[WikiEN-l] Interesting article on Alexa

Fri Sep 29 20:11:37 UTC 2006

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Given the number of people who seem to use Alexa 'rankings' as the basis
of an Afd decision on website articles, I thought you guys might be
interested in this article:

http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/

It has been clear for a long time that Alexa 'rankings' are utter crap,
as they are based not on website visitors and links (as Google or Yahoo
rankings are) but on the activities of those infected with Alexa's
spyware-esque toolbar.

Cynical
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