Re:Hacker News is 2
by bd on Thursday February 19, 2009 @10:15AM
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Actually, I'm surprised it's so high (150,637 as of today).
It means quite a lot of HN visitors (which are not necessarily just registered HN users) have installed Alexa toolbar.
Which is what ultimately Alexa rank mean. It is a huge source of bias - different types of sites have very different likelihood that their visitors would have installed Alexa toolbar.
It means quite a lot of HN visitors (which are not necessarily just registered HN users) have installed Alexa toolbar.
Which is what ultimately Alexa rank mean. It is a huge source of bias - different types of sites have very different likelihood that their visitors would have installed Alexa toolbar.