SEO Tycoon

**flek** · 11-08-2009, 02:17 AM

Hi friends,

Have you ever seen different alexa ratings for your 'same site'?. See this link their you can see the alexa rating.

http://newgenredirectory.com/ -- It shows the traffic Rank - 154741

But if we check it with the alexa site ( or just clicking on the rank display on the site itself )

Check here - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://newgenredirectory.com -- It shows traffic Rank - 137378

Why it shows Different Ratings for same site. Did I miss anything?

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**chrishirst** · 11-08-2009, 05:34 AM

And ?????

**bigcat1967** · 11-08-2009, 11:43 PM

Don't worry about it. They're getting info from different sources. The SERPs is what I key in on and that's what I worry about. I live and die by this pretty much - since I have clients breathing down my neck all the time.

**markit** · 11-09-2009, 07:30 AM

Thats means website probably was checked before alexa was updating data. And now alexa shows new data.

**Mike Smithfield** · 11-09-2009, 09:39 AM

Alexa is making updates often, that's why you see different Alexa rank on your site, and another result on the alexa page. This last one is the one you should rely on. (Alexa website)

**KennyGee** · 11-09-2009, 09:43 AM

Mike is correct. The ranking on Alexa website is the most accurate. You can also see alexa rank in your firefox sparky plugin but the information is usually updated once in every few days or even a week. That goes for other sites providing alexa ranking information.

**chrishirst** · 11-09-2009, 11:33 AM

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The ranking on Alexa website is the most accurate.

Something of a contradiction in terms there in using the word "Aleza" and "accurate" in the same sentence, I feel.

**edgray** · 11-09-2009, 11:40 AM

How could Alexa possibly be accurate? Their statistics are "guesses" based on extrapolating figures from the tiny number of people who actually have the alexa toolbar installed.

Alexa rank gives you a VERY approximate rank for your site which is only good to bamboozle your boss with.

**flek** · 11-15-2009, 03:31 AM

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Originally Posted by edgray

How could Alexa possibly be accurate? Their statistics are "guesses" based on extrapolating figures from the tiny number of people who actually have the alexa toolbar installed.

Alexa rank gives you a VERY approximate rank for your site which is only good to bamboozle your boss with.

Alexa is not accurate..am sure.. But its some what to the point and helpful for knowing our reach... I think 60%+ people got the alexa toolbar.. the Google PR of the alexa toolbar download page is 8

**Dwaynez** · 11-15-2009, 09:58 PM

Don't bother about Alexa ranks, it doesn't really matter if you have a good standing including Google's PR. What's important is the traffic that you are actually getting and gaining to your site.

**flek** · 11-19-2009, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dwaynez

Don't bother about Alexa ranks, it doesn't really matter if you have a good standing including Google's PR. What's important is the traffic that you are actually getting and gaining to your site.

Agreeing..But in some places when we don't have high PR we can get ads on the basis of alexa rating.. I mean at market places..

**ishie** · 11-19-2009, 10:04 PM

Alexa rankings are crap. The tool never gives accurate traffic info and can easily be manipulated. Forget about it.

**flek** · 11-23-2009, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by ishie

Alexa rankings are crap. The tool never gives accurate traffic info and can easily be manipulated. Forget about it.

Maybe...But webmasters can sell their links showing good alexa rating..

**arnabme** · 11-24-2009, 03:08 AM

How does it affect you? Alexa is pretty much useless. They gather data from toolbar and I do not believe on the authenticity of the data. Thus I dont concentrate too much on it.

**flek** · 12-13-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by arnabme

How does it affect you? Alexa is pretty much useless. They gather data from toolbar and I do not believe on the authenticity of the data. Thus I dont concentrate too much on it.

Yup..I left it already.

not even checking the traffic rating now a days.. LOL

**FenceGuy** · 12-13-2009, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by flek

Hi friends,

Have you ever seen different alexa ratings for your 'same site'?. See this link their you can see the alexa rating.

http://newgenredirectory.com/ -- It shows the traffic Rank - 154741

But if we check it with the alexa site ( or just clicking on the rank display on the site itself )

Check here - http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://newgenredirectory.com -- It shows traffic Rank - 137378

Why it shows Different Ratings for same site. Did I miss anything?

.

I really don't pay attention to Alexa, but I do have a question for you:

As a SEO "expert" (as your blog claims on that site) why is it you don't optimize the url's of the blog posts? Yours: myblogsite/blog/?p=243 why not take advantage of optimizing the url with category/post title instead of P=243? Seems to me a simple yet effective way to get keywords in the url. Of course I am NOT an expert but that was one of the first things I picked up on when I started blogging.

**ahmi** · 08:55 AM

Is Alexa ranking is the important one.

**chrishirst** · 12-18-2009, 08:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ahmi

Is Alexa ranking is the important one.

No!
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**edgray** · 12-18-2009, 01:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flek

Alexa is not accurate..am sure.. But its some what to the point and helpful for knowing our reach... I think 60%+ people got the alexa toolbar.. the Google PR of the alexa toolbar download page is 8

60%+????!!!

I've have never known anyone to have that toolbar installed! I'm sure there are people, but it's probably more like 0.001%

**Knight13** · 12-18-2009, 02:02 PM

I do not know anyone who has the alexa toolbar or anyone who would want it and i agree with edgray their is no way 60%+ people has that toolbar.

I do not pay attention to sites like alexa that much, it is cool to see if your site has ranked higher but that is about all it is good for i personally do not believe their results.