I’m thinking about adding Alexa data as another factor in the Ratified.org rankings. It would seem to be a weird move on my part, after labeling Alexa as downright inaccurate and useless. What do you guys think? I might be playing around with the API’s of Bloglines and Del.icio.us too. Well, let’s see how that goes.
Oh by the way, Ratified.org now has an official blog! Nothing fancy so far though. If you have any ideas on what to feature in the blog, please do share it with me! 
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February 12th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Hi andrew sorry to bother you again, can you _please_ look into custom plugin request? I _really_ need it. As promised i am willing to pay for it.
I posted a requested for this over here too (http://wordpress.org/support/topic/156450), but nothing gives. Please please look into it, i am sure it wont take much of your time.
February 12th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Alexa? While Alexa data might have value for US blogs, that’s not the case for Philippine-based ones, I think… Also, the way Alexa gathers statistical data is rather limited, don’t you think? Ergo, unreliable, IMHO.
February 12th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Hmm.. Alexa. I’m not sure. Bloglines? I don’t think a lot of people use bloglines. Delicious? A lot of Pinoys don’t even know how to bookmark! ^_^
Though such changes might prove useful to Ratified Australia.
February 13th, 2008 at 12:16 am
@Blogie: Yup, Alexa is not reliable. I might just add it as an “extra” type of data at Ratified but not count it in the rankings. :0
@Karlo: Yeah I’m quite aware that most Pinoys are clueless about Delicious, more so Bloglines. Do you have other ideas though?
February 13th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Alexa is a big NO! NO!
I’m always checking Alexa every now and then, and witnessed its inaccuracy.. ^__^
If you could include google analytics stats, that would be far way more better than alexa stats
February 14th, 2008 at 1:53 am
Good idea, Drew! And while you’re at it, maybe you could remove PR as a metric for your rankings as well? Hahahaha!
February 15th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I like the idea of Alexa being included… I like checking that once a week, but I’m not too keen on Bloglines… Hardly any of my 755+ subcribers use Bloglines, I think. Something like 32 people.
February 18th, 2008 at 11:01 am
but alexa is a big liar :(…
I have seen sites with 200+ UVs per day, but its alexa rank is higher than a website with 10k+ UVs per day..
hindi accurate
hehehe
February 18th, 2008 at 11:31 am
@Blogie: Take out PR? Hehe. We’ll see.
@FruityOaty: I’ll consider that, thanks!
@Jehz: Once Google Analytics offers an API, surely I’ll factor that in!
February 18th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Alexa will kill my ranking. haha
February 18th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
@Benj: It will kill us all. o.O
February 19th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
@andrew - Nooooo!!! I love PR! But if my PR drops… take it away! bwahahaha! *selfish*
hehehe…
February 25th, 2008 at 2:46 am
Not totally a bad idea. IMO, we should look into all metric tools to measure the depth, reach and popularity of blogs.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
I have been checking my blog stats on different sites. I just stopped checking Alexa. It doesn’t seem to add anyting to Technorati - except a more depressing number for the rating.
I don’t see what benefit there would be in adding it.
April 20th, 2008 at 9:59 am
[...] Two months ago, I was playing around with the idea of adding Alexa data to Ratified.org’s ranking system. That idea, however, was met with great opposition, so I abandoned it. A few days ago though, Alexa announced their new ranking system, which to me is more reliable and credible because it is based on more traffic sources rather than just the Alexa toolbar. As a result, my own Alexa rankings are at their all time lows, but at least now I can say, with some caution (explanation below), that Alexa is making sense this time. [...]