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."
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