Comments on: Alexa replacement to measure classified ad sites http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/alexa-replacement-to-measure-classified-ad-sites/ The pulse of the small unit rental market. Dave Dugdale reports what he sees in the online rental market place. Dave also provides a podcast show called RadioVine which is on a separate feed from this one. Visit www.rentvine.com/anc/radiovine.cfm for the shows and feed. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:43:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/alexa-replacement-to-measure-classified-ad-sites/#comment-296 Dave Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/alexa-replacement-to-measure-classified-ad-sites/#comment-296 I have heard of stories where people set up Alexa toolbars on many computers that have ip addresses that constant change and then hit their own site to raise the Alexa ranking using an automated process. This has been happening for years. Eddie, you bring up a good question, perhaps ClassifiedStats.org can be gamed just as easy. But ClassifiedStats.org would be a <strong>lot more accurate</strong> because it is not using sample data like Alexa uses. Perhaps it is not the best idea that I have come up with - but interesting to think about. I have heard of stories where people set up Alexa toolbars on many computers that have ip addresses that constant change and then hit their own site to raise the Alexa ranking using an automated process. This has been happening for years.

Eddie, you bring up a good question, perhaps ClassifiedStats.org can be gamed just as easy. But ClassifiedStats.org would be a lot more accurate because it is not using sample data like Alexa uses.
Perhaps it is not the best idea that I have come up with - but interesting to think about.

]]> By: Eddie http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/alexa-replacement-to-measure-classified-ad-sites/#comment-295 Eddie Fri, 08 Dec 2006 18:10:57 +0000 http://www.rentvine.com/blog/index.php/alexa-replacement-to-measure-classified-ad-sites/#comment-295 Hi Dave, Interesting concept. What is it about Alexa that allows it to be easily gamed? How would ClassifiedStats.org address this and would those contermeasures affect usability? Hi Dave,
Interesting concept.

What is it about Alexa that allows it to be easily gamed?

How would ClassifiedStats.org address this and would those contermeasures affect usability?

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