Alexa is mainly used by those with spyware installed, though I use the SearchStatus extension for Firefox, which provides the Alexa rank and sends data to Alexa.
I have no objection to this, as I don't mind making my site look more popular! On that point, Alexa can be forged by site owners asking their members to install Alexa to raise their ranking.
On 10/1/06, Joe Anderson computerjoe.mailinglist@googlemail.com wrote:
I have Alexa installed :P
On 10/1/06, Stephen Streater sbstreater@mac.com wrote:
On 1 Oct 2006, at 08:50, MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
Well, obviously it shouldn't be used as the sole way of making a decision, but if it has a high Alexa rank, it means a lot of people who use that Alexa toolbar visit the site. That should give some indication. Also, if none of them visit a certain site that says something as well.
In my cases it indicates that the UK Broadcasters don't allow installation of the Alexa toolbar, and that Alexa doesn't count iframe hits. As with all these things, there will always be cases where the raw figures are misleading. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@Wikipedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
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