Comments on: Why Are Alexa Double-Dipping Social Media Penalties?

By: Svetlana Gladkova

Svetlana Gladkova — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:26:50 +0000

Very interesting thoughts here Andy, quite an unpleasant surprise since I have not seen any blog that does not rely on social media for traffic to a certain extent. In my post linked from my name I suggested an idea for a new tool to track influence of blogs that could work like some hybrid of Technorati and AidRSS. I think that since sponsors of blogs rarely buy traffic, reputation and influence that should be of higher importance to them and this is what such tool should actually measure. It will be interesting to see if my idea gets any supporters (or opponents).

By: JD Rucker

JD Rucker — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:17:30 +0000

Such a shame that this didn’t hit on Digg. Posted it to popfail.

By: Is Alexa Penalizing Digg Traffic? | popFAIL

Is Alexa Penalizing Digg Traffic? | popFAIL — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:13:45 +0000

[...] such as Digg and Stumbleupon, but potentially other sites such as Twitter or popular feed readers.read more | digg [...]

By: What Should Bloggers Use Instead of Alexa to Discuss Rates with Advertisers? | Profy | Internet news and commentary

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:48:36 +0000

[...] the algorithm not to take traffic coming from social media and social news sites into account – and Andy Beard has a number of interesting thoughts that seem to prove just that. It now very much looks like Alexa [...]

By: Matt Ellsworth

Matt Ellsworth — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:03:45 +0000

Great info. I’m not sure why that they would penalize traffic from certain things. especially not in a way where if more than a percentage of your traffic comes from social media then you could be wiped off the map.

just another reason why I think that advertisers will pay less and less attention to alexa in the future.

By: BREAKING: Allen Stern Sues Alexa! | TekPopuli

BREAKING: Allen Stern Sues Alexa! | TekPopuli — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:23:54 +0000

[...] no fuckin’ math pee-haytch-dee like Andy Beard and those egg-heads at Collective Intelligence — or even that Louie Gray guy but I knows irregularities when I sees [...]

By: Is Alexa Penalizing Digg Traffic? | WebLaunches

Is Alexa Penalizing Digg Traffic? | WebLaunches — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:49:57 +0000

[...] such as Digg and Stumbleupon, but potentially other sites such as Twitter or popular feed readers.read more | digg [...]

By: nerdd.net | news and opinion

nerdd.net | news and opinion — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:08:09 +0000

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By: Mathieu

Mathieu — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:28:50 +0000

Great information, thanks for sharing it with us. So, if I understand this, the more traffic you get from social media, the more penalized you are? That’s just nonsense for me, as traffic is traffic. Sure, don’t make it count as much, but don’t turn it into a penalty!