Comments on: How Accurate is alexa? http://www.cpashare.com/2007/03/17/how-accurate-is-alexa/ The BEST Affiliate Marketing blog Sat, 29 May 2010 16:22:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jeremy Steele http://www.cpashare.com/2007/03/17/how-accurate-is-alexa/#comment-25 Jeremy Steele Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:54:11 +0000 http://www.cpashare.com/?p=22#comment-25 They get the statistics based on the number of users who visit your site who use the Alexa Toolbar. The stats are very inaccurate, and should only be used for overall traffic trends. Sadly a lot of people (including many professionals) use the Alexa ranks as an indicator of traffic volume. If you run a web dev. site and you are getting much less traffic than other sites (like entertainment), you ranking will probably be higher, since most people who use Alexa are web developers. Let alone you can inflate your own ranking by repeatedly visiting with the toolbar installed. They get the statistics based on the number of users who visit your site who use the Alexa Toolbar. The stats are very inaccurate, and should only be used for overall traffic trends. Sadly a lot of people (including many professionals) use the Alexa ranks as an indicator of traffic volume.

If you run a web dev. site and you are getting much less traffic than other sites (like entertainment), you ranking will probably be higher, since most people who use Alexa are web developers.

Let alone you can inflate your own ranking by repeatedly visiting with the toolbar installed.

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