Alexa vs. Technorati: charting the top non-English blogs

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The 10 Non-English blogs on the Technorati 100 show the most curious traffic/link relationship of any category. Take a look at the live chart.

The high traffic received by blogs like OCTPOB, and, well, every Non-English blog on the Technorati 100 seems to indicate something. Perhaps readers of these blogs are more likely to have the Alexa toolbar installed?

Maybe blogs are more popular in Asian countries (where many of these blogs are)? Or maybe these ten sites are just a very small view into a highly trafficked non-English speaking internet world?

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OCTPOB on November 22, 2007 at 5:58 p.m.
There is a logical explanation for it (at least in case of my blog): most of the links to my blog are coming from people taking on-line tests designed by me, not from people reading my blog.
Every one of my tests has "designed by octpobb" clause and a link, pointing to my blog. Since my tests are relatively popular in Russian part of Internet, there is a large number of unique links, pointing to my blog.
I guess, Alexa simply counts links without considering the source, which inflates the ranking of my blog
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