Alexa Rank Question

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frforums

Nov 12th 2007, 9:13 am

I have a couple of tool bars for Alexa rank monitoring, one is for Firefox and the other is for Internet Explorer.

Since last night, both have jumped back and forth between 2 different ranks for my site. Depending on which page I land on the rank is one of two numbers.

If I use Alexa.com or software that checks page rank, popularity, etc. my site rank is the lower of the two, but both tool bars for both browsers jump back and forth between the former (higher) and the newer (lower) rank.

I have only been aware of Alexa.com for 2 months, and this is the first time this has happened (numbers flip-flopping). Is this normal?

ssandecki

Nov 12th 2007, 9:16 am

Alexa is not a great ranking tool, it only ranks sites by the people who use the toolbar. I don't believe the toolbar is real time, in a few days it will update with the correct rank.

frforums

Nov 12th 2007, 10:05 am

Thanks for the reply. I have read various pros and cons for Alexa ranking but it is the only one I am aware of that gives me some visual indication of upward movement of my site.

adverlicious

Nov 12th 2007, 2:00 pm

Thanks for the reply. I have read various pros and cons for Alexa ranking but it is the only one I am aware of that gives me some visual indication of upward movement of my site.

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frforums

Nov 12th 2007, 6:18 pm

hey, great tools. thanks for the heads up. i am going to have to take some time and read thoroughly all of the great information i have found here.

AngelaE8654

Nov 14th 2007, 1:08 pm

Alexa is not a great ranking tool, it only ranks sites by the people who use the toolbar. I don't believe the toolbar is real time, in a few days it will update with the correct rank.

I heard that. I wonder how many people use the Alexa toolbar?

frforums

Nov 16th 2007, 9:18 am

By the way, where do the rankings that say Google is #2 and Yahoo! is #1 come from?

I find various ranking sources when I do an internet search but where do news sources like the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today get their ranking information?

yooozy

Nov 16th 2007, 9:26 am

maybe that's because you use two different versions of that tool bar

frforums

Nov 18th 2007, 5:00 pm