Alexa has announced that they had made some changes to their ranking system. According to the announcement:
More sources
Alexa ratings are now based on more sources of data to give a better indicator of websie popularity.
Improved methodology
Alexa is normalizing the traffic from their global panel to provide consistently accurate rankings for all countries.
Better Rankings
The rankings are now even better indication of website popularity due to new and improved algorithms.
Alexa is also hinting some other new features quoting:
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We won’t tell any secrets just yet, but you can expect to see new features rolled out over the coming weeks and months.
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Overall, this is a good move by Alexa. The whole ranking system hasn’t been updated for so long and with Quancast and Compete catching up on Alexa’s neck, it’s time for a change (for the better) or else it will be all too late.
Just check this out..
http://www.alexa.com/site/company/announcement |
