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abstractbill on May 26, 2008 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tipjoy: Why Didn't it Take Off? Pathology of a Flo...

They're all wrong, in different ways for different sites. I wouldn't trust any of them for more than an order-of-magnitude estimate.

axod on May 26, 2008 [–]

I find alexa most acurate for trends, but I agree, all pretty useless.

Quantcast being the exception as you can add some js to your site so they actually measure the figures.

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