How to Rank higher in Alexa?

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Hello guys, does using proxy ip's in Alexa counts?

I want to raise the global rank of a website and also the raise the rank in specific countries.

Has anyone tried it using proxy ip's?
#alexa #higher #rank
  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Why do you care about Alexa, will it put money in your pocket?
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    • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Why do you care about Alexa, will it put money in your pocket?
      Put 6k in my pocket last month...

      That being said, not sure if OP has the traffic to use it
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      • Profile picture of the author yukon
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        Originally Posted by Nelapsi View Post

        Put 6k in my pocket last month...

        That being said, not sure if OP has the traffic to use it
        Ok, I'll bite.

        How's Alexa putting money in your pocket? Are you selling links & using Alexa to get buyers all exited or what?
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        • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
          Originally Posted by yukon View Post

          Ok, I'll bite.

          How's Alexa putting money in your pocket? Are you selling links & using Alexa to get buyers all exited or what?
          None of that.. I sell ads slots directly to companies.

          Don't get me wrong because until I walked away from Adsense I thought Alexa was the biggest waste of time in the planet and held no merit for anything. I don't debate it though now, when you deal with a company on a 1 to 1 basis they use this rating as if it was gold mostly because it is backed by Amazon and not because the number has any merit to it.

          It comes down to a business decision, do I attempt to educate every client before even getting to the point of making a deal? or I do simply provide them with the information they decide and save the discussion part for how much they are going to pay each month? In sales the key is to have them saying yes the whole way through the process.

          Simply put this is a number that companies want to see when dealing directly with websites concerning ad slot placement and purchasing. I got away from Adsense because I wanted to run more of a business that I controlled and stumbled upon this in the process.
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  • Profile picture of the author kimseo
    Originally Posted by sinfulm3 View Post

    Hello guys, does using proxy ip's in Alexa counts?

    I want to raise the global rank of a website and also the raise the rank in specific countries.

    Has anyone tried it using proxy ip's?
    Does anyone care about it by any chance ??:confused::confused:
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  • Profile picture of the author Larry Leggett
    Does alexa ranking helps a website to get traffic? or it is based on the traffic amount of a website?
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  • Profile picture of the author betberry
    try linkcollider,put ur site on it.see in a week.boost up ur alexa rank clearly.
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  • Profile picture of the author softysmith
    If u have huge traffic one your website than your alexa will increase
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  • Profile picture of the author CyborgX
    Personally, I don't think it is important at all. Alexa rank is highly skewed toward the kinds of sites people who download the Alexa toolbar visit (my guess would be tech and marketing related sites) so it is very inaccurate. There are mehtods to manipulate Alexa rank but if you're trying to sell a site and somehow your site shows a higher Alexa rank than say Black Hat World, you would probably lose all credibility and casue potential buyers to question any other claims you make about a site.
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    • Profile picture of the author syedqurat
      agree with cyborgx

      Originally Posted by CyborgX View Post

      Personally, I don't think it is important at all. Alexa rank is highly skewed toward the kinds of sites people who download the Alexa toolbar visit (my guess would be tech and marketing related sites) so it is very inaccurate. There are mehtods to manipulate Alexa rank but if you're trying to sell a site and somehow your site shows a higher Alexa rank than say Black Hat World, you would probably lose all credibility and casue potential buyers to question any other claims you make about a site.
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  • Profile picture of the author sinfulm3
    Originally Posted by yukon View Post

    Why do you care about Alexa, will it put money in your pocket?
    I have a client that wants to boost his website. Maybe he want to sell it afterwards.

    Originally Posted by CyborgX View Post

    Personally, I don't think it is important at all. Alexa rank is highly skewed toward the kinds of sites people who download the Alexa toolbar visit (my guess would be tech and marketing related sites) so it is very inaccurate. There are mehtods to manipulate Alexa rank but if you're trying to sell a site and somehow your site shows a higher Alexa rank than say Black Hat World, you would probably lose all credibility and casue potential buyers to question any other claims you make about a site.
    I agree with you Sir, still some website buyers check/requires sites rank at alexa.
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    • Profile picture of the author paulgl
      Originally Posted by sinfulm3 View Post

      I have a client that wants to boost his website. Maybe he want to sell it afterwards.
      Tell him you have no clue, and vow never to take clients again until
      you do....

      Then learn something about alexa....

      I'll bite even bigger...

      Did you know alexa is owned and operated by amazon.com, the company, that is?
      They use it and abuse to the max, just like their other sites, boxofficemojo,
      imdb, etc. etc....

      Silly humans....

      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
        Originally Posted by paulgl View Post

        I'll bite even bigger...

        Did you know alexa is owned and operated by amazon.com, the company, that is?
        They use it and abuse to the max, just like their other sites, boxofficemojo,
        imdb, etc. etc....

        Silly humans....

        Paul
        Perhaps Amazon is bad in your eyes but that doesn't make it fact nor bad in everyone's eyes. Personally I could care less other then the fact that if you are smart enough to remove Adsense from the ad slot process then you will find a great deal of companies that require this as part of your package when you begin the initial process. If you don't have it or they don't like the ranking you have, it is a quick no. If you do then you move to the second part of the process. When I used Adsense my sites Alexa Ranking not only didn't matter but was completely pointless and useless, I understand this and understand why this is the case too (Read into that Alexa Ranking is at best a distorted view of a website's traffic).

        The truth is Amazon is no different then Google and Alexa Ranking is no different then Page Ranking in the aspect they are both 2 measurements that can be tweaked and moved by tricks and controlled by companies who have one concern, profit. Just because you cannot use it to turn your website into something profitable does not make it bad nor something everyone else needs to walk away from.
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        • Profile picture of the author paulgl
          Originally Posted by Nelapsi View Post

          Perhaps Amazon is bad in your eyes but that doesn't make it fact nor bad in everyone's eyes.
          No, amazon is not bad in my eyes. You completely misunderstood the point.

          People falling all over alexa.....for some unknown reason, all the while
          amazon.com chuckles at what a great program they have "created,"
          sending webmasters into a tizzy!

          If only I could be so lucky.

          Come on people. It was created for entertainment purposes, and is used
          to extend the amazon.com brand.

          If people do not see the irony or humor in amazon.com being in charge
          of alexa, well, what can I say?

          Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
    My plan is very simple...

    You either wait until a compan's ad is displayed through Adsense.
    or
    You deal with the company directly, keep the 32% lost to Google and get a share of the ad budget before even touched by Adwords (meaning a higher percent is available). This allows you to control who displays ads on your site giving you a chance for a higher CTR I am finding, which companies love. It is easy for them to accept a set fee per month, 3 months, 6 months. I have yet to have anyone sign up longer then that.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by Nelapsi View Post

      My plan is very simple...

      You either wait until a compan's ad is displayed through Adsense.
      or
      You deal with the company directly, keep the 32% lost to Google and get a share of the ad budget before even touched by Adwords (meaning a higher percent is available). This allows you to control who displays ads on your site giving you a chance for a higher CTR I am finding, which companies love. It is easy for them to accept a set fee per month, 3 months, 6 months. I have yet to have anyone sign up longer then that.

      I had a guy a while back that was paying me $400 a month for a single nofollow link on my Index page, he's in the same niche (small business owner) & knows my site/s (links) are plastered all over same niche forums/blogs/SERPs. I get the exact type of niche traffic this guy pays Adwords for.

      I noticed his Ads constantly showing up on my sites webpages in Adsense, so I sent him an email just talking shop, a few emails of chit chat & a week later he was buying a link on my site.

      I think If your in the same niche (which is a must, targeted traffic) & have a good rep. in that niche, people don't care about all the little details, all they want is buyer traffic.

      I'm not knocking your Alexa thing, If you have a system that works, cool.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Something else, as far as selling targeted niche links or Ad banner space. Look around the most popular niche forums at all the advertisers, you can usually get the exact price they are paying for Ad space on the forum FAQ advertisement page.

    Here's an example of a random niche forum advertising rates, which in this example are priced low because the Ads are rotating with other buyers/Ads. I would target the higher priced same niche forums advertising rates to find advertisers for my own site.

    hxxp://www.probetalk.com/webhtml/advertise.php
    My point is, you can get an idea what an existing advertiser is already paying for same niche Ads, If they're already paying a fixed price they might be interested in your traffic. Knowing the exact price an advertiser is already paying is a sales advantage.

    The niche I'm in, most forums average between $100 - $500 per month for a banner Ad in the header.

    Another advantage from looking at advertisers on same niche forums, the largest forum in my niche has a page that list all the advertisers (100+ same niche targeted advertisers (from a single forum)).

    I've been thinking about targeting more of these advertisers with a niche magazine, I think it would work simply because I haven't seen anyone else in my niche with a magazine, even If it's only a quarterly magazine.

    [related thread]
    http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-...ml#post7274579
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  • Profile picture of the author Rehmat
    Ignore what Alexa says about your website. If you are satisfied with the performance of your website, then poor Alexa statistics on your website should not frustrate or discourage you. Alexa is not as accurate as it is thought to be. It only counts the visitors to your website who use the Alexa community toolbar.
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  • Profile picture of the author Nelapsi
    This is merely my theory based on experience:

    When you deal with clients who are not knowledgeable about ranking, how to figure out traffic details and a good grasp of SEO then Alexa seems to be their one stop easy solution. This doesn't make Alexa right nor even something for most website owners to be concerned with, just something that if you are going to start dealing with customers on a professional level without something like Adsense in between then it can serve as a door opener. You are still going to have to sell your traffic can achieve the business needs of the client, so having an alexa ranking of 75k doesn't close the deal as I said, just opens the door.

    @Yukon
    I am slowly starting to look at doing an eMagazine within my niche, the readers paying per issue model I don't think can be successful however using ads could be effective. In my niche there is a history of these things floating around for years so in some ways it is could be considered evergreen ads. (Or at least that's my selling idea) Nice to see I am not the only one with these ideas running around.
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  • Profile picture of the author Martinsee
    Use auto suft, everyone said that.
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  • Profile picture of the author jfambrini
    Alexa is totally useless outside United States as very few Asians and Africans use it so if most of your traffic comes from Asia, Africa and Southern America Alexa has little clue.

    FWIW, Alexa though is a pretty good predictor of what your PageRank would be in next iteration so increasing it is desirable but well nigh difficult for sites that don't have traffic from North America.
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  • Profile picture of the author grim111
    How to Rank higher in Alexa? The beast free tool I use is http://traffic-generator.ezmlm.org/. It is based on simple idea visit 100 sites and 100 visitors will visit you, best part it is absolutely free.
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