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pg
Strange list. Does anyone know what criteria they used?
blogimus
ranked by the number of linking root domains

So I guess how many domains these domains link to.

pg
I would guess they mean domains that link to these.
blogimus
Hmm, that's interesting. I take back my initial assumption. The link numbers on the second column (inbound) are too low for what I was thinking. My initial thoughts were that it was the other way around (the third column, outbound), that these sites were considered important because they're hubs that link out to n other sites. Maybe some combination of both, or even of all the numbers.
windsurfer 

  17. http://www.miibeian.gov.cn/
I have honestly never heard of this site. And it's number 17.
kierank
It's the link to a Chinese Government Department that all websites in China had to register with (and link to I believe).
albertcardona
Out of 7000 million people in the world, at least 1200 are related to a .cn (china) domain. You may not be one of them.
Brushfire
# of links != importance

popular, maybe.

slavox
This isn't all true, What about the SSL providers that we hardwire in for security?

What about the Microsoft update domain.. And for that matter all automatic packaging systems

It is conceivable that if someone was to have enough access inside these services and then take over the domain they could cause havok!

But really that's just another alexa (:

jwesley
Finally, vindication that Geocities is indeed more important than Facebook.
vaksel
why is adobe so high?
amanfredi
My guess is people linking to "Get Adobe Reader."
vaksel
oh yeah forgot about that
radley
and macromedia.com is leftover from Flash installs...
shellerik
whitehouse.gov on the move up

most edus on the way down - a post ncaa tournament thing?

dsil
Google owns 3 of the top 6 - google, blogspot, and youtube
kingnothing
Here's the most important domains for me at this point in my life. (I'm just pointing out how subjective their list is.)

google.com

gmail.com

auburn.edu

news.ycombinator.com

reddit.com

slashdot.org