Alexa, has been around almost as long as GG and I have. It has always tried to measure site popularity in an objective and indirect way. Previously (and possibly stiil?) with proxy logs, and now with the Alexa Toolbar.
Lately they have copped some crap because their toolbar is classed as spyware by some places/programs, as it returns data to Alexa... it of course says this when you download it
http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/movers_shakers?lang=en - always interesting.
It "collects" all sorts of info -
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/?u...nguysboard.com
Traffic stats -
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...sboard.com#top
Comparison stats -
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/tr...sboard.com#top
LinkPop/Backward links -
http://www.alexa.com/data/ds/linksin...nguysboard.com
The toolbar has some cool tools too.. and has had a pop-up blocker. longer than most others.
Quote:
Site Stats for greenguysboard.com:
Traffic Rank for greenguysboard.com: 11,262 (498)
Speed: Very Slow (96% of sites are faster), Avg Load Time: 9.6 Seconds (what's this?)
Other sites that link to this site: 285
Popups: Many (19% of sessions have popups)
Online Since: 23-Feb-2003
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