It’s a myth that spiders don’t execute Javascript. SearchMe and Alexa’s spiders are two well-behaved spiders that do execute Javascript.

After some time has passed it’s now clear that adding the medical thesaurus to slicksurface.com has helped tremendously with traffic. We’re also working on a new site design with we hope will be implemented in the coming months.

Since Alexa is based on sampling, people with the Alexa toolbar installed can affect traffic more than they might think. Alexa seems to over estimate traffic to rarely visited subdomains - showing the power just a few people can have in the Alexa traffic rankings.

Nielsen//NetRatings is a well-established authority on web site rankings. However, their data and the results derived from it, are questionable at times. The bottom line is that you should not use NetRatings if you’re a B2B company.