JeLuF wrote:
This all seems very unlikely to me. I think Mav and perhaps some other "power user" are using the alexa toolbar and their many hits adulterate the statistics.
Is that an allegation that I'm rigging the system?
Instead of throwing around baseless accusations why don't you look up the criteria for hit counting; one IP is counted only once a day per page (see http://pages.alexa.com/exec/faqsidos/help/index.html?index=1 ). Oh and I use a non-Windows operating system so the Alexa Toolbar doesn't work on my computer - same for a disproportionately large number of daily contributors. So if anything Wikipedia's stats are undercounted by the use of the "power users".
Good day.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 06:25:03PM -0700, Daniel Mayer wrote:
JeLuF wrote:
This all seems very unlikely to me. I think Mav and perhaps some other "power user" are using the alexa toolbar and their many hits adulterate the statistics.
Is that an allegation that I'm rigging the system?
Maveric, I didn't want to allege fraud, if you've got this impression I'm very sorry. I just assume that this statistic has a "systematic error" and since it was also you (I think) who cited alexa some weeks ago I falsly assumed you were a user of this toolbar.
Instead of throwing around baseless accusations why don't you look up the criteria for hit counting; one IP is counted only once a day per page (see http://pages.alexa.com/exec/faqsidos/help/index.html?index=1 ). Oh and I use a non-Windows operating system so the Alexa Toolbar doesn't work on my computer - same for a disproportionately large number of daily contributors. So if anything Wikipedia's stats are undercounted by the use of the "power users".
The fact that an IP is only counted once per page would btw not reduce the impact of power users to the statistic. /wiki/Article /w/wiki.phtml?title=Article /w/wiki.phtml?title=Article&action=edit /w/wiki.phtml?title=Article&action=preview
All are different pages for alexa, so a power user would generate lots of hits.
Regarding the non-Windows-OS you are using, you are right, when thinking of it I remember you providing some Konqueror screenshots, I could have known this.
Regards,
JeLuF
Daniel Mayer wrote:
JeLuF wrote:
This all seems very unlikely to me. I think Mav and perhaps some other "power user" are using the alexa toolbar and their many hits adulterate the statistics.
Is that an allegation that I'm rigging the system?
Instead of throwing around baseless accusations why don't you look up the criteria for hit counting; one IP is counted only once a day per page (see http://pages.alexa.com/exec/faqsidos/help/index.html?index=1 ). Oh and I use a non-Windows operating system so the Alexa Toolbar doesn't work on my computer - same for a disproportionately large number of daily contributors. So if anything Wikipedia's stats are undercounted by the use of the "power users".
Amazon and msn are more likely candidates for rigging the system.
Ec
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