How Much Attention Do You Pay to Alexa Ranking??

dalvia · 07-23-2009, 10:00 PM

Hey Everyone,

Just interested to know how much attention you give to alexa ranking. I noticed whenever I replace a regular website with a wordpress blog, it improves the ranking immensely.

Just curious to hear your views.

Thanks,
Dale

qkz283 · 07-23-2009, 10:08 PM

Alexa can provide you with a general idea of how popular a website is, but it is known to be fairly inaccurate. If you really want to get an accurate summary, I would also consider internal stats (non javascript), Google Analytics, and the other mainstream traffic sites like Quantcast, Compete, and Comscore.

However, your traffic ranking has hardly anything to do with how much money you will make. It is like the Google PR, cool to know, but not really helpful in reality.

Ron Killian · 07-23-2009, 10:14 PM

I agree, Alexa can be so, so far of. I only use it to gauge if a site might have traffic. If a site ranks in the millions, pretty good chance they don't get much or are not very popular.

dalvia · 07-23-2009, 10:19 PM

Yes, I do agree. I site to do with a certain breed of bird might not have a very good alexa rankings, but is a popular site within it's niche.

Rod Cortez · 07-23-2009, 10:24 PM

I pay zero attention to Alexa rankings.

Istvan Horvath · 07-23-2009, 10:27 PM

I'd second what Rod Cortez said: zero.

Alexa ranking is based on data collected from browsers that downloaded and installed the Alexa toolbar. How can it be accurate?

SolomonHuey · 07-23-2009, 11:48 PM

I don't care about my Alexa ranking one bit. Doesn't affect my income

Solomon Huey

Rich Struck · 07-23-2009, 11:49 PM

Alexa = crap. Pay it no mind.

Tsnyder · 07-23-2009, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rod Cortez

I pay zero attention to Alexa rankings.

Ditto that

Tsnyder

MeCanX · 07-24-2009, 12:00 AM

I don't pay attention to it as I really don't care...LOL what is the point of it anyways?

MovingAhead · 07-24-2009, 12:22 AM

Alexa is not as reliable as it was a few years ago.

You could try sites like Quantcast instead.

Jon Steel · 07-24-2009, 03:21 AM

I use Alexa to type in my competitor's website so I can get their primary keywords that they are targeting. It is how I find all the mispellings they are targeting and where a majority of their traffic is coming from.

js

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qkz283 HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 198 Thanks: 42 Thanked 84 Times in 11 Posts	Re: How Much Attention Do You Pay to Alexa Ranking?? Alexa can provide you with a general idea of how popular a website is, but it is known to be fairly inaccurate. If you really want to get an accurate summary, I would also consider internal stats (non javascript), Google Analytics, and the other mainstream traffic sites like Quantcast, Compete, and Comscore. However, your traffic ranking has hardly anything to do with how much money you will make. It is like the Google PR, cool to know, but not really helpful in reality.

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Ron Killian Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Arkansas, USA. Posts: 1,321 Blog Entries: 17 Thanks: 46 Thanked 83 Times in 58 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: How Much Attention Do You Pay to Alexa Ranking?? I agree, Alexa can be so, so far of. I only use it to gauge if a site might have traffic. If a site ranks in the millions, pretty good chance they don't get much or are not very popular.
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dalvia HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Gold Coast - Australia Posts: 184 Thanks: 11 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: How Much Attention Do You Pay to Alexa Ranking?? Yes, I do agree. I site to do with a certain breed of bird might not have a very good alexa rankings, but is a popular site within it's niche.
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Jon Steel HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Okinawa, Japan Posts: 367 Thanks: 50 Thanked 28 Times in 28 Posts	Re: How Much Attention Do You Pay to Alexa Ranking?? I use Alexa to type in my competitor's website so I can get their primary keywords that they are targeting. It is how I find all the mispellings they are targeting and where a majority of their traffic is coming from. js