i look at my alexa rating daily and noticed that my "links linking in" is still zero even though i know of about 5 or 6 sites that are linking back to me..i dont get that..can anyone help please?
Alexa sucks....i have uploaded my information a year ago and still that has not come live..why the hell they are offering such service then
Alexa's backlink checking is unreliable and not usually accurate. I would not use that as a measuring stick. Also 5 or 6 backlinks is negligible you need a whole lot more for it to matter.
Alexa is not a great tool, but it's fun. Don't use it as a serious measuring tool for your site. For that matter, just about any online tool is unreliable. Rely on your server logs.
How long did you take to judge Alexa? If you had hovered your mouse over the small question mark near the 'Sites linking in' text, you would have known that the backlinks are updated quarterly..
alexa is a joke.i dont really notice alexa rankings nor do i give them any regard to a sites well being
I got the same problem, I wouldn't pay attention to alexa rankings, you could cheat it easy. Alexa won't give you anything to improve your rankings. Just search google for "backlink checker" and you can see your links there.
Alexa should be the last place on the web where you check for backlinks. Login to your webmaster account and see the backlinks there.
Alexa is not updated as quickly as you think, So this is not showing the true status of a site however this can not be decrease the importance of Alexa ranking and other things. Alexa is a good tool to Analysis(Keywords, and visitors Sources etc) the different sites. "Try to understand the capacity of a Tool and than use it at it's best."
so if alexa isnt accurate, what site out there should i start looking at to keep track of how my site is doing?