alexa ranking is a joke ...

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by tintumon, Feb 27, 2010.

  1. hosealim

    hosealim Guest

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    #61
    beside page ranks, why do some ads companies look at alexa stats to qualify ads?
     
    hosealim, Mar 16, 2010 IP
  2. Fenchel

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    #62
    Alexa is a joke. I have a site that has about 20,000 uniques a month... They say it's worth 30,000+... I don't think so.
     
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  3. hosealim

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    #63
    isnt that good, Alexa give you 10k+ more. LOL!
     
    hosealim, Mar 16, 2010 IP
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    #64
    I dont completely rely on Alexa, instead I just use it as a guide. There are some flaws in there which do not always give you an accurate measure.
     
    nucleus99, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  5. withhindsight

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    #65
    Well I've tested it on 15 sites and every single time it returned gibberish.
     
    withhindsight, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  6. hosealim

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    #66

    Can Alexa really help you distinguish a webmaster and from a swindler?
     
    hosealim, Mar 17, 2010 IP
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    tata_capl Peon

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    #67
    Yeah, Alexa is Not Perfect tool to measure success is website. Alexa rank can manipulate with fake clicks.
     
    tata_capl, Mar 17, 2010 IP
  8. learn2earn

    learn2earn Well-Known Member

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    #68
    I don't its waste of space.
     
    learn2earn, Mar 18, 2010 IP
  9. blue-eye

    blue-eye Greenhorn

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    #69
    While many people think that alexa is waste of space, there are still lot of people who believe in alexa... No matter what alexa do and how they do, Alexa ranking is really important because

    1) Many search engines takes your Alexa ranking a one of the factor for your website's PR
    2) Some big ad networks make a condition that your site must have a minimum of xxxxx ranking to be approved for that network
    3) Your website's worth is calculated based on your Alexa ranking too.

    So, Alexa ranking is still very important, irrespective of how they calculate it
     
    blue-eye, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  10. tankard

    tankard Well-Known Member

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    #70
    I agree, it is very inaccurate, but...

    ... look at this situation: Someone offers you advertising on his site and he claims he gets 200 uniques per day. You log on, the site looks really nice, but... the Alexa rank is 5,000,000
    Will you advertise on this site? I hope not because there's no way he's getting 200 uniques. No way!

    I completely agree with the guys who say that Alexa is inaccurate but in general the sites that are outside top 3 million are pretty useless.

    When looking at Alexa, keep the niche in mind. A SEO-Tips or Get-Rich-Qwick site with Alexa 700,000 will be gettin' a similar amount of traffic as "Jen's Super Smoothie Recipes" with Alexa 2,500,000 because few housewives tamper with Alexa toolbar. They think that a toolbar is a piece of wood you put your hot pan on.
     
    tankard, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  11. snakedoctor51

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    #71
    so what is the best ranking too if PR and alexa are all crap?
     
    snakedoctor51, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  12. poinplusplus

    poinplusplus Greenhorn

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    #72
    Agreed, even some buyer like to buy site with good alexa rank.

    for pagerank, I think we already knew that its quite important as one of your site selling point.

    but instead of both of them, good quality posts are more important.
     
    poinplusplus, Mar 19, 2010 IP
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    SabQat Peon

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    #73
    alexa ranking is joke. yes, it is not so use full & i do not care for this. the only thing i do care is google.
     
    SabQat, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  14. hosealim

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    #74
    so can we conclude tat, we use PR for primary reference and alexa for optional indication of site ranking?
     
    hosealim, Mar 22, 2010 IP
  15. formula1ci

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    #75
    i am trying with a trivial site.
     
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  16. hosealim

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    #76
    Why Alexa do not have anti-cheat to make their ranking more trustable?
     
    hosealim, Mar 22, 2010 IP
  17. Qryztufre

    Qryztufre Prominent Member

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    #77
    I don't think it really matters, I don't cheat and still have an occult forum with an rank below 200,000 (153,794 at the time of this post). In the US it's ranked 35,429 and I don't cheat, but I wonder what would happen if I did?

    http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/occultcorpus.com#trafficstats

    Seriously, if my site can make it that high, there is something wrong! PR3 with only a handful of backlinks, and modest traffic (with nearly no traffic from India or Asia) very little exposure on social networking sites, and according to a thread I once posted, I think I'm about the only one with an alexa toolbar *(I use Search Status)... and I only get online once or twice a week.

    In order for me to trust the numbers, they would need to completely redo the entire system...
     
    Qryztufre, Mar 22, 2010 IP
  18. dadyal

    dadyal Active Member

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    #78
    alexa is not good thay dont detect all your trafic just 40%
     
    dadyal, Mar 22, 2010 IP
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    #79
    Do you guys know any alternate to Alexa? I know it sometimes is rubbish but haven't you seen PageRank 5 websites with less than 1000 useless backlinks? Every system has its drawbacks but we should appreciate some tools just for being there. I personally love Alexa ranking.
     
    techfired, Mar 22, 2010 IP
  20. poinplusplus

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    #80
    some site with pr5+ never being visited by alexa.
    I wonder what is the result if its being rank.
     
    poinplusplus, Mar 22, 2010 IP