Retrieving Alexa Rank

[Help Desk]

Has anybody heard of an algorithm to retrive the Alexa Rank of a page? Screenscraping is one option, but that is always so bloated.

[digitalpoint]

Officially you need to pay to make queries to Alexa, but check this:

http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/000029.html

[Help Desk]

I have 4 words for you...

You are the shiznit!

[Help Desk]

Does this still work for anybody else? They might have started blocking my IP address.

[digitalpoint]

Still works for me... figured it was only a matter of time, since that's specifically what they sell access to. ;)

[mopacfan]

I really don't get it. Why does anyone care about alexa? What am I missing here?

[compar]

I really don't get it. Why does anyone care about alexa? What am I missing here?
Not much. But people obsess about all kinds of crap on the Internet. We should start a list of useless crap that people obsess about.

Here is a starter list:
1. PR
2. PR bled
3. Keyword density
4. Alex rankings
5. Google PR/BL update
6. Exact time to the second of Google's caching of a page
7. Number of visitors your competitor gets

[Help Desk]

Sounds like somebody is getting cynical in his old age.

[Lever]

...But people obsess about all kinds of crap on the Internet...

...3. Keyword density...

So Bob, am I OK not to be concerned about one of my sites having nearly 50% keyword density on some pages?