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There is a spelling error in the title of this page. Because Dawkins ends with an s, the apostrophe-s at the end of Dawkins should be replaced by just an apostrophe instead, as with the possessive form of any noun that ends with an s.--[[User:RobertDW|RobertDW]] 09:47, 1 January 2013 (EST) | There is a spelling error in the title of this page. Because Dawkins ends with an s, the apostrophe-s at the end of Dawkins should be replaced by just an apostrophe instead, as with the possessive form of any noun that ends with an s.--[[User:RobertDW|RobertDW]] 09:47, 1 January 2013 (EST) | ||
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| + | The quantcast data and the Alexa data seem to somewhat contradict each other quite a bit. This seems to be due in part to the low resolution/frequency of the data sourced for quantcast. Whilst the web traffic is slightly decreasing, it does seem to be statistically insignificant given the numbers and percentages involved. It must also be noted that web traffic numbers for lowly ranked sites are notoriously inaccurate. Here are a few links explaining why: [[http://www.insitedesignlab.com/alexa-sucks/ HERE]], [[http://www.seomoz.org/blog/testing-accuracy-visitor-data-alexa-compete-google-trends-quantcast HERE]], [[http://www.quantumseolabs.com/blog/marketing/accurate-alexa/ HERE]], [[http://catn.com/web-analytics/how-accurate-is-alexa/ HERE]] and [[http://bentremblay.com/en/alexa-ranking-is-so-inaccurate HERE]] [[User:Dvergne|Dvergne]] 22:17, 12 January 2013 (EST) | ||
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There is a spelling error in the title of this page. Because Dawkins ends with an s, the apostrophe-s at the end of Dawkins should be replaced by just an apostrophe instead, as with the possessive form of any noun that ends with an s.--RobertDW 09:47, 1 January 2013 (EST)
Web traffic
The quantcast data and the Alexa data seem to somewhat contradict each other quite a bit. This seems to be due in part to the low resolution/frequency of the data sourced for quantcast. Whilst the web traffic is slightly decreasing, it does seem to be statistically insignificant given the numbers and percentages involved. It must also be noted that web traffic numbers for lowly ranked sites are notoriously inaccurate. Here are a few links explaining why: [HERE], [HERE], [HERE], [HERE] and [HERE] Dvergne 22:17, 12 January 2013 (EST)
