Alexa rank, does it mean anything?

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  2. I-G4L

    I-G4L Peon

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    It is the 3 month average

    You have higher rank for a 3 month average, but they might have dfferent 3 month averages but better 1 week averages
     
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    vansterdam Notable Member

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    Alexa ranking is just based on the browsing history of people who have the alexa toolbar installed. It is essentially a traffic rating based on a limited sample of people.

    I checked the stats of the websites you list and they all have better alexa rankings than your's. For alexa ranks, lower is better. In the graph, it defaults to a percentage where higher is better.
     
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  4. searchia

    searchia Well-Known Member

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    yeah but if i see on the graph my site is better now check 7 days
     
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    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Its just something of prestige nothing else
     
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    Alexa Rank Is Depend On Ur Traffic History.
     
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    Alexa rank is best for the people engaging in link selling and buying. I never check the alexa rank of a website and then judge its quality.
     
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    I don't take Alexa that seriously anymore. It's all about google analytics for me now.
     
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  10. 365seo

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    yah.. I wouldnt count on the rankings meaning anything..,
     
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    alexa is very in accurate because it only counts the people who visit your site who have the tool bar installed
     
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    i believe you are incorrect about that
    if it only counted people who had the toolbar installed, everyone's stats would be way way down, cause i bet a very low percentage of ppl have that toolbar
    and my alexa rankings, line up exactly with my google analytics, and now i know google is not only going to count ppl who have had that toolbar installed
     
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    i believe,or not just believe, im sure hes correct and you are incorrect :D

    Alexa counts only those with the toolbar installed, though i do use alexa to measure traffic somewhat especially to compare with my competitors, even though it may be inaccurate its better then nothing.

     
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    alexa rank will help your website to know statistics and traffic of your website
     
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    i like the alexa page rank , like to see it moving up bit by bit so that i know im doing my job properly :)
     
    Kernelpower_Ltd, Oct 11, 2008 IP
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    alexa rank is just a rough estimate...it can't be completely accurate
     
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    What do you want?.....to be ranked high or make a ton of money online?
    Think about it many people waste to much time and stress on rankings
     
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    Alexa is nice meter to know in avg comparing other sites.

    there is also compete.com that gives info.

    i wont count on alexa at all but it is like you hear in the news papers or radio on a poll helded and the results are bla bla bla but when you read the small letters it is just a 500 people poll for example... but still they take the results serious.
     
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    i have few websites and i have found that my most visited and popular website is in top than my other websites. so alexa ranking is foul i don't believe that.
     
    belajai, Oct 17, 2008 IP
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    For website SEO and Rankings I don't think so.
    For advertisement yes...