How the FUCK does Alexa.com know how much traffic I get? - GoFuckYourself.com

barryf · 04-21-2003, 03:28 PM

I don't know how it works, but it's cool.

B

psyko514 · 04-21-2003, 03:29 PM

it's calculated by the amount of people who have Alexa installed and visit your site

asuna · 04-21-2003, 03:30 PM

They don't know, they jsut guess

psyko514 · 04-21-2003, 03:30 PM

http://pages.alexa.com/exec/faqsidos...x.html?index=1

psyko514 · 04-21-2003, 03:30 PM

aren't FAQs simply marvelous?

ldinternet · 04-21-2003, 03:33 PM

There's an interesting thread over at webmasterworld.com, in the tracking and logging forum. Search for Alexa...

Cindyff · 04-21-2003, 03:33 PM

They don't know its not accurate at all.
Cindy xx

harvey · 04-21-2003, 03:34 PM

they're watching you, they know where you live, they know what you do. You can run but you can't hide.

barryf · 04-21-2003, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by psyko514
aren't FAQs simply marvelous?

Thanks to everybody who gave a useful answer!

B :D

AdultNex · 04-21-2003, 03:52 PM

Alexa is pretty accurate, for about 80% of all sites. Not door-nail accurate, but it's not off by much.

Theo · 04-21-2003, 03:55 PM

i know a company that managed to get high rank for their dating site by tricking alexa in order to gain more advertisers :-)

foreverjason · 04-21-2003, 03:57 PM

Example of how it isnt accurate all the time.

Thehun gets over 1.5million unique visitors a day its ranked at like 1200

consumptionjunction gets over 200k uniques a day and is ranked at around 680.

Something wrong there?

inthestars · 04-21-2003, 10:48 PM

I don't think Alexa is highly accurate, it is gives a general idea, thats all.

quiet · 04-21-2003, 10:50 PM

alexa ranking means fuck all.

besterman · 04-21-2003, 10:52 PM

it's useful as a rule of thumb,

eg. a site bewteen 0 and say 50,000 gets say lots of traffic, 50,000-200,000, average, 200,000+, low volume...so you can tell very generally

rdunn404 · 04-21-2003, 10:53 PM

How many people do YOU know that surf with Alexa browser installed? Bueller? Bueller????

m0rph3us · 04-21-2003, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by foreverjason
Example of how it isnt accurate all the time.

Thehun gets over 1.5million unique visitors a day its ranked at like 1200

consumptionjunction gets over 200k uniques a day and is ranked at around 680.

Something wrong there?

uhm thehun has his traffic spread out over 2-3 domains

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04-21-2003, 03:33 PM	#6
ldinternet Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 8,245	There's an interesting thread over at webmasterworld.com, in the tracking and logging forum. Search for Alexa...

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AdultNex Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Bostonnnn Posts: 8,985	Alexa is pretty accurate, for about 80% of all sites. Not door-nail accurate, but it's not off by much.

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Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	i know a company that managed to get high rank for their dating site by tricking alexa in order to gain more advertisers :-)

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foreverjason Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,452	Example of how it isnt accurate all the time. Thehun gets over 1.5million unique visitors a day its ranked at like 1200 consumptionjunction gets over 200k uniques a day and is ranked at around 680. Something wrong there?

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inthestars Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: California Posts: 2,021	I don't think Alexa is highly accurate, it is gives a general idea, thats all.

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quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	alexa ranking means fuck all.

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besterman Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 623	it's useful as a rule of thumb, eg. a site bewteen 0 and say 50,000 gets say lots of traffic, 50,000-200,000, average, 200,000+, low volume...so you can tell very generally

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rdunn404 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 999	How many people do YOU know that surf with Alexa browser installed? Bueller? Bueller????