How does Alexa work? - GoFuckYourself.com

Damian_Maxcash · 05-05-2006, 04:08 AM

I have a site at about 87K and comparing it to other sites it should mean it gets a fair ammount of traffic.

but it only gets 30 or 40 hits a day.

I have other sites at around 300K that get more traffic.

How does it work - or is it all crap anyway?

StatsJunky · 05-05-2006, 04:11 AM

It all depends on who has their toolbar installed. So if you have a higher percentage of your visitors with toolbars installed the traffic numbers will be flawed in your favour, vice versa.

Juicy D. Links · 05-05-2006, 04:13 AM

BAsed on the Alexa toolbar bro

Damian_Maxcash · 05-05-2006, 04:16 AM

I thought thats what it was - I wonder then why one site would attract more Alexa users than another?

The site that seems to be too high is mainly SE traffic - I suppose that could be it.

Juicy D. Links · 05-05-2006, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by damian2001

I thought thats what it was - I wonder then why one site would attract more Alexa users than another?

The site that seems to be too high is mainly SE traffic - I suppose that could be it.

depends on the people if they have the toolbar installed or not

jjjay · 05-05-2006, 05:12 AM

Damian_Maxcash · 05-05-2006, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by jjjay

lol - yeah

nico-t · 05-05-2006, 05:24 AM

who the hell installs that alexa toolbar? i personally dont know anyone who uses it

drjones · 05-05-2006, 06:18 AM

Yea Alexa is pretty crappy, for accurately gauging the worth of a website. Until your in the top 1 or 2 thousand id say, the numbers arent anywhere near accurate. The higher your page rank, the less accurate i think it will be. On a little junk/testing domain i have the rank was at around 900,000 after just hitting it once for a few days, with the toolbar.

If you have google analytics, its interesting (and very telling) to compare the differences in the traffic reporting.

Rebecca Love · 05-05-2006, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by nico-t

who the hell installs that alexa toolbar? i personally dont know anyone who uses it

alexa comes on a lot of new computers.

05-05-2006, 04:08 AM	#1
Damian_Maxcash So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: MaxCash.com Posts: 12,745	How does Alexa work? I have a site at about 87K and comparing it to other sites it should mean it gets a fair ammount of traffic. but it only gets 30 or 40 hits a day. I have other sites at around 300K that get more traffic. How does it work - or is it all crap anyway?

05-05-2006, 04:11 AM	#2
StatsJunky Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Checking My Stats Posts: 639	It all depends on who has their toolbar installed. So if you have a higher percentage of your visitors with toolbars installed the traffic numbers will be flawed in your favour, vice versa. __________________ erik AT suthnet.com

05-05-2006, 04:13 AM	#3
Juicy D. Links So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: N.Y. -Long Island -- Posts: 122,992	BAsed on the Alexa toolbar bro

05-05-2006, 04:16 AM	#4
Damian_Maxcash So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: MaxCash.com Posts: 12,745	I thought thats what it was - I wonder then why one site would attract more Alexa users than another? The site that seems to be too high is mainly SE traffic - I suppose that could be it.

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jjjay Registered User Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 1,813

05-05-2006, 05:24 AM	#8
nico-t emperor of my world Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: nethalands Posts: 29,903	who the hell installs that alexa toolbar? i personally dont know anyone who uses it

05-05-2006, 06:18 AM	#9
drjones Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 908	Yea Alexa is pretty crappy, for accurately gauging the worth of a website. Until your in the top 1 or 2 thousand id say, the numbers arent anywhere near accurate. The higher your page rank, the less accurate i think it will be. On a little junk/testing domain i have the rank was at around 900,000 after just hitting it once for a few days, with the toolbar. If you have google analytics, its interesting (and very telling) to compare the differences in the traffic reporting.