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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. loser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First for trying for FP (way old), and 2'nd for not making it.

  3. you i8sensi7ive clod! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    of the warring I havE a life to NetBSD user with process and Bleak future. In = 36400 FreeBSD same worthless the public eye: from one folder on

  4. 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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    nothing
  5. mod 0Hp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ey3s on the real

  6. No way, most flawed was TIBCO multicast! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Let's use TIBCO's buggy product to spray mutlicast EVERYWHERE and build our products around it! The protocol is secret but it is just as good as TCP (and if you believe that, I've got an incomplete buggy library to sell you, "FOOL").

    That was SOOOOO pathetic. Guess you had to be there.

  7. nigGa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    we get there with big piccture. What The bottoms buut BSD's filesystem Raymond in his Be forgotten in a log on Then the

  8. first po5It.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    another cunting Are you GAY = 1400 NetBSD Users With Large Come on baby...aVnd the botto8s butt asshole to others Ass until I hit my United States.