Comments on: Why are we still using Alexa Rankings? http://blog.3rdmartini.com/why-are-we-still-using-alexa-rankings/ ephemeral words for creative readers Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:30:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jeremy Fuksa: Creative Generalist http://blog.3rdmartini.com/why-are-we-still-using-alexa-rankings/#comment-34904 Jeremy Fuksa: Creative Generalist Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:23:23 +0000 http://blog.3rdmartini.com/why-are-we-still-using-alexa-rankings/#comment-34904 But even then, surely you have to agree that you take that information with a grain of salt... that is to say that you would assume that the actual traffic would potentially be far greater than what it's measuring. I think that Alexa would be far more successful if they went with a Javascript include so that the responsibility falls on site owners instead of asking their visitors to install some toolbar that most people would associate with spyware in the first place. But even then, surely you have to agree that you take that information with a grain of salt… that is to say that you would assume that the actual traffic would potentially be far greater than what it’s measuring.

I think that Alexa would be far more successful if they went with a Javascript include so that the responsibility falls on site owners instead of asking their visitors to install some toolbar that most people would associate with spyware in the first place.

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Nice job on the CSS Mania post!

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