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Recompute Fall 2013 on SpamRankings.net

Glitches happen, and this one illustrates how rankings with big differences in spam volume are robust anyway.

A format change in an ancillary data source detected through consistency checks caused recomputations in selected rankings for September, October, and November 2013 in Classic.Classic.SpamRankings.net (Cloud.Cloud.SpamRankings.net was unaffected). The old versions are preserved as v1 rankings, and the differences are visible for these overall rankings:

GeographySep 2013Oct 2013Nov 2013
CBLPSBL CBLPSBL CBLPSBL
World World CBL** PSBL PSBL* PSBL**
BE BE CBL PSBL PSBL PSBL
CA CA CBL PSBL PSBL PSBL
TR TR CBL PSBL CBL PSBL PSBL
USUS CBL* PSBL PSBL PSBL
Countries Countries CBL PSBL CBL PSBL CBL PSBL
Medical
World World CBL** PSBL
US US PSBL
Countries Countries CBL* PSBL*
* Completely unchanged in rank order
** Unchanged except for dropout final rank

So the most noticeable rankings, for World, were Continue reading