Is ALEXA rank important for SERPS?

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  1. #1
    hello, I wanted to know if my websites alexa rank was important to rank higher in the SERPS

    Thanks
     
    p0ppers23, Aug 15, 2010 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #2
    No, it has nothing to do with search engine ranking.
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 15, 2010 IP
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    Alexa rank won't help you much.
     
    teamaguilar, Aug 15, 2010 IP
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    Alexa is just a tool and is as far I know not used by any searchengine. But if a searchengine does, then I am sure the weight of this factor is not much because fraud with Alexa can be very easily done.
     
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    Marekso Active Member

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    Yeah just forget about Alexa, that's just a term more or less.. just focus on actual SEO work and you'll be alright...
     
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    If your alexa ranking is low enough, you get a dedicated page on alexa, with a do-follow backlinks (lots of authority)
     
    SEOwm, Aug 15, 2010 IP
  7. PhilipSEO

    PhilipSEO Notable Member

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    This post explains in detail why ALexa is a useless piece of junk.
     
    PhilipSEO, Aug 15, 2010 IP
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    ChrisDouthit Well-Known Member

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    No your Alexa rank does not influence the search engine. But if you have a good Alexa rank you probably have done something right and also have a good seo rank.
     
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    Google has said publicly that Alexa and other factors like it which measure traffic are not part of the algorithm. It's another tool to see how many people are getting to your site, but not much else.
     
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    #10
    Alexa rank would not help any search engine ranking
     
    jerinjames, Aug 15, 2010 IP
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    webdev007 Active Member

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    Alexa rank is just a measure of the traffic (relative to other sites) and has no relation with the SERPs.
     
    webdev007, Aug 16, 2010 IP
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    #12
    No i dont think that alexa has to do anything with search engine ranking.You better concentrate on building quality backlinks.
     
    jacuzzi, Aug 16, 2010 IP
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    #13
    No , Alexa iss not a search engine , it just a tool that gives approximation about traffic and search analytics.
     
    Jmontana, Aug 16, 2010 IP
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    Brandon Sheley Illustrious Member

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    LMAO
    alexa isn't useless, but it doesn't affect rankings
     
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    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    Alexa does have uses... If the Alexa is sub-50,000ish it's useful for comparing general traffic from two sites that are similar, in the same industry with the same user base.
     
    digitalpoint, Aug 16, 2010 IP
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    There is no relation between Alexa and SERP..
     
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    I don't know if you can say that Alexa has NO correlation with SERPs

    Alexa does track your website's activity, and Google CAN use it to determine if your website is active/dormant

    But Alexa is heavily skewed towards tech-related sites... and even if it is related to SERPs, it really is only based on traffic/content activity so not much you can do to affect it
     
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    No relationship whatsoever, Alexa provides an indication of the traffic that a site gets, but says nothing about its SERP. I have seen quite a few sites with PR0 or PR1, and nowhere in the SERPs, but with excellent Alexa ranking, which is a bit mystifying unless they have been deindexed by G... In any case, there are some doubts about the accuracy of the Alexa ranking, because it is generated not by measurement but by sampling (the users that use the Alexa toolbar). Specially in new sites, it is possible to see the Alexa ranking jumping up and down by a million positions in a couple of days...
     
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    #19
    in all my years of working online I have come to the conclusion that Alexa rank is quite overrated to be honest
     
    dbonline, Aug 16, 2010 IP
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    Alexa seems to have been gas, now very few people paid attention
     
    horsey67745, Aug 17, 2010 IP
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