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Re: Alexa rank

__/ [ Jan Paul van de Berg ] on Thursday 31 May 2007 12:44 \__

> Op Wed, 30 May 2007 18:19:00 GMT schreef Mike:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Are there any guidelines concerning the Alexa ranking numbers?
>> 
>> I mean, which type of sites that get a certain ranking range.
>> 
>> I'm developing a web page with ranks and would like to give
>> a description in words, for example "medium site" and
>> "top-100" site for certain rank ranges etc.
>> 
>> There must be some rule of thumb here.
>> 
>> Mike
> 
> It is my belief that the Alexa ranking is determined by the users of the
> Alexa toolbar - hence mostly people who are involved with SEO and/or web
> development. I saw the Alexa ranking from some management page I use
> increase from 1,900,000 to 128.000 over a few months. I am the only user.

That sounds about right. I bet you aren't even using that site quite so
often. Otherwise, you could even go well below 50,000. To Alexa, allowing
people to game the system is a win-win situation. It encourages more people
to have the darn thing installed and therefore their sample set increases.
Having experimented with the tool for about a year (until last year), I have
a good sense for how it works (e.g. when one goes on holiday, when the
3-month sample set reaches completeness, and so forth). It's also affected
tremendously by the audience. Linux Web sites, for example, have poor Alexa
ranks becuase there's no longer a toolbar for Linux (A9 used to do the trick
before Microsoft took over and shot it down for competing with their own
services... and it's a true story by the way! :-) ).

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