Retrieving Alexa Rank

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by Help Desk, Jul 8, 2004.

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

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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  3. Help Desk

    Help Desk Well-Known Member

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    I have 4 words for you...

    You are the shiznit!
     
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  4. Help Desk

    Help Desk Well-Known Member

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    Does this still work for anybody else? They might have started blocking my IP address.
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Still works for me... figured it was only a matter of time, since that's specifically what they sell access to. ;)
     
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    I really don't get it. Why does anyone care about alexa? What am I missing here?
     
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  7. compar

    compar Peon

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    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
     
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    Sounds like somebody is getting cynical in his old age.
     
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    Lever Deep Thought

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