Comments on: Pros and Cons of Alexa ranking

By: Online Movies Temple

Online Movies Temple — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:23:57 +0000

Hi Kartik,

I did not get one thing…

How can alexa tool bar usage affect the ranking… What exactly do you mean by this?
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By: Karthikeyan

Karthikeyan — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:00:33 +0000

@ravi,
That’s correct. I too rely on Alexa rank for direct advertising.

By: ravi

ravi — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:50:44 +0000

Good to see everyone agreeing that Alexa is inaccurate, but it is surely important, especially if you are considering direct advertising
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By: Karthikeyan

Karthikeyan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:53:34 +0000

@Blake,
I have to share something with you Blake. You can’t expect that increasing pageviews will lead to increase in Alexa ranking too. Because, you have to see how well your competitors are going on. But what you said is correct. Alexa should never be trusted.

I am not sure about your info about frames. Have to look on it.

Analytics are far better than those ranking systems.

By: Blake @ Props Blog Reviews

Blake @ Props Blog Reviews — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:30:34 +0000

Alexa is a really goofy tool. I’ve had days were I ranked in the 40,000s with only 70 pageviews and other days where I ranked 50,000 with 700.

I’m not sure how I got 10 times as many pageviews, but ranked 10,000 worse.

I also think if you view pages through frames like Stumble, Digg, or Hootsuite, Alexa doesn’t credit the pageview.

I’ve pretty much given up on my Alexa rank at this point. It’ll be helpful if I ever try to get monthly paid sponsors, but I think other analytics are better.
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By: Karthik

Karthik — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:51:19 +0000

@S.Pradeep Kumar,
Normally I won’t care much about Alexa ranking if I am an advertiser. What else will I do is that I will care about Traffic stats.

By: S.Pradeep Kumar

S.Pradeep Kumar — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:56:16 +0000

Karthik, as an advertiser, will you check the Alexa Ranking of a blog buddy ?
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By: Karthik

Karthik — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:13:41 +0000

@alex farguson,
Glad to see you here.
May I know what kind of details you are in need of? And thanks for being a fan of our blog.

By: Karthik

Karthik — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:10:15 +0000

@S.Pradeep Kumar,
Of course. Me too watching the growth of our alexa ranking because of the same reason like you.

By: S.Pradeep Kumar

S.Pradeep Kumar — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:34:54 +0000

I agree with the points, but I’m concentrating on Alexa Rankings little bit, since it attracts some advertisers !
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