I GOT A QUICK QUESTION, I Been hearing that alexa ranking isn't

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by manuel1201, Jul 13, 2008.

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    Hi, I have been hearing that alexa isnt good at all. Wondering why isn't it? I always figured they were the google of ranking???? Is there a better company:confused: doing it???
     
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    lycos Well-Known Member

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    I don't know what you mean by good or bad, it's just that there has been controversial surrounding accuracy of the measurement of traffic using Alexa because visits are only counted, provided if the visitor has the toolbar installed. However, it is still important as it is used by some to determine the value of your site particularly if you want to sell links.
     
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    interesting, thank you, is a 400,000 rank good???
     
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    eh, 400,000 is nothing to be proud of. With alexa it's the lower the better, so anything under 100,000 is pretty good. Anything under 50,000 is really good, and anything under 1,000 is AMAZING!

    There are "alexa surf" bots if you are concerned with having a lower rank... it's really not that accurate though. Check out Compete rank *(compete dot com)... it's similar to alexa, but shows real traffic ranking (not just estimated).

    Hope that helps!
     
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    Which is what makes Alexa pretty much useless.
     
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    NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! where can I get one??? Are there any penalties for using it???
     
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    Anything under 100k is good for me. But it depends on the niche.
    Imagine an affiliate site with alexa like 50k that converts well. That's a goldmine! :)

    Alexa is good for selling links. Otherwise it just estimates the amount of traffic you have.
     
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    Zexy, would you say it is hard to make an affiliate site popular??? Im loking to make a few Gold Mines, Check out my site, tell me what you think thizzedout dot com
     
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    Alexa is a questionable ranking indeed, I have seen sites in the same niche where site A has a high alexa ranking (more than 1 million) but pulling in more traffic than site B with alexa rank of say 400,000.
     
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    its based on the alexa toolbar so its easy to manipulate
     
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    It isn't that it is bad, it's just that it doesn't mean anything.

    There are sites with very little traffic but they have a high rank, while there are sites with a lot of traffic, but very low rank.

    You have to go by their daily hits.
     
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