Alexa rankings question

by TanB
6 replies
Hi all

I have a question about alexa rankings: are the figures, Alexa si providing, reliable? I have read contradictory opinions on this argument, one of them being: we should not rely on these figures due to the fact that the script is not installed in users PC's. Is this true? I am using Alexa lately and I noticed a change in the site: they do not have the script that used to be installed in the PC any more.

Any thought or opinion about this?

Thanks

TanB
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  • Profile picture of the author karlp295
    Don't worry about the reliability of Alexa. I've been referring to Alexa for years and how I think it can help you is if you use it as a reference. Don't worry about it to be incorrect or not exactly just see it as an indicator. You can use it as a measuring stick, for example, this week my site was 150,000 in the list and if next week to I see it go down to 200,000 then I know that my traffic is going in the wrong direction and I need to put more emphasis on boosting traffic. As for the figures that gives four pages to visit I wouldn't really rely on them very much.
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  • Profile picture of the author Justin Michie
    Unless you're in the top 100,000 or so it's a good estimate of a sites traffic, but by no way exact and not something I would give too much weight to.

    Internet marketing sites will rank way higher than a weight loss one because more IM people have the toolbar installed.

    For example, I have a niche site that gets 500 visitors a day that's ranked at 1.5 million, then an IM one that gets less than 100 visitors per day that's ranked at 430k.

    Justin
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    • Profile picture of the author Charles E. White
      I've never found Alexa to be even close to what the actual traffic is. The only thing it does is measures people who use their toolbar.
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      • Profile picture of the author Cynthia Minnaar
        Hi TanB

        I wouldn't rely on the reliability of Alexa plus as you say it only pulls in statistics from those who have the toolbar installed.

        I would rather install a stat counter or use Google Analytics to accurately monitor your traffic.

        Cheers for now
        Cyn
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