Alexa rank and traffic

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by liss, Mar 7, 2009.

  1. #1
    Always interested 1 thing.
    Does Alexa rank and site traffic give bonus to site in search reults?
    For example: if i will have 1 domain/site with alexa 2000 or about 1 million page views daily, no back links, indexed by google. Will this traffic make bonus in google search results for this domain/site???
    Any your thoughts will be usefull please
    Thanks.
     
    liss, Mar 7, 2009 IP
  2. Random Guy

    Random Guy Peon

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    No. Alexa rank is completely useless for anything other than a marketing tool/blurb to people who don't know how it works.
     
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  3. sultanofseo

    sultanofseo Notable Member

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    #3
    alexa rank doesnt have anything to do woth your ranking and also doesn't represent any true indication of traffic. it is based on how many people use alexa toolbar and visited your site so the stat could be way off based on niche and site. to me, alexa is a totally useless tool
     
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    chama7777 Banned

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    you can get on Google page 1 easy, why bother about other SE. G is the big daddy
     
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  5. liss

    liss Active Member

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    #5
    Thanks for your replies.
    But i say not about 10k users or something about this. I say about 1 million DAILY. And in this way Alexa will show almost real traffic position and anyone can see that its not 10k.
    Also google will know real traffic too (from google analytics code), google will see its highly traffic popular site. And you all say this doesnt matter for search results position?
    I find this very strange, but will eat this as truth :)
     
    liss, Mar 7, 2009 IP
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    gr8liverpoolfan Notable Member

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    Alexa doesn't have any direct impact on the traffic you get from Google.

    If your site is just indexed and doesn't have any backlinks, the chances you'd be getting 1m visitors from Google is very low.

    You could get type in traffic- I'll give you that.

    Analytics has no impact on your rankings- that will allow people to manipulate their rankings. Many people have thought of GA as a ranking factor, but nothing has been concisely proved yet.
     
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  7. liss

    liss Active Member

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    Ok i see. But actulay i didnt say this high traff site must be on 1st position in search result. I just ask about any bonus. For example maybe without traffic 10000 position in serp and with traffic 5000 position.
     
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    hillord Well-Known Member

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    i kinda like alexa.... it's something..
     
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    The anwser is no. Traffic wouldnt help on either PR or SERP.
     
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    As I said, it should have an impact.

    There is no proof that Analytics affects search results.
     
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    I don't think Alexa rankings are important these days... Alexa rankings can be easily manipulated by some simple techniques...
     
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  12. liss

    liss Active Member

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    #12
    Realy thanks for your nice answers.
    But very soon i will check this and will back here with results :)
     
    liss, Mar 8, 2009 IP
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    I agree. Promote the toolbar and You'll get even higher Alexa rankings ;). As for the impact it could have on Google rankings - I seriously doubt it can have little or any impact.
     
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    No. Alexa rank is made up, don't even think for one second it means anything.
     
    Darkness, Mar 8, 2009 IP