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THE PROBLEM WITH ALEXA
SOFIR.ORG ^ | March 10, 2009 | n/a

Posted on 03/10/2009 3:55:46 PM PDT by Cindy

SNIPPET: "If you are going to rely on data from Alexa in a study of people who are involved in extremist or other illegal activity, you have to provide a plausible explanation as to why your particular population would install the Alexa toolbar and thus compromise their own security.

Finally, I will tell you in no uncertain terms that Alexa's data for prominent al-Qaida websites does not resemble in the slightest the actual usage of those sites under direct observation."

(Excerpt) Read more at sofir.org ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: alexa; data; internet

1 posted on 03/10/2009 3:55:46 PM PDT by Cindy
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