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]]> By: Benefits of a Top Alexa Ranking » @ YugaTech | Philippine Technology News & Reviews http://www.yugatech.com/the-internet/alexa-vs-netcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-137221 Benefits of a Top Alexa Ranking » @ YugaTech | Philippine Technology News & Reviews Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:44:37 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=732#comment-137221 [...] already discussed before why Alexa isn’t credible in tracking the visitor reach though at one time I suggested that it could be used to check your [...] [...] already discussed before why Alexa isn’t credible in tracking the visitor reach though at one time I suggested that it could be used to check your [...]

]]> By: Marites C Johns http://www.yugatech.com/the-internet/alexa-vs-netcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-15623 Marites C Johns Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:07:38 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=732#comment-15623 Sorry Abe I thought you were talking about the ratings on Netcraft and Alexa for Yahoo! rather than the certified figures - my apologies. - Marites - Sorry Abe I thought you were talking about the ratings on Netcraft and Alexa for Yahoo! rather than the certified figures – my apologies.

- Marites -

]]> By: yuga http://www.yugatech.com/the-internet/alexa-vs-netcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-15590 yuga Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:50:17 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=732#comment-15590 There's an actual independent research for these actually. <a href="http://www.comscore.com" rel="nofollow">Media Metrix</a> published the latest stats for the ff: Yahoo! - 43,700 Million Time Warner - 31,600 Million (AOL is roughly 70% of this) Microsoft - 21,800 Million (includes MSN) eBay - 10,900 Million MySpace - 9,600 Million Google - 6,300 Million There’s an actual independent research for these actually.

Media Metrix published the latest stats for the ff:

Yahoo! – 43,700 Million
Time Warner – 31,600 Million (AOL is roughly 70% of this)
Microsoft – 21,800 Million (includes MSN)
eBay – 10,900 Million
MySpace – 9,600 Million
Google – 6,300 Million

]]> By: Marites C Johns http://www.yugatech.com/the-internet/alexa-vs-netcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-15589 Marites C Johns Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:18:48 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=732#comment-15589 How do we know who is correct for Yahoo and how sure can we be that they are 1,2,3 or whatever. I must say I do agree with you and Max on toolbar ratings - they need to be used with a bucket of salt :-) - Marites - How do we know who is correct for Yahoo and how sure can we be that they are 1,2,3 or whatever. I must say I do agree with you and Max on toolbar ratings – they need to be used with a bucket of salt :-)

- Marites -

]]> By: yuga http://www.yugatech.com/the-internet/alexa-vs-netcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-15581 yuga Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:08:32 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=732#comment-15581 @ Marites What I wanted to underline the "fact" that Netcraft got their #1 rank wrong. Alexa got it right for Yahoo. Thus, if they can't fairly extrapolate the rank for the overall #1, I don't think they'd get it right with the rest. @ Marites

What I wanted to underline the “fact” that Netcraft got their #1 rank wrong. Alexa got it right for Yahoo.

Thus, if they can’t fairly extrapolate the rank for the overall #1, I don’t think they’d get it right with the rest.

]]> By: Max Limpag http://www.yugatech.com/the-internet/alexa-vs-netcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-15502 Max Limpag Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:36:33 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=732#comment-15502 Abe, I agree with you on the ranking. I'm not so sure about the figure because I oversee only Sun.Star Cebu online and its web projects (citizen journalists etc.), a separate department runs the Sun.Star network website. But last I heard the monthly pageviews were 11 million. Max Abe,
I agree with you on the ranking. I’m not so sure about the figure because I oversee only Sun.Star Cebu online and its web projects (citizen journalists etc.), a separate department runs the Sun.Star network website. But last I heard the monthly pageviews were 11 million.
Max

]]> By: Marites C Johns http://www.yugatech.com/the-internet/alexa-vs-netcraft/comment-page-1/#comment-15218 Marites C Johns Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:38:10 +0000 http://www.yugatech.com/blog/?p=732#comment-15218 I don't want to get into page view arguments but I do think your INQ7 is way off - organizations like INQ and SunStar hold accurate figures close to their chests as I said to you via Max's page the BBC news web site it supposed to be the most visited in the world by way of page views and that is not 41 million a month. Ever since day one of the Internet page views have been exaggerated with every graphic text block being counted as a hit. In truth the only true figures are 'unique visitor hits'. Hey, btw your tables are way outdated :-) I do not put too much store by the figures put out by Alexa or Netcraft as an accurate picture of views if either are just based on toolbar users. We deal with 3 advertising agencies and none accept Alexa as a true picture - in the World according to Alexa everyone runs Windows and uses Internet Explorer - now how can that give an accurate picture. Netcraft toolbar on the otherhand uses Internet Explorer, Firefox on Windows Mac and Linux platforms. According to my contact at Netcraft their toolbar is used 2 to 1 over Alexa - 'ah but they would say that I hear you say' but at least Netcraft did tell me early this year downloads of the toolbar - Alexa would not. Netcraft say they use the toolbar to rank the top 100 but those below 101 they use other proprietry methods but do not indicate what. Netcraft also say there is no reporting spyware in their toolbar - try to install Alexa on a machine that catches virus and spyware. There are differences in the way results are collated between Alexa and Netcraft. Alexa lumps xyz.com and all sub domains as a single analysis - Netcraft treats xyz.com and sub domains separately. For instance balita has * news.balita * biz.balita * ofw.balita All run separately In the same way INQ has its separate sub-domains - whilst all part of the same site each sub-domain is run as a separate entity. Netcraft take each part and give each a ranking - Balita has 'unique' visitors to news who don't visit ofw. or biz - Alexa lumps all together. Alexa is 'picky' on who they rank they won't touch a couple of gov.ph sites whereas Netcraft will treat everything as rankable. As far as I can see the whole subject is a minefield and unless every website carries somesort of independent counter the debate will go on and on. - Marites - I don’t want to get into page view arguments but I do think your INQ7 is way off – organizations like INQ and SunStar hold accurate figures close to their chests as I said to you via Max’s page the BBC news web site it supposed to be the most visited in the world by way of page views and that is not 41 million a month. Ever since day one of the Internet page views have been exaggerated with every graphic text block being counted as a hit. In truth the only true figures are ‘unique visitor hits’.

Hey, btw your tables are way outdated :-) I do not put too much store by the figures put out by Alexa or Netcraft as an accurate picture of views if either are just based on toolbar users.

We deal with 3 advertising agencies and none accept Alexa as a true picture – in the World according to Alexa everyone runs Windows and uses Internet Explorer – now how can that give an accurate picture.

Netcraft toolbar on the otherhand uses Internet Explorer, Firefox on Windows Mac and Linux platforms. According to my contact at Netcraft their toolbar is used 2 to 1 over Alexa – ‘ah but they would say that I hear you say’ but at least Netcraft did tell me early this year downloads of the toolbar – Alexa would not.

Netcraft say they use the toolbar to rank the top 100 but those below 101 they use other proprietry methods but do not indicate what. Netcraft also say there is no reporting spyware in their toolbar – try to install Alexa on a machine that catches virus and spyware.

There are differences in the way results are collated between Alexa and Netcraft.

Alexa lumps xyz.com and all sub domains as a single analysis – Netcraft treats xyz.com and sub domains separately.

For instance balita has
* news.balita
* biz.balita
* ofw.balita
All run separately

In the same way INQ has its separate sub-domains – whilst all part of the same site each sub-domain is run as a separate entity.

Netcraft take each part and give each a ranking – Balita has ‘unique’ visitors to news who don’t visit ofw. or biz – Alexa lumps all together.

Alexa is ‘picky’ on who they rank they won’t touch a couple of gov.ph sites whereas Netcraft will treat everything as rankable.

As far as I can see the whole subject is a minefield and unless every website carries somesort of independent counter the debate will go on and on.

- Marites -

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