How is Alexa ranking measured?

Discussion in 'All Other Search Engines' started by visualkreations, Mar 17, 2010.

  1. #1
    I am curious on how Alexa rankings are measured is it by ammount of traffic? or backlinks?....
     
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  2. tata_capl

    tata_capl Peon

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    Alexa ranking is measured on the based of traffic to a site.
     
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    they do all the figures on average bases, i think awstat is the best tool in cpanel to know who is coming from where exactly, first because its given from your own hosting service provider who really know the activity of real users on the site, second its very easy and builtin utility.
     
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  4. Janak

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    Alexa Rank ranks your site's popularity in visitor numbers as measured by those who have used Alexa’s toolbar. It's also great for spying on competitors' sites.
     
    Janak, Mar 18, 2010 IP
  5. visualkreations

    visualkreations Well-Known Member

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    so if a site has an Alexa raking of 500, does that mean its the 500 most popular site? i know its not going to be very accurate , but is that the idea?
     
    visualkreations, Mar 18, 2010 IP
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    Yes... that does mean it's the 500 most popular site currently on the web.
     
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  7. LookAtHerBeautifulFace

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    I thinks traffic and backlink is can improve alexa ranking .....
    to increase Alexa ranking, better you can do SEO techniques (on page and off page) better with focus ans continues ...

    On Page Optimization :
    choice and improving keyword in url, title, pages, and keyword tags ..

    Off Page Optimization :
    article submission
    press release submission
    internet marketing
    social bookmarking
    blogging (walking and commenting)
    social networking
    forum submission

    Thanks
     
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    Alexa ranking more effective by number of visiters on your site.
     
  10. psharma

    psharma Prominent Member

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    Alexa rank has no direct connection with the backlinks, unlike PageRank.
    Yes, it means you are 500th most popular website in the world, but in terms of a complex combination of pageviews and websit's reach.
     
    psharma, Mar 19, 2010 IP
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    Alexa ranking is calculated by number of visitors to your site. It is not concerned with number of backlinks your site has.
     
    blue-eye, Mar 19, 2010 IP
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    poinplusplus Greenhorn

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    I wonder why my site not being rank / visited by alexa. anyone know how to get alexa rank my site?
     
    poinplusplus, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  13. LookAtHerBeautifulFace

    LookAtHerBeautifulFace Peon

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    Sign up to Alexa Buddy...,then navigate to -For Site Owner- menu, submit Your Site and add tracking script to Your site...
     
    LookAtHerBeautifulFace, Mar 19, 2010 IP
  14. poinplusplus

    poinplusplus Greenhorn

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    okay thank you folks, I had tried it, it seems need to wait 1 week to get alexa rank my site.
    Thanks again
     
    poinplusplus, Mar 19, 2010 IP
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    psharma Prominent Member

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    To get an Alexa rank?

    To get an Alexa rank, all you need is traffic. If you have good traffic Alexa will automatically rank you, say within one week or two.

    You can speed up (and make accurate) this process by signing up, submitting you site details and install their tracking code.

    Regards
     
    psharma, Mar 19, 2010 IP
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    Alexa Traffic is measured on basis of visitor and pageviews but I don't think Alexa is that much true from my website stats. One of my website which has <100 visitor is ranked ~800K and another new website that is ~1 month old which has 500+ visitor daily has 3 million rank. So, don't go for Alexa Ranking but just for Google Analytics.
     
    valvetak47, Mar 20, 2010 IP
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    You are right. Something similar happened to me. One of my website was getting 1-2k hits on each subdomain and there were 4 subdomains my alexa rank was 300k and other website it was alone getting 1k unique hits and alexa rank was 90k also my domain was 3months old and other one was 2 years old.
     
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    Alexa ranking utterly depends on your site traffic. Try to gain more traffic to get good ranking.
     
    emailm, Mar 23, 2010 IP
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    have the same question, if it is basing on the traffic, would it matter if it is paid or free traffic? i mean if alexa counts both? or just the free one?
     
    techgrowthglobal, Mar 23, 2010 IP
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    It's a traffic rank. But this rank is useless if your rank is below 10000, it's not accurate. For exampel, my website only has a daily unique visitors around 80, but the alexa rank is 260,000. Definitely for such a low traffic, can't be rank to 260,000.
     
    alexjoan, Mar 23, 2010 IP