Alexa.com - how accurate? - GoFuckYourself.com

TeaseEntertainments2 · 02-16-2005, 04:13 PM

how accurate are they with their traffic rankings?

if they give a site a ranking of 1000 does that actually mean there are only 999 sites in the world that get more traffic?

i am under the impression that their rankings are a good guide.. but nowhere near accurate..

DutchTeenCash · 02-16-2005, 04:16 PM

couldnt care less bout alexa, googlerankings thats it

Jayo · 02-16-2005, 04:18 PM

Who knows really. Its based off of people that have the Alexa toolbar installed, and how many people do you know that have that?

Dirty Dane · 02-16-2005, 04:18 PM

Alexa is for the elite. Google is for getting there.

axelcat · 02-16-2005, 04:18 PM

They are very good at it and yes 1000 ranking actually means there are only 999 sites in the world that get more traffic

TeaseEntertainments2 · 02-16-2005, 04:19 PM

nobody has answered the question yet!

StuartD · 02-16-2005, 04:19 PM

It's not the end all be all of stats.... it'll give you a "rough" idea of what's what, but it's by no means perfectly accurate.

RawAlex · 02-16-2005, 04:21 PM

No more accurate than a guy measuring the length of his own erect penis.

Alex

digifan · 02-16-2005, 04:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dirty Dane

Alexa is for the elite. Google is for getting there.

yellowmenace · 02-16-2005, 04:21 PM

Gives you ballpark figures....not perfect at all....

erehwon · 02-16-2005, 04:22 PM

Your dog is more accurate than anything Alexa comes up with

c0py-BANNED FOR LIFE · 02-16-2005, 04:24 PM

visit www.alexabooster.com and you will see what my answer is !!!

NinjaSteve · 02-16-2005, 04:29 PM

I agree that alexa is a rough estimate but not 100% accurate.

Farang · 02-16-2005, 04:29 PM

Alexa ranking is not very accurate... but it shows approximate amount of traffic on sites

Pipeline Q · 02-16-2005, 04:42 PM

It's accurate, but not minutely accurate.

I wouldn't say it's definite that #2990 gets more traffic than #3000. That's too close, but I think it's safe to say #4000 gets more traffic than #6000.

I only use it to measure who is bigger than who in general, or if they are about the same. You can't know the exact amount separating them, only "a little," "quite a bit" or "they are in another league."

vicki · 02-16-2005, 04:59 PM

the only way it could be accurate is if everyone surfing the net had the alexa toolbar .. they don't, so it isn't.

Its also very easy to manipulate and show completely bogus traffic numbers

UniversalPass Pete · 02-16-2005, 05:01 PM

It is somewhat an accurate measure!

mortenb · 02-16-2005, 05:05 PM

Can't be to exact. My PageRank & Alexa statusbar gives this page a rank of 2031..

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Pipeline Q Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3,891	It's accurate, but not minutely accurate. I wouldn't say it's definite that #2990 gets more traffic than #3000. That's too close, but I think it's safe to say #4000 gets more traffic than #6000. I only use it to measure who is bigger than who in general, or if they are about the same. You can't know the exact amount separating them, only "a little," "quite a bit" or "they are in another league."

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mortenb Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Denmark ICQ: 7880009 Posts: 2,203	Can't be to exact. My PageRank & Alexa statusbar gives this page a rank of 2031..