Alexa ranking

roksolana · 05-15-2007, 07:17 PM

I just looked at Alexa and noticed that probably alexa toolbar is very popular in UK.

jfranktoo · 05-15-2007, 08:00 PM

I find Alexa useful for the following purpose.

We have a vacation rental site (self catering to UK folks) in the Highlands of Scotland. We need advertising in the vacation directories to supplement our results from searches. So we probably get four requests each week from vacation sites to advertise with them.

I can roughly sort out their comparable traffic against each other through Alexa. I don't mind if the stats are wrong or biased so long as the bias is constant.

John

Katey · 05-16-2007, 11:12 AM

Hi there,

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Originally Posted by roksolana

OK, but many directories like to show Alexa ranking beside sites PR . And people look at this...So that is important then

No it isn't important, it is simply a feature, some people do follow the traffic data from Alexa, and those people are only looking at estimated traffic data, not real traffic data. For example if you were looking at comparing some statistics in a marketing sense, it would be stupid to use Alexa's results since it doesn't give you real geographical data, time and date, length of visits, IP ranges, etc, etc. So you get what I am saying here?

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Originally Posted by roksolana

I have not Alexa toolbar installed as well and I am not going to do it. Of course, it is not serious to estimate traffic using alexa ranking. But why directories like to show it for our sites? Some of them show only table "not in top 100,000"

Some say not in top 100,000 because they are new sites and Alexa only updates site on a daily basis who are in the top 100,000, and for sites under this I think it is monthly (don't quote me on that, but I think it is). But once the website has had a little bit of age, it will show the data.

As for why directories use it, simple...because some people do take Alexa seriously, but usually these people don't know what they are doing...no offense to anyone, but that is what I think.

Regards,
Kieran Taylor.

Alan · 05-16-2007, 11:55 AM

Small correction Kieran, you are correct to say that sites in the top 100,000 are updated daily, those outside this appear to be updated weekly, at least my site is, but I don't go by this too much. (Appears to update sometime between Monday and Wednesday each week)

coolguy27 · 05-16-2007, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by roksolana

I want to ask about Alexa ranking. How does it work? Does it rate only sites with alexa account? I didn't put any code from Alexa in my site. How does it know amount of my visitors etc?

Alexa rankings differ from SE rankings it's just the computation of approximate amount of visitors in your site... That's all

Flipflop · 05-16-2007, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by hasan_889

But I don't think Mozilla extension counts the visitors ... just shows the statistics. Can anyone confirm it?

Web directories only concern about this rating and shows in the homepage.

Do you mean Quirks Search Status FF Plugin? If so yes, I believe or at least Quirk claims that the queries it makes to Alexa count toward ranking.

HTH

roksolana · 05-17-2007, 09:17 AM

It is interesting also if Google uses alexa data for its own purposes (PR, SERP)

Flipflop · 05-17-2007, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by roksolana

It is interesting also if Google uses alexa data for its own purposes (PR, SERP)

I would be very surprised if that was true, I doubt they do.

jfranktoo · 05-17-2007, 03:01 PM

I've wondered if Google use traffic data - I'm sure they must but they can't say so, otherwise we'll all be using tricky software tools to hit our sites repeatedly from all directions. But they know more about traffic than anyone I'd have thought.

Mind you they always underestimate mine against the webanalyzer I use.

John
ps By a lot, too

andyf · 05-18-2007, 07:08 AM

What's the use of installing Alexa-toolbar, I haven’t installed it yet.
What does the toolbar shows ? if it just shows the traffic of visiting site then it is of not much of use as you cannot trust it.

Flipflop · 05-18-2007, 08:49 AM

Having the toolbar installed and visiting your own sites will improve their Alexa ranking, as Alexa use the data gathered from its toolbar to create their statistics.

HTH

look4edmund · 05-21-2007, 03:57 PM

Alexa ranking is based on website visits by visitors that have alexa toolbar installed on their browser.

Regards,
Edmund Ng

jacosjacob · 05-24-2007, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by KieranTaylor0403

Hi there,

Alexa ranking is a guessed estimate of traffic your website recieves...it isn't neccaserily wrong although it isn't the best resource to use for traffic statistics.

Alexa tracks data of websites which people with the Alexa toolbars have visited. And since not too many people use the Alexa toolbar this isn't the best resource to obide by, plus it is easy to cheat the ranking system.

I suggest you use Google's webmaster tools or AwStats to tracks visitor statistics. Hope this helped you a little, also follow Bagi Zoltan's link to find out the official information.

Don't worry about Alexa getting information without you knowing, you haven't been hacked or anything

, as I said, it is all to do with the Alexa toolbar.

Regards,
Kieran Taylor.

good information

LinXhunter.com · 05-24-2007, 05:54 PM

Alexa just takes a rough estimate of a sites rank based on the limited number of people using its toolbar.

The busier a site is the more accurate but the less traffic the less accurate.

Its easy for a site that is 1/10th as busy as another site to rank higher in Alexa because just 1 or 2 people who regularly visit the site have the toolbar.

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jfranktoo Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: chichester england Posts: 189	Re: Alexa ranking I find Alexa useful for the following purpose. We have a vacation rental site (self catering to UK folks) in the Highlands of Scotland. We need advertising in the vacation directories to supplement our results from searches. So we probably get four requests each week from vacation sites to advertise with them. I can roughly sort out their comparable traffic against each other through Alexa. I don't mind if the stats are wrong or biased so long as the bias is constant. John __________________ Scotland last minute short breaks and special deals, self catering cottages Self catering cottage in Appin by Glencoe Scotland

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Alan iWEBTOOL Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ayr, Scotland Posts: 904	Re: Alexa ranking Small correction Kieran, you are correct to say that sites in the top 100,000 are updated daily, those outside this appear to be updated weekly, at least my site is, but I don't go by this too much. (Appears to update sometime between Monday and Wednesday each week) __________________ ahb Solutions Consultancy and Web Development Seen a good post - Give some reputation click on the

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roksolana Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 200	Re: Alexa ranking It is interesting also if Google uses alexa data for its own purposes (PR, SERP) __________________ roksolana-dating.com aMariner.net

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jfranktoo Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: chichester england Posts: 189	Re: Alexa ranking I've wondered if Google use traffic data - I'm sure they must but they can't say so, otherwise we'll all be using tricky software tools to hit our sites repeatedly from all directions. But they know more about traffic than anyone I'd have thought. Mind you they always underestimate mine against the webanalyzer I use. John ps By a lot, too __________________ Scotland last minute short breaks and special deals, self catering cottages Self catering cottage in Appin by Glencoe Scotland

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andyf Newcomer Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 23	Re: Alexa ranking What's the use of installing Alexa-toolbar, I haven’t installed it yet. What does the toolbar shows ? if it just shows the traffic of visiting site then it is of not much of use as you cannot trust it. __________________ Web Hosting Services \|\| cPanel Hosting from webhosting.uk.com

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look4edmund Wish you were here! Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 590	Re: Alexa ranking Alexa ranking is based on website visits by visitors that have alexa toolbar installed on their browser. Regards, Edmund Ng

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