Alexa, Amazon's Most Flawed Idea

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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Interesting definition of 'most'

[daVinci1980]

Last time I checked, the term 'most' meant a majority.

Firefox, Safari and Opera may have significant market penetration, but 30% a majority does not make.

Now for my slashdot rant: I remember when slashdot used to post news. You know, 'news for nerds. stuff that matters'? Lately, the tagline might as well change to Slashdot: "Some idiot posted this somewhere on the web. We'll ride their coat tails."

These days, slashdot hardly has as much credit as celebrity gossip sites such as What Would Tyler Durden Do? and The Superficial. At least they're honest about the fact that they are posting little more than rumors.