argument.
- illuminate 14y agoIf you think it is not a counter to his argument, you're missing the point, that low scores are not indicative of low traffic, and high scores are not indicative of high traffic (except among a very specific demographic.)