Is Alexa an Accurate measure for site traffic? Vote Now!

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Is Alexa an accurate measure for site traffic?

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  1. It's totally precise

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    3.2%
  2. It's totally inaccurate

    12 vote(s)
    38.7%
  3. It's fairly close

    13 vote(s)
    41.9%
  4. I don't know

    5 vote(s)
    16.1%
  1. AlexBAMO

    AlexBAMO Guest

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    #21
    Tools like iwebtool help determine that..
     
    AlexBAMO, Apr 21, 2007 IP
  2. Bozdemir

    Bozdemir Peon

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    #22
    I think alexa is not a fair measure for a site traffic....
     
    Bozdemir, Apr 21, 2007 IP
  3. candj

    candj Banned

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    #23
    I am also not sure about it.
     
    candj, Apr 21, 2007 IP
  4. stOx

    stOx Notable Member

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    #24
    iwebtool, or anyone else, have no way of knowing anything about internal PR. these tools simply post a number equally as meaningless and inaccurate as PR or Alexa rank it's self.

    People like PR.. Who am i to refuse their money if they want to pay me for it?
     
    stOx, Apr 21, 2007 IP
  5. butterfingers

    butterfingers Well-Known Member

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    #25
    If not using toolbar, yes I can say it's quite accurate.
    But a lot of people abuse it.
     
    butterfingers, Apr 21, 2007 IP
  6. Zerosleep

    Zerosleep Established User

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    #26
    Surely it doesn't give totally accurate results, but gives close to Accurate Results though
     
    Zerosleep, Apr 22, 2007 IP
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    feroz97 Well-Known Member

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    #27
    No , alexa is not accurate in anyway. Sites with lesser traffic are ranked higher than sites with more traffic.
     
    feroz97, Apr 22, 2007 IP
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    htmlindex Prominent Member

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    #28
    I don't think it's accurate, I've heard that people can cheat & raise their alexa rankings
     
    htmlindex, Apr 22, 2007 IP
  9. AlexBAMO

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    #29
    There are a lot of ways to cheat. You can use redirects, bots etc.
     
    AlexBAMO, Apr 22, 2007 IP
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    infonote Well-Known Member

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    #30
    It is a sample. Samples are not accurate. However it is better than nothing.
     
    infonote, Apr 22, 2007 IP
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    stOx Notable Member

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    #31
    we don't have nothing though, we have server stats which are an awesome measure of your sites traffic.
     
    stOx, Apr 22, 2007 IP
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    Michelangelo Peon

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    #32
    I don't care about alexa.
     
    Michelangelo, Apr 22, 2007 IP
  13. AlexBAMO

    AlexBAMO Guest

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    #33
    Maybe someday there'll be a more accurate traffic ranking tool.. :cool:
     
    AlexBAMO, Apr 22, 2007 IP
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    #34
    it is somewhat can measure the traffic for any site.
     
    tonyinabox, Apr 22, 2007 IP
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    #35
    Alexa is totally way off. If I just had half of the traffic they claim i have on my sites, I would not be sitting here, but would be enjoying life under the sun somewhere ;)
     
    basicus, Apr 22, 2007 IP
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    #36
    My experience in administrating dozens of websites tells me that Alexa is really, really far away from the real numbers. This is specially true in certain demographics.
     
    Kapitalist, Apr 22, 2007 IP
  17. LeoSeo

    LeoSeo Well-Known Member

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    #37
    I own a website which receives over 25k uniques a day, which has a lower Alexa ranking than my 250 uniques/day directory

    x100 more visitors and lower Alexa ranking, sums it up :)
     
    LeoSeo, Apr 22, 2007 IP