In the past, I've expressed my views about Alexa.com's data and the Web site stats they make available. While I'm sure they've worked to improve their data processing, and have hopefully dealt with the 'gaming' issues (where people would drive their rank up), I'm still unsure that the data is anything more than a generalized indicator for the Web.  Sites like AdBrite use your Alexa rank as a means to show advertisers your site's worth, and many top bloggers quote these same numbers when talking about sites.  Why? Because it's been around for five years, and it was the only option f

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Just a few days ago, I posted here on my blog about Alexa Rankings, their data, and how it appears to not be trustworthy. Nothing has changed from that post, but I wanted to pick the topic up again because I experienced a general rejection of the topic from TechCrunch.com today.
Possibly it was my tone or my approach, I'm not sure, but I am glad that my RSS reader, FeedDemon cached my comment on the TechCrunch blog, because it never made onto the site. Yes, I was censored on a top tech blog... pfft!
UPDATE: 9:30pm I see my comment/reply on the TechCrunch blog is now being displayed - so i

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Just in case you were not aware, Alexa is not a valid means of comparing sites - it's some form of an indicator, but should in no way be considered for solid conclusions or judgements on how popular/busy a site is.

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. Plus - it's a system that people 'game.' Here are some links that cover the subject in more detail.

Alexa Totally Unreliable? — Business Logs
http://businesslogs.com/reviews/alexa_tota

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