Comments on: The Greatest Resources On The Web http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/ Powerful words dude, powerful... Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: evilbitz http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-38 evilbitz Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:48:41 +0000 http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/#comment-38 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Does_Wikipedia_traffic_obey_Zipf%27s_law%3F" rel="nofollow">Does Wikipedia traffic obey Zipf's law?</a> It seems that wikipedia traffic is acting in accordance to Zipfs ditribution as well. Does Wikipedia traffic obey Zipf’s law?

It seems that wikipedia traffic is acting in accordance to Zipfs ditribution as well.

]]> By: lorg http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-36 lorg Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:18:31 +0000 http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/#comment-36 I checked the distribution, and it does seem to agree with Zipf's law. I checked the distribution, and it does seem to agree with Zipf’s law.

]]> By: lorg http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-35 lorg Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:37:06 +0000 http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/#comment-35 sure. Try reading about Zipf's law - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law I encountered a similar distribution myself, while doing several experiments of scoring distinct elements. Again, the top ranking score was an order of a magnitude higher then the rest, and so on... This is interesting - I suppose that if you could check the global web ranking of all websites, you will find the list probably obeys a similar pattern (probably google on the top?). This also is interesting if you want to give partial estimate based upon partial data. (For example, if the total set is unreachable). sure. Try reading about Zipf’s law – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law

I encountered a similar distribution myself, while doing several experiments of scoring distinct elements. Again, the top ranking score was an order of a magnitude higher then the rest, and so on…

This is interesting – I suppose that if you could check the global web ranking of all websites, you will find the list probably obeys a similar pattern (probably google on the top?). This also is interesting if you want to give partial estimate based upon partial data. (For example, if the total set is unreachable).

]]> By: evilbitz http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-33 evilbitz Fri, 22 Dec 2006 07:24:46 +0000 http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/#comment-33 Thanks! :) Really? It's getting interesting, can you please broaden the subject? Thanks! :)
Really? It’s getting interesting, can you please broaden the subject?

]]> By: lorg http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-32 lorg Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:17:13 +0000 http://www.evilbitz.com/2006/12/20/the-greatest-resources-on-the-web/#comment-32 really cool idea! BTW, notice the distribution of the links. This is a very common distribution (I don't remember the name of it) where the top item has a very high score, the second item is an order of magnitude lower, the third and fourth are half of the second and so on, while after the top 6 or so, the rest are about the same. really cool idea!
BTW, notice the distribution of the links. This is a very common distribution (I don’t remember the name of it) where the top item has a very high score, the second item is an order of magnitude lower, the third and fourth are half of the second and so on, while after the top 6 or so, the rest are about the same.

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