On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 06:25:03PM -0700, Daniel Mayer wrote:
JeLuF wrote:
This all seems very unlikely to me. I think Mav
and
perhaps some other "power user" are using the alexa
toolbar and their many hits adulterate the statistics.
Is that an allegation that I'm rigging the system?
Maveric, I didn't want to allege fraud, if you've got this impression
I'm very sorry. I just assume that this statistic has a "systematic
error" and since it was also you (I think) who cited alexa some
weeks ago I falsly assumed you were a user of this toolbar.
Instead of throwing around baseless accusations why
don't you look up the
criteria for hit counting; one IP is counted only once a day per page (see
http://pages.alexa.com/exec/faqsidos/help/index.html?index=1 ). Oh and I use
a non-Windows operating system so the Alexa Toolbar doesn't work on my
computer - same for a disproportionately large number of daily contributors.
So if anything Wikipedia's stats are undercounted by the use of the "power
users".
The fact that an IP is only counted once per page would btw not reduce the
impact of power users to the statistic.
/wiki/Article
/w/wiki.phtml?title=Article
/w/wiki.phtml?title=Article&action=edit
/w/wiki.phtml?title=Article&action=preview
All are different pages for alexa, so a power user would generate lots
of hits.
Regarding the non-Windows-OS you are using, you are right, when thinking
of it I remember you providing some Konqueror screenshots, I could have
known this.
Regards,
JeLuF