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-There are, as Mark Twain famously quipped, "three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." 
-That said, Yvo Schaap has done some [interesting statistical analysis][1] using Alexa's top 10,000 websites. The potential "damn lies" part of Schaap's analysis comes from his use of data from the controversial tracking site Alexa. Many have questioned the accuracy of Alexa's figures since its data collection relies on user-installed software. 
-Given that Alexa's user base if currently not that large, there may be some skewing of Schaaps initial data, but provided you take it all with the proverbial grain of salt, here's what he found:
-*	10 percent of he top 10,000 websites are Adult oriented.
-*	The U.S. owns 44% of the top 10,000 websites
-*	10 percent of all the homepages provide RSS feeds
-*	6 percent of the homepages have Google ads
-I find number three encouraging and number four helps to explain where Google's seemingly limitless revenue comes from.
-But wait there's more, another batch of statistic from a [blog post at Compete.com][2] which Compete distilled into this nice graph:
-Interestingly enough, though they're technically separate domains, if you were to combine Live.com, MSN.com and Microsoft.com, all of which are Microsoft properties, Microsoft would dominate the top twenty with 80 million hits.
-The Compete post also points out some traffic shifts from this time last year. Adobe, Live.com, Wikipedia and YouTube are all newcomers to the top 20, while Expedia, Monster, Paypal and Weather.com have all moved off the list. 
-But lists aren't everything, as Compete notes, despite having fallen from the top 20, both Paypal and Weather.com have actually seen traffic increases.
-For those that would like to know where and how these numbers are arrived at, Compete offers a [breakdown of the their methodology][4] and Schaap has released [the raw data][3] he used for your perusal.
-[1]: http://www.yvoschaap.com/index.php/weblog/8_questions_about_the_web_you_always_wanted_answers_to/ "Yvo Schaap statistical analysis"
-[2]: http://blog.compete.com/2006/12/07/top-20-most-popular-websites-unique-visitors-new-absent/ "Compete's list of the top twenty sites for October 2006"
-[3]: http://www.yvoschaap.com/webanalyse/ "Yvo Schaap's raw data"
-[4]: http://blog.compete.com/where-do-these-numbers-come-from/ "Compete - statical methodology"
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