[Air-L] Web traffic rankings and numbers

[Rainer Hillrichs]

Hi Anthony,

Just an addon: Historical data for web traffic is either for pay or not
available at all on Alexa. If you want to use Alexa and need historical
data - i.e. 'Which were the most-visited websites in... - enter
www.alexa.com at the Internet Archive.

Best,
Rainer

Rainer Hillrichs, University of Bonn


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Stacy Blasiola <sblasi2 at uic.edu> wrote:

> It really depends on the nature of your question. As I understand it, their
> system isn't capable of detecting fine changes in site traffic. So, if
> you're looking for local media traffic after a local breaking story, I
> don't know that Alexa is a good choice. If you're looking at traffic to
> NBCOlympics.com and the games are in progress, then it probably can give
> you something useful. Or if you're looking at traffic from one of the
> larger sites, in general, it will probably be useful.
>
> If we're considering the entire Internet, "Sites with relatively low
> measured traffic will not be accurately ranked by Alexa. We do not receive
> enough data from our sources to make rankings beyond 100,000 statistically
> meaningful." (From
>
> https://alexa.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200449744-How-are-Alexa-s-traffic-rankings-determined-
>
> Cheers,
> Stacy
>
> On Sep 2, 2014 1:15 AM, "live" <human.factor.one at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Alexa is very reliable.
> > It's as authoritative as the Internet Archive.
> >
> > On Sep 1, 2014, at 10:49 PM, Noha Nagi wrote:
> >
> > > For me, I found it mentioned in academic articles. It's probably
> > reliable.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 2:52 AM, Jarosław Kopeć <
> jaroslaw.kopec at gmail.com
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> This is my first e-mail. It's great that there is such a list. I will
> > >> probably using it extensively in next couple of months ;)
> > >>
> > >> My question relating alexa.com is -- how reliable is this? Anyone
> used
> > >> it in a scientific paper as an authoritative source?
> > >>
> > >> 2014-09-01 23:59 GMT+02:00 Noha Nagi <noha.a.nagi at gmail.com>:
> > >>> Try http://www.alexa.com/
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Anthony Nadler <amnadler at gmail.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> I'm wondering where other researchers go to find measures of
> > particular
> > >>>> websites' traffic as well as web traffic rankings for certain
> > categories
> > >>>> (i.e. news, etc)?  Any sites that keep good historical records of
> this
> > >>>> data?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I'm also wondering if anyone knows of an article or other source
> that
> > >>>> offers a good overview for thinking about the complexities of
> > measuring
> > >> and
> > >>>> ranking web traffic and speaks to the pros and cons of different
> > >>>> techniques?  I'm writing about from a humanistic background with a
> > >> desire
> > >>>> to touch upon rankings data in a considered way.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> --
> > >>>> Anthony Nadler
> > >>>> Assistant Professor of Media and Communication Studies
> > >>>> Ursinus College
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> > >> http://surfing.wymiarywiedzy.pl
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
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