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04-17-2005, 01:01 PM
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What is Alexa based on?
How valuable or useful is Alexa? I was wondering what it was based on, and whether as a "client" I should take it seriously.
Does is consolidate links, pages, traffic, etc. into a single, usefuel metric?
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04-17-2005, 03:44 PM
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I'd take it only as seriously as my client (smiley here). It's actually quite a waste. It takes data only from those that have the Alexa toolbar installed. The only people who care.... have the Alexa toolbar installed.
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04-18-2005, 05:32 AM
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Alexa rank isn't show an actual traffic for websites. Sites for Web and SEO-masters have a more highly rank than other sites. Usually Alexa toolbar installed on webmasters computers only.
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04-18-2005, 12:29 PM
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I think Fluff is the correct answer? Ok, what do I win? Alexa was cool until people started abusing it and inflating there rankings too show off and try and get more ad money.
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04-18-2005, 09:48 PM
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:d
That`s right, it is not a project for the SEO`s time.... it is something for the more "naif" Internet.
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04-18-2005, 11:16 PM
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I think Fluff is the correct answer? Ok, what do I win? Alexa was cool until people started abusing it and inflating there rankings too show off and try and get more ad money.
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I can't agree more with you've said.  |
04-21-2005, 06:27 AM
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Despite the bias toward webmasters (who else installs the Alexa toolbar?), I believe that if a site is in the top-1000, then that is probably a signficant enough data point to suggest it's a fairly popular site - my two cents.
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04-21-2005, 06:49 AM
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I still think its usefull. For example check sites which you think have high traffic and you will see they are ranked well. Its also pretty obvious when you get a poorly designed site with no backlinks/PR/Rankings with a high Alexa rank that something fishy is going on.
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04-21-2005, 11:18 AM
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i think alexas only benefit to the world now is web.archive.org , the wayback machine.
boy have i spent many an hour trawling through my old sites over the years!  |
04-21-2005, 12:39 PM
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i think alexa rankings are only useful to webmasters when they want to sell their sites or sell text links - i'd use it to support the value of a site - only if the rankings are good in the first place |
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