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To: Tree of Liberty
Alexa doesn’t provide reliable stats.

Really? I've always found their stats to be fairly accurate... I'll keep a sharper eye when using them, thanks.

60 posted on 08/05/2007 6:17:56 AM PDT by infidel29 (The US Military: Doing the job politicians don't want to do.)
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To: infidel29
It relies on people actively using a toolbar that sends web usage info to their servers. It's likely that people use it unwittingly, and uninstall it after the privacy implications (without any real benefit) become known.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet#Concerns_over_Alexa_rank_information_and_the_Alexa_Toolbar

69 posted on 08/05/2007 6:28:15 AM PDT by Tree of Liberty (Islam delenda est)
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