What is Alexa all about…
Alexa Internet, Inc. is a California-based subsidiary company of Amazon.com that is best known for operating a website that provides information on web traffic to other websites.
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Alexa new ranking system…
The New Alexa Rankings
We’ve been working hard behind the scenes for several months and are excited to announce that our new Alexa Rankings system is available.
awis.blogspot.com – April 15, 2008
Alexa ranking system in reviews…
Alexa Changes Ranking System
…Alexa has been best known for ranking websites based upon users who have installed the Alexa Toolbar. Because they only used the toolbar to determine a sites’ ranking, they have been highly criticized and many people have discounted the benefit and usefulness of Alexa saying that it is inaccurate. People have been asking Alexa to change the way …
CyberNet – Apr 17, 2008
Alexa Updates How They Determine Rankings
…Alexa has received a lot of critiscism for their method of determining website rankings. I know this because this blog has probably been one of its harshest critics. With that said, you’ll notice that I’ve chosen to continue displaying the Alexa widget in the sidebar to help have a positive impact on my rankings. This is because, worthless …
Kyle’s Cove: The Ramblings of Kyle Eslick – Apr 17, 2008
Alexa tweaks its ranking system for more accurate results
…ranking service Alexa has long been one of the most used, and one of the least trusted ways to figure out how popular a web site is. That’s because it’s difficult to determine a site’s actual traffic without access to the owner’s private data. But Alexa’s reliance on a small army of users who installed a browser toolbar had an obvious tendency t…
Download Squad – Apr 17, 2008
Exploring beyond the toolbar, Alexa overhauls rankings
…s Alexa ranking change overnight? That’s because on Thursday, the chart-friendly Web analytics company announced an overhaul of its rankings system. Alexa, according to a company announcement, now “aggregate(s) data from multiple sources” rather than just the surfing habits of those who’d installed its browser toolbar. “Alexa toolbar users’ i…
Webware.com
Alexa improve rankings system
…Alexa, the traffic tracking site which has always been criticized for being unreliable (by me anyways!), has announced that it has improved its ranking system. Website statistics are now calculated using a wide range of sources. In their announcement they do not give much away as to the sources of their new data but I’m sure this will come out i…
Blogging Tips – Apr 17, 2008
And There Goes Our Alexa Rank!
…Alexa Announces ‘New’ Rankings. It looks like Alexa is now using other sources apart from the toolbar to draw its traffic metrics, and as a result all the previous rankings were shuffled. Problogger used to have a 2,600, and now they are at 12,900. Daily Blog Tips used to have a 14,000, and now we are at 68,000. The objetive was to remove the b…
Daily Blog Tips – Apr 17, 2008
Alexa Downplays The New Alexa Ranking System
…talk about Alexa much on my blog because I never really placed much value in their ranking system. I thought that it was stupid for Alexa to provide a measurement of a web sites popularity and rank based off the activity of only Internet users who have their Alexa toolbar installed. Secondly, I think it was very stupid for advertisers to use the…
Garry Conn dot Com – Apr 17, 2008
Alexa Changes Rankings, Goes Beyond Dreaded Toolbar
…folks at Alexa have announced that their ever so popular (but, many might argue, often inaccurate) ranking system for web sites has been altered. The official word on the changes is slightly vague: Alexa claims “better rankings,” and “improved methodology,” but doesn’t go into detail. One change, however, is definitely a big one: Alexa is now …
Mashable!
Alexa Announces ‘New’ Rankings
…Alexa have announced it has overhauled its ranking system. You can see their announcement here via TechCrunch. They have ditched their toolbar as the sole source of their rankings and are now pulling in data from other sources too. This means that the skew towards tech sites (as their readers are more likely to use the toolbar) has been addresse…
ProBlogger Blog Tips – Apr 17, 2008
Alexa Changes Algorithm, Bloggers Rankings Drop/Increase
…folks at Alexa has done a major updates over their Alexa Ranking System which cause some sites to have major rank increase, while some seen drops. Looking at what Alexa has in store now, the chart now shows only a maximum of 9 months statistics, compared to the previous 5 years max. However Alexa promises that these historic traffics data will c…
hongkiat.com – Apr 17, 2008
Is The New Alexa More Accurate? Initial Answer: No.
…reported on Alexa’s ratings model changes and suggested that if more accurate it could help Alexa build a new trust with their users. It appears that the new Alexa model isn’t much better than the original model on our first tests. CN dropped from ~25,000 to ~76,000 which is a shocking drop of 51,000 spots. I actually believe this is a huge mi…
CenterNetworks
Alexa Updates Its Web Rankings – Still Not Good Enough
…owned Alexa has announced a major update to its 10 year old web ranking system. Previously, Alexa’s rankings were based solely on data collected from the downloadable Alexa Toolbar, but now the company is aggregating data from multiple sources. That’s good news, but it may be too little, too late for a company whose rankings have faded in rele…
ReadWriteWeb – Apr 17, 2008
Alexa Scared of Compete and Quantcast Changes Ranking Model
…Ranking service Alexa has decided that their old ranking system was garbage and they have launched a new one today! Rejoice fellow patrons of the Internet! Alexa has a news bulletin that you should all read (seriously) about how their rankings have changed. Basically they state that users have asked over the past couple of months for more than j…
CenterNetworks
Alexa Overhauls Ranking System
…whipping boy Alexa has announced a major overhaul of how it compiles traffic figures. The biggest change is Alexa’s decision to drop exclusive reliance on the Alexa toolbar for traffic data, with Alexa now aggregating data from “multiple sources” to compile its statistics and web rankings. As part of the move, historical data from Alexa is no lo…
TechCrunch – Apr 17, 2008
Now,please check your blog or website latest ranking using Alexa widget or web tool.Can you see any dropping in number?My blog rank drop almost 1 000 000++, from 700 000++ to 1 800 000++.This new system almost killing my soul!Needs to do some revision again how to boost my Alexa rank.
