Alexa新算法 改变互联网现状尚需观察

t. Alexa toolbar users' interests and surfing habits could differ from those of the general population in a number of ways, and we described some of those possible differences on our website. While the vast majority of sites' rankings were unaffected by such differences, we've worked hard on our new ranking system to adjust for situations in which they could matter.

　　The new rankings should better reflect the interests and surfing habits of the broader population of Web users.

　　Why are the long range graphs gone? I can only get 9 months of historical data.

　　We are recalculating historic traffic data and will continue to add it over the coming weeks. We apologize for the inconvenience, but should have several years of data back on line shortly.

　　Will you change the rankings again?

　　We are constantly working to ensure that we provide the most useful data that we can. We will continue to fine tune our algorithms but don't foresee any additional big changes. If you think something is amiss please let us know.

　　I liked the old rankings better. Are they still available somewhere?

　　We liked the old rankings as well. However, we developed the new system in response to the huge number of requests we got from users like you, and now that it's done we like it even better. We hope you will too.

　　We think that having more than one ranking system at a time would be confusing, so we have removed the old rankings.

　　Do you want to know what I think about this?

　　Definitely. We've been collecting suggestions and ideas for months now, and would love to hear more. If you have thoughts on what we've done so far, or ideas on what we should do next, please share them with us.

　　以上为alexa官方发布的公告，翻译成中文如下：

　　最近几个月，我们不断从ALEXA用户听到这样的反馈：研究ALEXA工具条以外的用户的互联网行为变得越来越重要。对此，我们询问，并接受!我们倾听您的建议，我们相信我们的新的排名系统会更加符合您的要求。我们现在从各种各样的渠道来收集数据，以便能向您展示一个反应大多数互联网用户意志的更好的排名体系。

　　您们给予我们的更多的其他意见，我们将会在以后努力实现。现在我们还不能告诉你们更多秘密，但是，在未来几周，我们产品的一些新的特点将会陆续呈现在您眼前。

　　下面是一些问题和我们的回答：

　　问：我的网站排名变了。以前的数据错了吗?

　　答：你的网站之前的数据没有错，只是变了而已。安装ALEXA工具条的用户，在上网兴趣和习惯上可能和其他的一般网民在许多方面有所不同，我们只不过是把这种“不同”，在我们的网站上表现出来了。绝大多数网站的排名都不会受到这种“不同”的影响，同时我们也会努力使我们的新的排名机制更好地反应真实。新的排名机制将会更好地反应绝大多数网民的上网兴趣和习惯。

　　问：为什么图表当中1年和3年的选项不见了?我只能看9个月的历史数据。

　　我们正在重新算数据，将会在最近几周陆续将历史数据加进来，我们很快就会把最近几年的数据恢复。对于由此造成的不便，我们深表歉意。

　　问：你们还会再次改变排名吗?

　　答：我们一直都在努力确保我们提供的数据是最有用的数据。我们将会继续调整