A Research-Oriented Top Sites Ranking Hardened Against Manipulation
By Victor Le Pochat , Tom Van Goethem , Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob , Maciej Korczyński and Wouter Joosen
Researchers in web security or Internet measurements often use rankings of popular websites. However, in our paper we showed that these rankings disagree on which domains are most popular, can change significantly on a daily basis and can be manipulated (by malicious actors).