I should know this..but about Alexa Rank

Epic · 02-16-2006, 07:56 PM

What exactly does alexa rank mean? Like my site has an alexa rank of 1,359,051, a few weeks ago it was more like 3 million. Is going down good? I have had traffic increase lately so I'm guessing it is a good thing.

What's an average alexa rank? What's a good one?

Thanks.

weblord · 02-16-2006, 08:15 PM

yes it's doing good congratulations. usually site crawled by alexa for the very first time starts at 5,000,000 then slowly climbs up with less and less number to it.

gurudaq.com values 100,000 ranks so long way to go.

but jumping from 3 million to 1 million is just awesome, you did a great job and you need to pat yourself in the back, but don't take it seriously though let alexa be your guide.

Epic · 02-16-2006, 08:39 PM

I know its heavily based on users that have the alexa toolbar. So do users that have that count for more visits or something?

GTAce · 02-16-2006, 08:43 PM

It's not that they count for *more* visits, but that they actually do count for visits. The only people Alexa tracks are people with the actual toolbar installed....The population out there who have this toolbar installed is very small, and that's why it can be very unreliable unless you have a very low rank

khuldun · 02-16-2006, 10:56 PM

Agree, dont take alexa rank too seriously, try out other methods to check your website popularity e.g. page rank and other popularity checking websites who go through the search engines and give you an analysis on how your site is performing in SEs

Fleege · 02-17-2006, 12:40 PM

if you dont manipulate your own ranking by having your own alexa toolbar then it is quite accurate and the climb should match your stat.

remember that also staying put is climbing since so many more pages are added each day. way more that that die.

good for you.

Amnezia · 02-17-2006, 12:52 PM

i wouldnt rate a website based on alexa rank, its very easy to artificially inflate it.

Chappy · 02-17-2006, 01:16 PM

While we're on the topic. I input a domain (an LLL.net) into Alexa and the traffic looked good but it was showing another domain (a .com). Does this mean the traffic is being redirected from the .net to the .com (or vica versa?). If I buy the .net am I likely to get the traffic listed on Alexa?

Thanks

Fleege · 02-17-2006, 01:37 PM

alexa is good if used right but if you live by alexa you die by alexa.

02-16-2006, 07:56 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
Epic Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,779	I should know this..but about Alexa Rank What exactly does alexa rank mean? Like my site has an alexa rank of 1,359,051, a few weeks ago it was more like 3 million. Is going down good? I have had traffic increase lately so I'm guessing it is a good thing. What's an average alexa rank? What's a good one? Thanks. __________________ Attractive, Compelling, Efficient Web Design & Development

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weblord NamePros Legend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philippines - www.Nabaza.com Posts: 19,785	yes it's doing good congratulations. usually site crawled by alexa for the very first time starts at 5,000,000 then slowly climbs up with less and less number to it. gurudaq.com values 100,000 ranks so long way to go. but jumping from 3 million to 1 million is just awesome, you did a great job and you need to pat yourself in the back, but don't take it seriously though let alexa be your guide. __________________ Nabaza.com - Amaia

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GTAce NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 263	It's not that they count for more visits, but that they actually do count for visits. The only people Alexa tracks are people with the actual toolbar installed....The population out there who have this toolbar installed is very small, and that's why it can be very unreliable unless you have a very low rank __________________ AdminFusion - Forum administrators and moderators PostFusion - Revolutionary post exchange system :: Where you want, when you want, and how much you want.

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khuldun Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In front of my Dell Posts: 1,126	Agree, dont take alexa rank too seriously, try out other methods to check your website popularity e.g. page rank and other popularity checking websites who go through the search engines and give you an analysis on how your site is performing in SEs __________________ New mobile content website coming soon

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Fleege NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA Posts: 980	if you dont manipulate your own ranking by having your own alexa toolbar then it is quite accurate and the climb should match your stat. remember that also staying put is climbing since so many more pages are added each day. way more that that die. good for you. __________________ fleege.com - Domainer \| art director \| copywriter DomainParkingGuru.com NameDrive Success \| ViralJunction.com Market yourself effectively & free

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Amnezia Professional Monkey Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Escaped from the zoo Posts: 907	i wouldnt rate a website based on alexa rank, its very easy to artificially inflate it. __________________ Webmaster Words

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Chappy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,107	While we're on the topic. I input a domain (an LLL.net) into Alexa and the traffic looked good but it was showing another domain (a .com). Does this mean the traffic is being redirected from the .net to the .com (or vica versa?). If I buy the .net am I likely to get the traffic listed on Alexa? Thanks __________________ Domainer Since 1975

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Fleege NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA Posts: 980	alexa is good if used right but if you live by alexa you die by alexa. __________________ fleege.com - Domainer \| art director \| copywriter DomainParkingGuru.com NameDrive Success \| ViralJunction.com Market yourself effectively & free

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