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The following is a post I just made at www.WebLoggers.Org. I've added to it below because I believe NamePros is just as affected - the text of the WebLoggers post applies to NamePros as well...maybe even more so. NamePros info added below.
From WebLoggers post:
I agree, though the higher you go in Alexa's ranking, the more accurate (per Alexa's own admission).
Just read more about how Alexa ranks and I'll bet WebLoggers.Org's rank is strongly under-reported because Alexa does not count Firefox and other non-IE browsers and Alexa only works on Windows.
This from Alexa (bold added by me to emphasize likely under-reporting of WebLoggers.Org's traffic):
A disproportionate number of our visitors use non-IE browsers and non-Windows OSs.
Would'nt it be great if Alexa updated their technology?
Here's our latest Alexa ranks for WebLoggers.Org:
When................Rank...............Page Views.........Reach per million users
Today...............65,198............56.0...................6
1 wk. Avg. ........84,962............28.1...................6.5
3 mos. Avg. ......100,876...........14.3...................7.05
3 mos. Change...up 851,840.......up 1%................up 2,250 %
~~~end of WebLoggers post~~~
Traffic Rank for NamePros.com
When...............Rank..............Page Views........Reach per million users
Today.................1,807............17.6...................280
1 wk. Avg. ..........1,778............16.5...................305
3 mos. Avg. ........1,772............13.8....................303
3 mos. Change.....up 266..........down 6%...............up 26 %
Perhaps a mod or admin here can list the browser and OS choices of visitors per the logs and stats. NamePros, IMHO, is the most awesome board on the planet. There are some anime folks out there who would disagree, no doubt. NamePros combines fun, profit - business and social aspects in a fine community (with it's own currency!); I'd just like to see the reporting of an 'authority' like Alexa be more accurate.
Top 2,000 sites on the planet is nothing to sneeze at, but the more likely top 1,000 ranking is probably an order of magnitude more traffic than top 2,000.
Regards,
Keith
From WebLoggers post:
dgridley said:
I agree, though the higher you go in Alexa's ranking, the more accurate (per Alexa's own admission).
Just read more about how Alexa ranks and I'll bet WebLoggers.Org's rank is strongly under-reported because Alexa does not count Firefox and other non-IE browsers and Alexa only works on Windows.
This from Alexa (bold added by me to emphasize likely under-reporting of WebLoggers.Org's traffic):
Some Important Disclaimers
The traffic data are based on the set of Alexa users, which may not be a representative sample of the global Internet population. Known biases include (but are likely not limited to) the following:
* Our users are disproportionately likely to visit alexa.com, amazon.com and archive.org, and traffic to these sites may be substantially overcounted.
* The Alexa Toolbar works only with the Internet Explorer browser. Sites frequented mainly by users of other browsers will be undercounted. For example, the AOL/Netscape browser is not supported, which means that Alexa collects little data from AOL users, and our traffic to aol.com is likely lower than it would be for a more representative sample.
* The Alexa Toolbar works only on Windows operating systems. Although a large majority of the Internet population currently used Windows, traffic to any sites which are disproportionately visited by users of other operating systems will be undercounted.
* The rate of adoption of Alexa software in different parts of the world may vary widely due to advertising locality, language, and other geographic and cultural factors. For example, to some extent the prominence of Korean sites among our top-ranked sites reflects known high rates of general Internet usage in South Korea, but there may also be a disproportionate number of Korean Alexa users.
* In some cases traffic data may also be adversely affected by our "site" definitions. With tens of millions of hosts on the Internet, our automated procedures for determining which hosts are serving the "same" content may be incorrect and/or out-of-date. Similarly, the determinations of domains and home pages may not always be accurate. When these determinations change (as they do periodically), there may be sudden artificial changes in the Alexa traffic rankings for some sites as a consequence.
* The Alexa Toolbar turns itself off on secure pages (https
. Sites with secure page views will be under-represented in the Alexa traffic data.
In addition to the biases above, the Alexa user base is only a sample of the Internet population, and sites with relatively low traffic will not be accurately ranked by Alexa due to the statistical limitations of the sample. Alexa's data come from a large sample of several million Alexa Toolbar users; however, this is not large enough to accurately determine the rankings of sites with fewer than roughly 1,000 total monthly visitors. Generally, Traffic Rankings of 100,000+ should be regarded as not reliable because the amount of data we receive is not statistically significant. Conversely, the more traffic a site receives (the closer it gets to the number 1 position), the more reliable its Traffic Ranking becomes.
The traffic data are based on the set of Alexa users, which may not be a representative sample of the global Internet population. Known biases include (but are likely not limited to) the following:
* Our users are disproportionately likely to visit alexa.com, amazon.com and archive.org, and traffic to these sites may be substantially overcounted.
* The Alexa Toolbar works only with the Internet Explorer browser. Sites frequented mainly by users of other browsers will be undercounted. For example, the AOL/Netscape browser is not supported, which means that Alexa collects little data from AOL users, and our traffic to aol.com is likely lower than it would be for a more representative sample.
* The Alexa Toolbar works only on Windows operating systems. Although a large majority of the Internet population currently used Windows, traffic to any sites which are disproportionately visited by users of other operating systems will be undercounted.
* The rate of adoption of Alexa software in different parts of the world may vary widely due to advertising locality, language, and other geographic and cultural factors. For example, to some extent the prominence of Korean sites among our top-ranked sites reflects known high rates of general Internet usage in South Korea, but there may also be a disproportionate number of Korean Alexa users.
* In some cases traffic data may also be adversely affected by our "site" definitions. With tens of millions of hosts on the Internet, our automated procedures for determining which hosts are serving the "same" content may be incorrect and/or out-of-date. Similarly, the determinations of domains and home pages may not always be accurate. When these determinations change (as they do periodically), there may be sudden artificial changes in the Alexa traffic rankings for some sites as a consequence.
* The Alexa Toolbar turns itself off on secure pages (https
. Sites with secure page views will be under-represented in the Alexa traffic data.In addition to the biases above, the Alexa user base is only a sample of the Internet population, and sites with relatively low traffic will not be accurately ranked by Alexa due to the statistical limitations of the sample. Alexa's data come from a large sample of several million Alexa Toolbar users; however, this is not large enough to accurately determine the rankings of sites with fewer than roughly 1,000 total monthly visitors. Generally, Traffic Rankings of 100,000+ should be regarded as not reliable because the amount of data we receive is not statistically significant. Conversely, the more traffic a site receives (the closer it gets to the number 1 position), the more reliable its Traffic Ranking becomes.
A disproportionate number of our visitors use non-IE browsers and non-Windows OSs.
Would'nt it be great if Alexa updated their technology?
Here's our latest Alexa ranks for WebLoggers.Org:
When................Rank...............Page Views.........Reach per million users
Today...............65,198............56.0...................6
1 wk. Avg. ........84,962............28.1...................6.5
3 mos. Avg. ......100,876...........14.3...................7.05
3 mos. Change...up 851,840.......up 1%................up 2,250 %
~~~end of WebLoggers post~~~
Traffic Rank for NamePros.com
When...............Rank..............Page Views........Reach per million users
Today.................1,807............17.6...................280
1 wk. Avg. ..........1,778............16.5...................305
3 mos. Avg. ........1,772............13.8....................303
3 mos. Change.....up 266..........down 6%...............up 26 %
Perhaps a mod or admin here can list the browser and OS choices of visitors per the logs and stats. NamePros, IMHO, is the most awesome board on the planet. There are some anime folks out there who would disagree, no doubt. NamePros combines fun, profit - business and social aspects in a fine community (with it's own currency!); I'd just like to see the reporting of an 'authority' like Alexa be more accurate.
Top 2,000 sites on the planet is nothing to sneeze at, but the more likely top 1,000 ranking is probably an order of magnitude more traffic than top 2,000.
Regards,
Keith
