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03-18-2008, 04:43 PM
MrKielington Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Orlando Posts: 639	Alexa: The Webmasters Best Friend A very easy and convenient way to keep track of how well your website is doing against others is by checking its Alexa ranking. Alexa.com offers an __________________ It's not my fault...

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By vslonline on 02-25-2009, 01:39 AM

How Does Alexa Really Work?>

How do alexa really work ?

I have a site that has higher volume of traffic htan my friends blogm but he has a higher alexa rank (lower number). I thought alexa was suposed to be a traffic bases rank thing.

any help would do.

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By Moelman on 03-02-2009, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by vslonline

Alexa only gathers data from people who use their toolbar, which explains why it is not completely accurate, only a general idea.

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By xm100 on 04-05-2009, 10:30 AM

Yep Alexa is terrible. The figures just aren't believable at all. I cringe when people quote Alexa stats in domain sales.... It's a nice idea, just not enough people use their toolbar, and it's so easy to actively affect your sites position...

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By MHAndy on 06-14-2009, 09:37 PM

Alexa only records people who use Windows?

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By rickeybojey on 06-15-2009, 02:22 PM

I'll try to read it again because I can't really understand everything about this Alexa. Thanks anyway for the post!

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By neo666 on 06-27-2009, 05:05 AM

it is considered spyware by lot of security software! most people still use it though!

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By twhiting9275 on 08-08-2009, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by MHAndy

Alexa only records people who use Windows?

No, alexa actually only records people who use their toolbar, or their stats. One excellent alternative to their toolbar, especially if you use firefox is sparky. I find it an incredibly good addon for Firefox myself, and I've never had an issue running it with norton.

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