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Alexa, Amazon's Most Flawed Idea

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ain't-that-the-truth dept.

Rub3X writes "The Alexa ranking system is naturally flawed. The data should never be treated as accurate, as it's easily manipulated, and not supported for most browsers in the world. It's an estimate, and nothing more. " I've been saying that forever, but unfortunately for me, since it's a number on a website that is considered "Real" to some, I'm supposed to take it seriously. I imagine this is a problem for many webmasters out there.

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  1. File Upload Sites & their ranking by in2mind · · Score: 4, Informative

    Services like Megaupload.com force Non-American/Non-european users to install Alexa toolbar to download the file.

    That explains why Alexa has file-upload sites such as Megaupload,rapidshare in the top 10 sites of most countries...

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    Wincopy