Comments on: Alexa widget improves traffic http://www.someuseless.info/200/alexa-widget-improves-traffic/ Free iPad Test Giveaway Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:17:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Alexa ranking jumps 50% in 30 days : Make Money Online with Some Useless Info http://www.someuseless.info/200/alexa-widget-improves-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-5196 Alexa ranking jumps 50% in 30 days : Make Money Online with Some Useless Info Thu, 31 May 2007 04:47:19 +0000 http://www.someuseless.info/?p=200#comment-5196 [...] I first installed the Alexa widget which shows my blog traffic ranking on April 13 at 614,506. Today, it ranks 290,368. That’s more than a 50% improvement in traffic ranking in just over 30 days. The jump wasn’t a sudden leap. It was a hundred thousand jump every week. Just how does installing an Alexa widget on your homepage improve traffic ranking? Many people have doubted if the widget has indeed any direct effect on a blogs’ ranking especially since some have reported little or no change in their ranking after doing so. [...] [...] I first installed the Alexa widget which shows my blog traffic ranking on April 13 at 614,506. Today, it ranks 290,368. That’s more than a 50% improvement in traffic ranking in just over 30 days. The jump wasn’t a sudden leap. It was a hundred thousand jump every week. Just how does installing an Alexa widget on your homepage improve traffic ranking? Many people have doubted if the widget has indeed any direct effect on a blogs’ ranking especially since some have reported little or no change in their ranking after doing so. [...]

]]> By: emigre http://www.someuseless.info/200/alexa-widget-improves-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-5073 emigre Mon, 28 May 2007 03:07:01 +0000 http://www.someuseless.info/?p=200#comment-5073 It helps with rankings because the widget records visitors who have the Alexa toolbar installed. Without the widget, your ranking would be much higher. A very flawed measuring tool - what about all those visitors without the toolbar? Don't they count as traffic? If you don't monetize your website, I guess there's no need to bother with the ranking because advertisers DO look at Alexa ranking to consider how much to pay you. It helps with rankings because the widget records visitors who have the Alexa toolbar installed. Without the widget, your ranking would be much higher.

A very flawed measuring tool – what about all those visitors without the toolbar? Don’t they count as traffic? If you don’t monetize your website, I guess there’s no need to bother with the ranking because advertisers DO look at Alexa ranking to consider how much to pay you.

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