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By: Alexa Rank - How To Will Improve It | Petersen Inc.

Alexa Rank - How To Will Improve It | Petersen Inc. — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:24:40 +0000

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By: How I improved my Alexa rank : David Airey :: Creative Design ::

How I improved my Alexa rank : David Airey :: Creative Design :: — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:06:35 +0000

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By: David Airey :: Creative Design ::

David Airey :: Creative Design :: — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:31:36 +0000

That’s a nice improvement there emigre. Good of you to share the figures.

By: emigre

emigre — Mon, 28 May 2007 03:14:44 +0000

I installed the Alexa widget on my site on April 13 with a ranking of 614,506. Today, May 28 it’s at 209,368. Is the Alexa widget directly responsible for moving my ranking up by 2 thirds in slightly over 30 days? It sure didn’t hurt.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 22 May 2007 18:19:25 +0000

I’d not noticed that before either. Thanks for the heads up, Andy.

By: David Airey :: Creative Design ::

David Airey :: Creative Design :: — Tue, 22 May 2007 16:26:24 +0000

Ah, I see. Thanks for the pointer Andy. Much appreciated.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:54:53 +0000

You have the right toolbar, you just haven’t configured it correctly.

Right click on the “Q” which is to the left of the Pagerank and select “Highlight Nofollow Links”

There are lots of other useful things on that menu as well.

By: David Airey :: Creative Design ::

David Airey :: Creative Design :: — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:27:57 +0000

Andy,

Interesting how you state that the search status extension is one of the best ways to spot nofollow links. I installed an Alexa toolbar for Firefox that sits nicely in the lower right corner of the browser, showing the page rank, Alexa and Compete stats. I’m guessing you’re talking of another extension, perhaps one that shows links in pink as I’ve seen you discuss?

Markk,

Does it matter that the figure has to be deadly accurate? I don’t think so.

I’d agree with that. They’re pointers, and useful ones, even if not exactly accurate.

By: Markk

Markk — Sun, 20 May 2007 08:51:20 +0000

It’s correct to say all these ranking tools, including Google PR, can’t be 100% accurate. If you don’t instal anyone of Alexa widgets, they sorta ignore your blog unlike PR which rates your number of links but that still don’t tell the whole story.

A lot of people are way off the mark when they frown on Alexa ranking or any such measuring device. The truth is it doesn’t matter. I still look at all those figures - up or down - because common sense tells you they are STILL indicative of where you’re standing. Does it matter that the figure has to be deadly accurate? I don’t think so, these are useful tools and they help to give you an idea. Yes, just an idea! The rest is up your own brains to decipher how to conquer the blogosphere!

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Sat, 19 May 2007 23:20:39 +0000

I did a comparison of Alexa vs Compete vs Quantcast a few months ago. None of them are more accurate, it is all to do with data collection, and each has its flaws.

Encourage the use of Search Status for Firefox, it will help your Alexa rating a huge amount. It is one of the best ways to spot nofollow links.