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[WOW] Warrior Forum is bigger than Google China

by FredJones
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Congratulations to all fellow Warriors...

I just realized that, as per Alexa, the traffic rank of Warrior Forum (144) is well ahead of that of Google China (159).

If you consider that the number of Internet users in China is significantly higher than the entire USA population then you may be able to gasp the sheer mindblowing volume this indicates.

Granted that Baidu is bigger that Google in China, but so what, Google is Google is Google...

Heartiest congratulations to Allen, moderators (Paul et. al.) and all other great members of this forum.
#bigger #china #forum #google #warrior #wow
  • Profile picture of the author DylanC
    The Alexa rank could be skewed based on the people who install the toolbar. It doesn't necessarily mean that WF is getting more traffic than Google China. Though it is a possibility
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  • Profile picture of the author BiggyJ
    Why is that surprising if they have their own search engine and google had some issues with the Chinese government a year or so ago, when they wanted to exit the country. Of course it is great, but I think this is a prety bad comparison
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  • Profile picture of the author intergen
    Super cool! Thanks for sharing. I do agree Alexa is not a completely accurate assessment of traffic but what the heck....the yardstick is the yardstick. Oops sorry metric friends - the metric stick is the metric stick....
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  • Profile picture of the author salegurus
    Dude you know that the position for WF cheerleader has been filled?
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  • Profile picture of the author Ewan Lumsden
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    Would never have guessed this!
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  • Profile picture of the author Dan Grossman
    Chinese search with Baidu, which is the #5 site globally and #1 site in China.
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  • Profile picture of the author icoachu
    Sorry to break it you, buddy. But Alexa can be FAKED. There are even services being offered that do that. I am not saying WaFo fakes its Alexa rankings but people placing too much reliance on Alexa as a traffic gauge may not be relying on something objectively accurate. Try Comscore or some other service.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      Originally Posted by icoachu View Post

      Sorry to break it you, buddy. But Alexa can be FAKED. There are even services being offered that do that. I am not saying WaFo fakes its Alexa rankings but people placing too much reliance on Alexa as a traffic gauge may not be relying on something objectively accurate. Try Comscore or some other service.
      I can't imagine why Allen would bother faking rankings. That wouldn't help anything in a useful way, and it would just add load to the servers.

      That said, you make an excellent point. Unless you really know what the data means and how it's collected, it's usually a good plan to ignore it. Sometimes even when you know, it has nothing to do with what you're after.


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      • Profile picture of the author admin
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        Originally Posted by Paul Myers View Post

        I can't imagine why Allen would bother faking rankings. That wouldn't help anything in a useful way, and it would just add load to the servers.

        That said, you make an excellent point. Unless you really know what the data means and how it's collected, it's usually a good plan to ignore it. Sometimes even when you know, it has nothing to do with what you're after.


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        Dude everything is fake here. Don't you read the interwebs?

        Get with the program...
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        • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
          Dude everything is fake here. Don't you read the interwebs?
          If you believe everything you read, I am you and you are me and we are he and Bryan is the walrus.

          Koo koo katchoo.
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  • Profile picture of the author easternodyssey
    Alexa ranking does not have much effect on the Asian market. It applies more to US or EU websites. Plus Baidu, the main Chinese search engine has an Alexa ranking of 5.
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  • Profile picture of the author Froomple
    This indeed awesome, very surprising aswell
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  • Profile picture of the author Gary Ning Lo
    Wow impressive stats & LOL @ the faking of rankings accusations...

    Cheers,

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    • Profile picture of the author FredJones
      Don't know - Google page source (HTML etc) is usually complicted so viewing HTML source normally does not tell me much - but this seems to be an equivalent of an iframe...

      Originally Posted by Complex View Post

      google.com.hk is #18... this is more accurate because google.cn redirects to google.com.hk to circumvent censorship from the Chinese gov't...

      Nevertheless, in spite of everything, I felt I had to share this. Some things are worth sharing just to get the joy of it (at least, that's the way I lead and enjoy my life), and since I am way "closer at heart" to WF compared to Google I wanted to share it with joy !!

      EDIT: Further, obviously I know Baidu is well-used in China and I did mention that. And I am also in the school of thought, as of today, that Alexa is not always accurate. But at the sme time, Alexa does have a degree of accuracy at a ballpark level, and it is great (at least to my eyes) to see this stat at that level.
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  • Profile picture of the author denysapu
    I believe that most of warriors are have Alexa toolbar installed. More than Google China users that have it installed.
    However, this a great place, great forum with tons people visits everyday.
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