Why look at alexa ?

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by swiftmed, Feb 27, 2007.

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    Recently I noticed this member on some other forum reject buying a link on another website just because the website had an alexa ranking of 1mil+. The user did say he gets over 300 uniques daily but was rejected anyhow. Why do some people care about alexa so much to buy links? The site was a PR4 too lol. So just curious why some people are obsessed.
     
    swiftmed, Feb 27, 2007 IP
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    britishguy Prominent Member

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    Alexa is a 'tired old' ranking site that at last has shown little signs of emerging from a long sleep that has lasted years :)

    Who knows whether it will be more accurate in the future !
     
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    talkwebz Banned

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    Very true.
    Its very unaccurate and it benfits sites which has webmasters going on them.
    Mostly webmasters install alexa tool bar
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    talkwebz, Feb 27, 2007 IP
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    swiftmed Peon

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    Well I dont have it installed, I know that its inaccurate but that rejection made me look at it like it was wrong, I would never depend on alexa for a look at traffic.
     
    swiftmed, Feb 27, 2007 IP
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    its not meant for exact estimates. its a great tool to get a general idea of how much traffic a website is getting.
     
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