I am using alexa.com in my PhD thesis. Recent studies suggest that it is a credible data source - see for example: Ennew, C., Lockett, A., Blackman, I., & Holland, C. P. (2005). Competition in Internet Retail Markets: The Impact of Links on Web Site Traffic. Long Range Planning, 38(4), 359-372. Price, A., & Grann, V. R. (2012). Portrayal of complementary and alternative medicine for cancer by top online news sites. Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 18(5), 487-493. Reay, I., Beatty, P., Dick, S., & Miller, J. (2013). Privacy policies and national culture on the internet. Information Systems Frontiers, 15(2), 279-292. Stephen, K. C. (2011). Internet banking and performance. American Journal of Business, 26(1), 12-25. Hope that helps! Tim. Tim Graham PhD Candidate / Research Assistant School of Social Science University of Queensland -----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Robert Ackland Sent: Tuesday, 2 September 2014 4:41 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Web traffic rankings and numbers It's not clear who is making the claim below, and the evidence for it. No information based on the email address. I hope it is correct. Lingfei Wu and I use Alexa data here, but we don't look at accuracy of the data, as such: Wu, L. and R. Ackland (2014), "How Web 1.0 Fails: The Mismatch Between Hyperlinks and Clickstreams," /Social Network Analysis and Mining/, 4(1). Pre-print: http://voson.anu.edu.au/papers/Web_1.0_Fail_23Feb14.pdf -- Dr Robert Ackland Australian National University http://voson.anu.edu.au <http://voson.anu.edu.au/> On 02/09/14 16:14, live 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@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@gmail.com>:
On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Anthony Nadler<amnadler@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.
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