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i remember seeing their browser toolbars, i didnt know that was the only source of data. it seems like collecting data like search engine queries, number of in

by ashishk 17y ago

i remember seeing their browser toolbars, i didnt know that was the only source of data. it seems like collecting data like search engine queries, number of inbound links to the site might also be used. no?

ecaron 17y ago
There's no way to them to get that interstitial data without having code analyzed/reporting per-page on the site (either backend Apache-log analysis or something like Google Analytics). Alexa did this for a while with their "embed your site's score", but that was too easily gamed so it was discontinued as a metric source.