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**metalgear1987** · 07-21-2009, 03:48 PM

what exactly is ALEXA rank???

**TheShowMaker** · 07:53 AM

Here is the wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet

Alexa uses their toolbar to give them "real" (but it's not) traffic numbers. But, they do not rate non Alexa users.

So, it's not really that accurate. I get about 10,000 unique visitors to my website theshowmaker.com a month and am ranked WAY lower than a friend that really does not have that much traffic but most of his traffic seems to have the Alexa tool bar installed.

They use other sources for traffic figures.....but i wonder sometimes. I have dropped 19 million spots in the last 3 months but i have been receiving a lot more traffic. Go figure?

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**Extreme-Seo** · 07-23-2009, 04:41 AM

Alexa ranking is determined with the help of traffic. It represents the amount of traffic in last 3 months and this is how rank is calculated. There are other factors which are considered.

**gringo** · 07-24-2009, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Extreme-Seo

There are other factors which are considered.

Like the biggest one you ommitted - that only a small fraction of the surfing world have the Alexa toolbar installed. This makes Alexa useless for the majority of sites.

**Jeremy80** · 07-25-2009, 02:14 AM

Yeah ignore the alexa rankings. It is very skewed towards technology & webmaster sites.

**ourktm** · 07-25-2009, 01:38 PM

It shows the ranking of websites. These days I believe the alexa ranking because they are somewhat accurate. They also show the keywords the website is getting the traffic for and it's kind of accurate as well.

**The-Pixel** · 07-26-2009, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by gringo

Like the biggest one you ommitted - that only a small fraction of the surfing world have the Alexa toolbar installed. This makes Alexa useless for the majority of sites.

I couldn't agree more. I personally think Alexa has lost alot of meaning over the years. I remember when first starting out it was a big deal and now I hardly hear about it.

**johnch** · 10-02-2009, 04:51 PM

Basically, its where some people (me not included) gets to check their sites traffic. But as for me, I really don't bother wasting my time for this cause its not accurate. so what's the point, right..