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Is Alexa dead ?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by cipcip, Jan 7, 2009.

  1. #1
    Well, i have this question for you guys, is Alexa ranking almost dead ? I mean I haven't seen any changes on my websites from Christmas... or they are in winter break or something ?
     
    cipcip, Jan 7, 2009 IP
  2. dmi

    dmi Well-Known Member

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    Alexa is dead since it was born. Its ranking is absolutely ridiculous.
     
    dmi, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    Autofete.com Peon

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    Yeah I havent had an update either
     
    Autofete.com, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    my sites ranking was getting better little by little before Christmas then all of a sudden it just froze and it's been the same rank for that last month or so and so are the rest of my sites.
     
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    No one who is serious in internet marketing really cares what their rank is. It simply doesn't do a good job of ranking sites properly.
     
    PHPGator, Jan 7, 2009 IP
  6. cipcip

    cipcip Well-Known Member

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    I know that the rank is stupid and can be bigger if you use their toolbar, but i was just curious and saw that the rankings were frozen since Christmas.
     
    cipcip, Jan 7, 2009 IP
  7. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    I'm not confident that by itself Alexa was ever an accurate metric for determining a sites inherent overall rank/value or traffic.
     
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    PHPGator Banned

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    Sorry cipcip, I guess I didn't understand the question. I haven't checked my ranking in so long that I'm not sure that it has changed or not.
     
    PHPGator, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    sousen Active Member

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    Yeha me too no changes from Christmas think enjoying Holidays till :D
     
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  10. dynashox

    dynashox Premium Member Staff

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    Yeah... Alexa not updating for a couple of weeks now. Just wonder what happen to them. Maybe they're having a major upgrade.

    - Dynashox -
     
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  11. cipcip

    cipcip Well-Known Member

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    Well, they need an upgrade, now we just have to wait and see.
     
    cipcip, Jan 7, 2009 IP
  12. Mia

    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    #12

    Upgrade of what specifically?
     
    Mia, Jan 7, 2009 IP
  13. cipcip

    cipcip Well-Known Member

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    I think of their algorithm maybe ? I don't know for sure, I just think that this is the reason for their delay.
     
    cipcip, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    Cbrooker Active Member

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    Well, Alexa to me is crap when it comes to ranking anything. I have one site that from January - April each year pushed about 15 million page views each month (special sports niche). I was contacted by a marketing firm and was ready to ink a deal for some advertising dollars until they checked the site's "Alexa" ranking and the manger indicated "You don't rank well enough in Alexa for us to buy your traffic", and they refused to do the deal.

    She knew that the Analytics numbers I was showing her was worth what I wanted for the traffic, but she said her hands were tied by her company and the advertisers it represented.
     
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    Mia R.I.P. STEVE JOBS

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    I'd be a bit skeptical of any firm that uses Alexa's data alone as a metric for determining real/actual traffic.
     
    Mia, Jan 7, 2009 IP
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    #16
    Alexa seems to have no use anymore, I personally don't care for it and focus on PR and all that jazz.
     
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    Where would the serious people in Internet Marketing go ? Which site has a comparable service to Alexa , (i.e. quick, easy to use and at no cost) ?
     
    events, Jan 8, 2009 IP
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    Their toolbar doesn't work with IE7, or chrome!

    You either have to run firefox or IE6.

    I don't think Alexa's numbers are worth anything, but since there is no other game in town, people will still use them.
     
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    I've also noticed that there were no change for a long time. I remember before this break, it would change in about every 4-5 days regularly. And yes, maybe Alexa isn't very good for determining real traffic, but it's good when comparing websites.
     
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    ui have been trying to get alexa to update my thumbnail for ages.

    for about 4 months now it has been waiting to be update. i keep submiting it to be updated and nothing happens with any of my sites
     
    tentwenty, Jan 8, 2009 IP