Comments on: Alexa Update – My Alexa is starting to flex a bit.

By: Velvet Blues

Velvet Blues — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:31:35 +0000

It is very easy to spoof a good Alexa ranking. Of course, it does get harder to go sub 10K, but I think with a lot of effort, about 50K can be achieve without having REAL traffic. Velvet Bluess last blog post..6 Reasons To Host Your Own Blog

By: Stephan Miller

Stephan Miller — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:57:02 +0000

Alexa isn’t accurate. The numbers are so skewed, even now, that it is amazing advertising prices are based on it. A more accurate indicator of the value of ad space would have to work like Quantcast, where a simplified version of your actual stats are used.

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By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:07:17 +0000

Hey Jason…I agree with you somewhat.

I disagree that it is all that common for new sites to have a low Alexa. If you had an anomaly then it was probably an SEO or Webmaster type site.

Alexa doesn’t have a bearing on traffic but it does reflect traffic. Your example of 1 million visitors is valid but it has a giant flaw that you are overlooking. If you compare two blogs in the same niche, then in theory they draw the same types of visitors. If you compare 1 sites Alexa to the other, it is pretty easy to determine who has more traffic.

I’ve never said its the end all and I agree it has flaws….however I think I have covered that both in the posts and in this comment. Use it, don’t use it…your call.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:59:48 +0000

It’s not uncommon for new blogs and web sites to have low Alexa rankings. I had a site with 40 visitors a day that went to 200,000 Alexa score. When the traffic went up to 500 a day my Alexa was near 1 million. Alexa has no bearing on traffic at all.

If you have 1 million visitors a day and none of them have an Alexa toolbar on their PC you wo’t get a ranking. If you have 10 visitors a day with an Alexa toolbar you’ll get a ranking.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:51:41 +0000

oh Bill I ment is Alexa worth tracking – is there info valid – sorry,

tim

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:40:06 +0000

Tim – Not sure what you mean by valid? Of course it is valid…I used screen shots to show it but I think you mean more like is Alexa a stat worth tracking?

That’s an entire article in itself. I personally think it is however for everyone who says it is, you will find someone who says it isn’t. They usually make this claim because they have a poor Alexa in my opinion.

It certainly has its flaws as the users need the Alexa tool bar installed to be recorded and some types of sites attract higher percentages of users who have this bar, at least that’s what I have read from the detractors.

My answer to that is this though…as long as I compare my Alexa to someone who is also in the same niche as I am, then it could be a valid comparison because we likely attract the same “types” of visitors. If I were to compare myself to an SEO/Webmaster type site then it would seem that the SEO site would have an advantage over me.

This is based on what I know and have read from the detractors view on the subject. I think it has its place but it certainly isn’t the end all/be all of traffic measurement but then again what is. There are pros and cons to all of them.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:32:17 +0000

I’ve never given Alexa much credit – is the information really valid?

tim

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:47:09 +0000

NoName – Once you are mature…meaning 3 months or older then your Alexa will likely stabilize somewhat. Alexa uses the previous 3 month average of your traffic to give you a ranking. In my case I am not 3 months old yet so my average will move around dramatically.

It compares your traffic to the rest of the sites on the internet so if your Alexa ranking is going UP then it is because in comparison to the rest of the sites on the web you are getting a lower percentage of visitors.

It’s hard to expalin in a short blurb like this…you can read all you need to know about it here. http://www.alexa.com/site/help/traffic_learn_more

By: NoName

NoName — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:30:37 +0000

Do you have any idea about how the alexa ranking really works ? it looks like, for me at least, that the older it gets the higher ranking for fairly the same traffic

Any experience ?