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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. In for Digg wars. by Spazntwich · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I would like to append to Taco's first salvo that "everything else Digg users like sucks too."

    Yes, this is tongue in cheek. Mod me troll anyway.

  2. Re:First post. by szembek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If by some chance you did get the first post, would you really want to wasting by saying that?

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