Comments on: Better Alexa ranking – how to

By: Jan Husdal

Jan Husdal — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:27:26 +0000

Hi Mark, and thank you for the tip. However, seriously, I don’t think those kind of services are worth their money. There’s no short-cut to success, only hard work.

By: mark

mark — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:49:05 +0000

To improve Alexa rank for your site, you should check out alexage.com.
They brought my site to Alexa’s top 50K in less than 90 days

By: Jan Husdal

Jan Husdal — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 09:30:41 +0000

You speak my mind :)

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 21 May 2010 07:56:40 +0000

Alexa.com is full of BS! Totally unreliable page ranking system and traffic stats! Easily manipulate your page rank by downloading and installing the Alexa Toolbar then browse the pages of your own website and see your page rank improve dramatically. Unless the website is in the Top 1000, all data from Alexa is a bunch of crap! Not recommended for use as a basis for website performance whatsoever! Unfortunately, most advertisers still rely on Alexa’s info to make important marketing decisions.

By: Jan Husdal

Jan Husdal — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:03:54 +0000

I accept that many advertisers look at the Alexa rank, but in my case my Alexa rank is totally wrong compared to my real traffic. Alexa is just a calculated metric and it’s using the wrong parameters. It would be accurate if every browser came pre-installed with the Alexa toolbar. And seriously, any advertiser that just looks at my Alexa rank is not an advertiser I want on my blog.

The good thing about Quantcast is that it shows some demographics, which I think is pretty accurate for my blog, compared to the audience Alexa thinks I have.

There are many good traffic counters, Google Analytics being the best, in my opinion. But it’s not that intuitive to use. GetClicky is.

By: Jijo Sunny

Jijo Sunny — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:54:03 +0000

95% of the Bloggers accepts this statement (Including me). but.. An Advertiser or even a Blog Reader takes a look at our Alexa Rank to find the quality of our blog. It’s true that Alexa isn’t accurate..but.. I feel that their calculation is not such bad without even adding a Meta Tag or HTML Code (like quantcast do) into a website.

Traffic information of Husdal.com maybe accurate in Quantcast. It is because you’ve quantified your Website(by inserting their tag). I think StatCounters can provide you a better information if you can place their code.. LOL

By: Jan Husdal

Jan Husdal — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:00:37 +0000

I’d say that those who use Alexa as a metric indiscriminately are not aware of its flaws. That said, if advertisers want to be duped, so be it. Money is money, anyway.

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:18:20 +0000

Those who are against Alexa haven’t seen the benefits. Those who validate Alexa as an imperfect tool have seen the benefits.

I get asked left and right to advertise something from someone daily just b/c I’m deep into the Top 100,000. I don’t accept a majority of them b/c I can’t verify the veracity of the product. But, if anybody wants to easily make $1,000/month from their site if not MUCH MUCH more, they should probably aim to get as low in Alexa as possible.

9/10 people asking me to advertise said it was due to Alexa. It is what it is.