mdshare Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 A bit ago alexa has been used in several topics, so I digged up one of the articles I stored to post here. Alexa, which is owned by Amazon.com, gives away a free toolbar that you can download and install in your browser. Alexa is then able to keep track of the sites you visit and compute the traffic ranking of those websites, with a rank of "1" being the assigned to the most visited site. If you want a more technical definition, Alexa explains it like this: "The traffic rank is based on three months of aggregated historical traffic data from millions of Alexa Toolbar users and data obtained from other, diverse traffic data sources, and is a combined measure of page views and users (reach). As a first step, Alexa computes the reach and number of page views for all sites on the Web on a daily basis. The main Alexa traffic rank is based on a value derived from these two quantities averaged over time (so that the rank of a site reflects both the number of users who visit that site as well as the number of pages on the site viewed by those users)." http://www.alexa.com/site/help/traffic_learn_more In April 2008 Alexa revised its methodology so as to "aggregate data from multiple sources to give you a better indication of website popularity among the entire population of Internet users". http://awis.blogspot.com/2008_04_01_archive.html How accurately this method reflects the actual surfing patterns of all Internet users is open to question. However, if you bear in mind that by the end of 2005 the toolbar had been downloaded well over 10 million times you will realize why many people still think that Alexa offers one of the best approximations that we have of website ranking, especially for the top 100,000 or so websites. That is why Alexa remains an important measure of a website's status and is used as a quick way to assess the popularity of a website by advertisers looking for the maximum exposure for the their money. Websites with a higher Alexa ranking also tend to be trusted more than those with a low ranking, so it is in the interest of website owners to get their sites ranked as highly as possible with Alexa. Here are some quick and easy tips to help you do that without spending a single dollar! 1. Install the Alexa toolbar and set your website as your homepage. 2. Copy and paste an Alexa rank widget onto your website. You can get the widget code at http://www.alexa.com/site/site_stats/signup. As well as informing your visitors about your Alexa rank, it will also keep Alexa updated about the number of unique visitors surfing your site. 3. Create a customized version of the Alexa tool bar, Then place a link on your site to the download page and invite your visitors to download it. You will also earn Amazon commissions every time a user shops on Amazon via the toolbar link. 4. If you have a Wordpress blog there is a plug-in for Alexa Ranking (wp-Alexa-redirect-0.3plug-in) that you can use. 5. Submit your site to web directories. Although a lot of directories charge a registration fee, you can still find many that are willing to l?st your site free of charge or in exchange for a reciprocal link. A lot of the webmasters who browse web directories have the Alexa bar installed, so if they cl?ck your link it will help your Alexa traffic rank. 6. Become an active participant on Internet marketing and SEO forums. Again, a lot of those forum participants are already webmasters and a high percentage will use the Alexa toolbar when they surf. Place a link to your site in your signature and your rank will improve when any of those people cl?ck through. 7. A lot of Asian and Australian websites feature in the Alexa top 100,000 and you can bet that a lot of website owners will have the Alexa toolbar installed, so it makes sense to join social networking sites that are popular in those regions, such as: http://www.orkut.com - Orkut is owned by Google and is the second most visited site in India. http://hi5.com - Hi5 has an Alexa ranking of 17. 8. Become an Alexa expert and post articles that discuss Alexa ranking and SEO tips. This will attract people to your site who may be interested in downloading your toolbar, or people who have already done so. Either way, it will be good for your Alexa ranking. You could even build a whole category of articles on your website devoted to this theme. 9. Set up a freebie page on your website and post a l?st of useful tools to attract other website owners to your site. Include another link to your Alexa toolbar download page. 10. Get into the habit of using Stumbleupon and other bookmarking sites to spread the word whenever you post a new article on your website or blog. Set up a group of fellow website owners so that you can have run reciprocal stumbling campaigns for better results. If you apply these ten quick and easy methods you will definitely see an improvement in your Alexa rank and you should also start to attract more traff?c to your site! Author: Darrell Howell Quote
blue Posted December 8, 2008 Posted December 8, 2008 Re: The Alexa Ranking Did i bring this about? I follow the Alexa ranking to a T.. Most CE members dont understand the importance of a Alexa Ranking and a Google Page Rank when A) Selling a website B) Looking to buy a website C) Looking to use a website for personal gain Google and other sites have given us these tools to use. so USE THEM!! hehe Quote
blue Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 Re: The Alexa Ranking As requested i have removed my post! Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 Re: The Alexa Ranking See MD this is what i was talking about. These people dont have a CLUE on how to run a successful site. They dont have a clue what they are doing. if they was smart, they would be all over this topic asking questions, Wanting to know how to boost their sites up. Its pathetic. No wonder the gaming community is dieing, We have game owners that could careless about their sites enough to build a good rep for it. They going to make $100 bucks and run! pfft. or make a few mods, then when they arent selling, the randomly select someone else that is trying and kick them down.. Working for TWG has taught me a bit about how game owners work. I approved 213 games last week. 54 of those was down the very next week. Because they dont have any personal value in their websites. its like the dog you never wanted, but you got to feed it, Water it and walk it.. you dont do those its going to die, but then again, you DIDNT want it anyway, So piss on it. What if they already know huh? I have many sites with nice pr/alexa. Though Pagerank/alexa is meaning less unless i'm planning to flip the site in a year or so, personally i care more about actual working on building up traffic, good content etc. Alexa; the actual people who play the games are usually 13+ in which do you think they'd give a damn about having the alexa rank toolbar unless they own a game/site? since thats how they get there statics on rankings. If you really care about pagerank; get some nice paid backlinks & seo the links. Quote
blue Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 Re: The Alexa Ranking Funny, I own numerous games and numerous websites, And my age groups are 20 to 45 .. Whats your sites with the good Alexa Ranking? Most people work to get in the top 100,000 as it adds value to your domain/site. You must not pay much attention to anything MD said, You must have read what i said and attempted to defend yourself. Because you apparently dont want alot of traffic to your site. Being a FF addon, The Alexa Sparky in the 3rd most installed addon for FF. So that tells me people dont even bother with your site if you dont have a good ranking. My point was simple, And you failed miserably on understanding MD's post or even mine. Once you do, Then come back and post a reply worth reading. Quote
blue Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 Re: The Alexa Ranking If you really care about pagerank; get some nice paid backlinks & seo the links. Most of my sites are atleast a PR 3, SG is even a PR 4. I take pride in my sites. My last game was a Alexa Ranking 58,000 and PR 3.. And this was way before i understood the true meaning of how it all works. Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted December 9, 2008 Posted December 9, 2008 Re: The Alexa Ranking I had a directory few days back in which i sold which had a alexa rank of 207, 582. I had a previous general directory which now has a alexa now of 148K in which there has been no edits to that site; and currently i have none what i would call a decent alexa rank, since i've sold alot of my sites on DP. Yeah of course it adds value to your site/domain including PR does. MD did not say anything, he copied and pasted a article from what "Darrell Howell" wrote. Yeah i have a bad habit of not reading the full reply/post :-P. PS Why where you requested to remove your post? :? Since, i do understand where your coming from the gaming niche is really saturated. Many CE members, building sites...after they milk them then they let them expire or sell them dirt cheap. Quote
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