Someone explain this Alexa thing to me - GoFuckYourself.com

dchottie · 07-02-2003, 04:45 AM

Someone explain this Alexa traffic ranking to me. How do they calculate it? I have been looking over my numbers this morning and they are unreal. If it's all accurate i'm in shock here at the way the site is growing

Porndealer · 07-02-2003, 04:53 AM

Alexa = bullshit, when I checked alexa a week or 2 ago thumbzilla had more traffic than the hun

dchottie · 07-02-2003, 05:02 AM

I certainly hear a lot about it for it to be complete BS

ThePornGuy · 07-02-2003, 05:11 AM

The more i figured out about it. The more I realized that they are pretty accurate.

AdultNex · 07-02-2003, 05:22 AM

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Originally posted by ThePornGuy
The more i figured out about it. The more I realized that they are pretty accurate.

It depends. Sometimes it can be "accurate" for some sites, other times, it's not.

Rumor has it if the webmaster installs Alexa on their browser (which is spyware, btw)-- It increases your Alexa rating. I don't know if it's true or not.

dchottie · 07-02-2003, 05:52 AM

well I don't have the alexa toolbar thank god. I don't need anymore friggin spyware to download on my computer. I've got something evidently that nothing's catching when it scans because everytime I turn my computer on I have new shit on my desktop of casino this xxx that.

I hope Alexa is accurate if it is my rankings are rocking and rolling!

HQ · 07-02-2003, 05:55 AM

As I explained in another thread about their toolbar fucking up:

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=131896

It tracks where surfers go and creates a top list from it. It is known to be biased towards the companies associated with it and many other things. One example is that only certain types of surfers will ever install a third party toolbar. Another example is if you are the sole visitor to your homepage, and you have an Alexa toolbar installed, then you are representing more than just one Internet surfer; you are representing the amount of Alexa toolbar users divided by the amount of surfers on the net. This means your hompage will be ranked higher than normal. This is why the rankings are only accurate for sites ranked 100,000th and below, due to greater volume of traffic and thus greater accurate of ranking.

I think GFY and webmaster sites in general will be ranked higher than they should, as webmasters are not "normal" surfers, and thus are much more likely to install the toobar, to receive stats on other webmaster's sites, just like I have.

ThePornGuy · 07-02-2003, 06:05 AM

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Originally posted by dchottie
well I don't have the alexa toolbar thank god. I don't need anymore friggin spyware to download on my computer. I've got something evidently that nothing's catching when it scans because everytime I turn my computer on I have new shit on my desktop of casino this xxx that.

I hope Alexa is accurate if it is my rankings are rocking and rolling!

What is your rating?

ThePornGuy · 07-02-2003, 06:06 AM

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Originally posted by HQ
As I explained in another thread about their toolbar fucking up:

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=131896

It tracks where surfers go and creates a top list from it. It is known to be biased towards the companies associated with it and many other things. One example is that only certain types of surfers will ever install a third party toolbar. Another example is if you are the sole visitor to your homepage, and you have an Alexa toolbar installed, then you are representing more than just one Internet surfer; you are representing the amount of Alexa toolbar users divided by the amount of surfers on the net. This means your hompage will be ranked higher than normal. This is why the rankings are only accurate for sites ranked 100,000th and below, due to greater volume of traffic and thus greater accurate of ranking.

I think GFY and webmaster sites in general will be ranked higher than they should, as webmasters are not "normal" surfers, and thus are much more likely to install the toobar, to receive stats on other webmaster's sites, just like I have.

This is very true.

07-02-2003, 04:45 AM	#1
dchottie Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 894	Someone explain this Alexa thing to me Someone explain this Alexa traffic ranking to me. How do they calculate it? I have been looking over my numbers this morning and they are unreal. If it's all accurate i'm in shock here at the way the site is growing __________________

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dchottie Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 894	I certainly hear a lot about it for it to be complete BS __________________

07-02-2003, 05:52 AM	#6
dchottie Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 894	well I don't have the alexa toolbar thank god. I don't need anymore friggin spyware to download on my computer. I've got something evidently that nothing's catching when it scans because everytime I turn my computer on I have new shit on my desktop of casino this xxx that. I hope Alexa is accurate if it is my rankings are rocking and rolling! __________________

07-02-2003, 05:55 AM	#7
HQ Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 3,539	As I explained in another thread about their toolbar fucking up: http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=131896 It tracks where surfers go and creates a top list from it. It is known to be biased towards the companies associated with it and many other things. One example is that only certain types of surfers will ever install a third party toolbar. Another example is if you are the sole visitor to your homepage, and you have an Alexa toolbar installed, then you are representing more than just one Internet surfer; you are representing the amount of Alexa toolbar users divided by the amount of surfers on the net. This means your hompage will be ranked higher than normal. This is why the rankings are only accurate for sites ranked 100,000th and below, due to greater volume of traffic and thus greater accurate of ranking. I think GFY and webmaster sites in general will be ranked higher than they should, as webmasters are not "normal" surfers, and thus are much more likely to install the toobar, to receive stats on other webmaster's sites, just like I have. Last edited by HQ; 07-02-2003 at 05:58 AM..

07-02-2003, 04:53 AM	#2
Porndealer Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Ghetto Posts: 248	Alexa = bullshit, when I checked alexa a week or 2 ago thumbzilla had more traffic than the hun

07-02-2003, 05:11 AM	#4
ThePornGuy Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 275	The more i figured out about it. The more I realized that they are pretty accurate.