Who is looking?

Interesting.

Any idea where they get that info? Race, education level, household income, age? Not the sort of thing we registered with

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Originally posted by Orlando:
Interesting.

Any idea where they get that info? Race, education level, household income, age? Not the sort of thing we registered with

I was wondering the same thing. Most of those figures seem surprising to me?

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The site is popular among a primarily male, ultra affluent, more educated, teen audience:

That's uncanny! It describes me to a "T"! Except the ultra affluent, more educated, teen audience part!
Fungo

Fungo! So you're only "primarily" male?!

I imagine that there is a little IP address mining going on, but this is all probably inferred rather than true data.

I think it must be bogus, though. Look at the addict rate under traffic frequency. It's zero. I know that can't be true.

I will say this, "not a whole lotta Po Folk" DEDICATED to baseball.

Well, if I wasn't so dedicated I wouldn't be so Po'.

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I think it must be bogus, though. Look at the addict rate under traffic frequency. It's zero. I know that can't be true.

Among my day gig tasks are SEO and content management of several web sites.
Pattern recognition is key to this work.

I've never seen any projected demographic profile that seemed further from my assumptions.

These formulas have clear design and relational-data flaws.

I'm fairly certain that either espn.com and/or mlb.com would rank somewhere in the top 15 list.

However, given these numbers, hsbaseballweb could probably reap advertising $$$$ from marketers of expensive big boy toys.<s>

P.S. Weirder yet, are the e-bay.com numbers.

So HaverDad, can you tell those of us who are paranoid about big brother watching how this data is collected? Cookies, IP address tracking or something more sinister...

First of all, this horse is long-gong, out of the barn, and galloping at full speed across the state line.

That said, my take is there are three basic data-mining operations.

Those wanting "mined" personal data generally seek:

-Business Intelligence (B.I.)

-Criminal Intelligence (C.I.)

-Government Intelligence (G.I.)

Although business intelligence seems harmless enough, manipulated (or shared) large-scale business intelligence, presents exceptional criminal potential.

For example, imagine that WebMD shares member search terms with Aetna, so that the biggest U.S. health insurer, knows what specific health topics you've researched online.

Not possible? Just imagine a mentally disturbed or disgruntled IT employee selling data base to a health insurance greedhead. Think: Lincoln S&L, ENRON, WorldCom, Adelphia.

Among the creepiest developments in this regard is: Imedix

Long story-short, we all contribute to a dense data matrix, whether or not we ever use a computer.

Those with access to this data stream can know anything they wish, and in short order.

They will know about that missed car payment in September '05.
• or every pay-per-view you've ever watched.
• or that you visited Cairo in May '06.
• or about that d.w.i in 1997.

In London (with 500,000 cameras), Monte Carlo and and soon it seems, in Chicago, local authorities are essentially able to watch you move from door to door.

Soon enough, with the G.P.S. device embedded in your phone, or car, you daily movements can be researched.

I've saved some bookmarks on this topic during the past five years.
Here are few links:

Web Analytics: What They Know About You & The Websites You Visit
Do you know what they know about you? (from the BBC)
What They Know About You
How they know what you like before you do (The Christian Science Monitor)
Data Mining Companies Score Legal Win in Maine (Pharmacutical)
A glimpse at what they are: (A Data Mining Company)
Comcast Cameras to Start Watching You?

Finally, although clearly over-the-top on other issues close to many American's hearts, please see the:
ACLU's "pizza-order" web video,
which satirically presents a technically possible, worst-case scenario.

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Hey HaverDad...Mayor Daley wants to know if you paid your 10.25% Chicago sales tax on those monogrammed cuff links you bought on eBay® last week.

While I may have lived in France, I (fortunately) have no french cuffs, nor ANY potential need for same.

I can't even afford a Lacoste t-shirt.

Point taken however, I bet those north/south side big-ticket retailers take a hit from this...

"Honey, lets drive to Kenosha/Munster to buy that new HD Plasma screen."

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"Honey, lets drive to Kenosha/Munster to buy that new HD Plasma screen."

"Not today dear. The gas gauge on our MiserMobile still reads too close to empty to motor that far. Perhaps after I get my year-end bonus we can fill 'er up."


And you know that Palatine and other surrounding Cook County communities are seriously exploring ways to legally secede from Todd Stroger's tax and spend playhouse otherwise known as Cook County.

It's obscene...hopefully the taxpayers will wake up and smell the coffers...the reeking, seemingly bottomless tax coffers!

I'm fairly certain that the information on the original link above is just a calculated guess about our site, based on things like our Google ranking, and the content found on our site.

It sounds logical that the "High School Baseball Web" would attract primarily teen (high school-aged) visitors. What a surprise that so many of our visitors, and the majority of our members, are the parents of those teens, or coaches, scouts, etc.


Julie

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Well Mom...you know we're all...

I'm just glad to see in the "Audience Also Visits" list there are no X X X sites!

pappi, I hope you're not pointing that out as yet ANOTHER inaccuracy in the numbers!

HaverDad, as a child of the Sixties (and all the attendant paranoia that implies), I would like to request a warning on any further posts in that vein. Perhaps you could rate them NPA (No Paranoids Allowed).

Or just write DON'T PANIC in large and friendly letters at the top

I have found the extention of the 'hoodies' to Orlando amusing, as that trend started in London to avoid identification by the camera grid.

While not as reliable as DNA, I've heard that the print pattern, when revealed at the top of a crime suspect's boxers, has begun to serve as coraborative evidence.

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While not as reliable as DNA, I've heard that the print pattern, when revealed at the top of a crime suspect's boxers, has begun to serve as coraborative evidence.

Oh wait till the thugs hear about this!! Tidy whities may be due for a big comeback.
Of course there are other ways to catch 'em

The bloodhound looks clearly disturbed by the status of those well-worn briefs.

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Who is looking?

I don't know

Third base!