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Originally Posted by jawn_tech
I'd always wondered if most Alexa ratings were webmaster-generated figures. Not only self-generated, but the stats of webmasters' surfing habits with the toolbar installed.
Be that as it may (or was), I can count on one hand the number of times I've visited the Alexa site. Comparing Alexa scores though, I'd always found it odd how certain sites had better Alexa scores than other more well-known sites.
I don't know of anyone outside of webmaster circles who've even heard of Alexa.
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Well, most certainly some portion of Alexa recorded traffic is self-induced; the only real question is how much.
As for which sites are and are not prominent on Alexa, it may be the case that those users who are most likely to install the Alexa toolbar possess certain demographic characteristics such that certain sites or types of sties are signinficantly more or less likely to be frequented by them than others. It has always been my opinion that the Alexa rankings were susceptible to such unavoidable bias.