Could Google Toolbar improve on the Alexa Reporting

[Whitey]

I was looking around for competitor intelligence reports and came up with only Alexa, which is much maligned by the majority of webmaster's posts that i've read. [ personally, i find it can be indicative, coupled with "webmaster / market instinct" ].

But could Google surpass Alexa with more accurate results, and would that be a good idea?

[inbound]

Without doubt Google have all of the info that you could ever wish for (even without the need for toolbars), but wishing is as far as you'll get.

I can't see the company that has such a stranglehold on search giving others valuable competitive information.

[centime]

see this thread

[webmasterworld.com...]

[woop01]

Google would be insanely more accurate than Alexa if they wanted to release the info but they won't.

The thread listed above has some good alternatives to Alexa.