On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 9:15 PM, René König wrote:
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> Right, the problem is just that Alexa is not "my" research tool and
> therefore it not transparent to me what it actually does. The same goes
> for other tools like Google Trends, BTW. Of course, it´s understandable
> that these companies d
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 8:21 PM, René König wrote:
> Thanks everyone! I knew that one should be careful with Alexa but I
> didn´t expect it could be THAT wrong. It´s a pity because otherwise it
> could be a convenient and interesting tool. The next question is: is
> this rather an exception or is
Am 31.05.2011 12:36, schrieb Fred Bauder:
>> Thanks everyone! I knew that one should be careful with Alexa but I
>> didn´t expect it could be THAT wrong. It´s a pity because otherwise it
>> could be a convenient and interesting tool. The next question is: is
>> this rather an exception or is Alex
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Fred Bauder wrote:
> As in physics the nature and limitations of any measuring tool and
> concept is part of your research. Personal use of the Alexa toolbar
> affects measurements only when what one, or a few, persons do matters in
> the statistics.
That's not
> Thanks everyone! I knew that one should be careful with Alexa but I
> didn´t expect it could be THAT wrong. It´s a pity because otherwise it
> could be a convenient and interesting tool. The next question is: is
> this rather an exception or is Alexa in general not reliable? Maybe I
> shouldn´t u
Thanks everyone! I knew that one should be careful with Alexa but I
didn´t expect it could be THAT wrong. It´s a pity because otherwise it
could be a convenient and interesting tool. The next question is: is
this rather an exception or is Alexa in general not reliable? Maybe I
shouldn´t use it
