Alexa Rank?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by snarble, Jan 13, 2010.

  1. #1
    I am checking out different websites Alexa rank just to see my competitions traffic ranking.

    I am not sure if I am missing something but is there a way on Alexa to see roughly how many visitors a website is getting a day or week?

    If there is not a way on Alexa is there any other site that might give me a clue.

    Or is there a rough guideline if your site is ranked 500,000 or 100,000 or 1000?

    Thanks!
     
    snarble, Jan 13, 2010 IP
  2. Revelations-Decoder

    Revelations-Decoder Well-Known Member

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    #2
    Can't you see how many visitors you are getting per day per wek per month in your cPanel's Awstats?

    Depending on your targeted search terms you also might bare in mind it is not always just quantity but quality that can mean a whole lot more when it comes to actual conversions!
     
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    Camay123 Well-Known Member

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    #3

    He cannot check the awstats of the competitors website.

    To original poster: I have not found such a tool that was accurate. I think some of the tools on the web, do use the alexa ranking to estimate traffic.

    I also ear that the alexa ranking is bias towards webmaster site.
     
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    Revelations-Decoder Well-Known Member

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    True Camay123

    I was just fishing to see if the OP could find their daily/weekly/mothly visitor stats via a slightly savvy cPanel/Awstats thing, but as you say no service really reports competitor stats RE you own.

    Google tries as do Alexa and others but none really seem to reflect what is absoluetely accurate not even the services form the Mighty Big G!
     
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  5. w3bmaster

    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    Don't waste time on alexa/pr those are just number actually alexa is very crapy system ...
     
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  6. Ascendancy

    Ascendancy Active Member

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    Alexa really isn't built for showing you day-by-day traffic changes, it's mostly logged monthly/yearly and the results aren't typically helpful.

    You should just register for a Google Analytics account - it's free, and you get the highest-tech for tracking visits and such
     
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  7. webcosmo

    webcosmo Notable Member

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    they mainly use visitor count and pageviews. those data are collected from the people who use alexa toolbar.

    i wont even care much about it unless i sell links.
     
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    jason830 Peon

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    I do not think alexa is a good tool to check how many visitors to your site,you know it just do a record about those people who add alexa tool,why not use google anaylsis.
     
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    You can use Quantcast or Compete data for this. Finding the average number of visitors to a website per week.
     
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    linksale77 Peon

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    Alexa just Rank a million site in the world, so alexa not have any specific traffic. alexa just knowing from global data such as search engine. and traffic site from search engine.
     
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  11. snarble

    snarble Peon

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    Hi, I use Google Analytics for my own site but I was just trying to figure out if I could see how much traffic a site gets regarding its Alexa rank.
     
    snarble, Jan 14, 2010 IP
  12. christoph

    christoph Active Member

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    The most recent site of mine I just analyised gets around 100 - 150 unique visits a day with an average of 4 page views and I rank around 350,000 and going down.

    Maybe that might give you an indication.

    I suggest you try out getclicly.com

    A very good programme that has lots of details about visits, pages they saw and lots more. Very effective.
     
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  13. 2010Business

    2010Business Peon

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    I think that Alexa it's a good system to use ! They have a good numbers!
     
    2010Business, Jan 14, 2010 IP
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    Hello Friend,

    My client is also giving proper attention towards alexa.
     
    freshware, Jan 15, 2010 IP
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    Alexa is just a waste of time don't crap your head with it.
     
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    I have seen the Alexa rank for my website but i have never focused more on that as i think that if you really need traffic to your website then you have to go with the right kind of SEO for your website...
     
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    I never check my website's traffic and ranking on Alexa, i think it is not accurate. Some friends in another forum told me, but i don't why.
     
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  18. waqqasawan

    waqqasawan Greenhorn

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    #18
    Alexa ranking can not provide you with accurate figures of users on a particular website, The ranking system of Alexa entirely depends upon the users who have installed the alexa toolbar.
    you can try it by yourself, install the alexa toolbar and visit your website 8-10 times a day and you'll start noticing your alexa ranking getting better.
    You can easily get into the top 100,000 websites of alexa with around 5000 users a day.
     
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  19. Revelations-Decoder

    Revelations-Decoder Well-Known Member

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    That's the way it was, I think you will find Alexa now use many other metrics and it does not only include those who have Amazons Alexa Toolbar!
     
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    alexa is not perfect tool to rank a website, its based on alexa toolbar
     
    Rumait, Jan 15, 2010 IP