Alexa is fucking worthless and inaccurate - GoFuckYourself.com

08-31-2007, 03:39 AM

Period.

Why anyone still pays any attention to this skewed "tool" is way beyond me.

american pervert · 08-31-2007, 03:41 AM

and this is something you just figured out? I knew this in 1999

who · 08-31-2007, 03:44 AM

I know, the reality is, I have the #1 site in the world. www.pitfuck.com

soul2soul · 08-31-2007, 03:46 AM

Hi guys
I actually never cared about Alexa.., because I never believed them from long time ago.., I do my own findings and do my own status check.. so its pretty simple for me.

Kevin

08-31-2007, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by american pervert

and this is something you just figured out? I knew this in 1999

I missed the point where I said that this was new to me. I am simply reiterating the truth. Thanks for being a smartass though, you managed to increase your post count by '1'.

american pervert · 08-31-2007, 03:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Equinox

I missed the point where I said that this was new to me. I am simply reiterating the truth. Thanks for being a smartass though, you managed to increase your post count by '1'.

see sig

(now its +2)

i give 2 shits about post count, but thanks for noticing

xoxoxo

american pervert · 08-31-2007, 03:49 AM

btw, the sky is blue and waters wet and judas rat to the romans while jesus slept

(+3)

FuqALot · 08-31-2007, 03:50 AM

alexa makes me a few hundred g'z a month.. its not that useless

08-31-2007, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by soul2soul

Hi guys
I actually never cared about Alexa.., because I never believed them from long time ago.., I do my own findings and do my own status check.. so its pretty simple for me.

Kevin

It is not about what you make with that ranking yourself. It is about media companies that look at your Alexa score, realize that you dropped by a few thousand ranks, and then send you emails saying "oh I noticed your Alexa fell off, you must not do as well, wanna sell your site?"

Dipshits.

NyLoS · 08-31-2007, 03:54 AM

its not accurate, but I use it a lot when I am setting up trades, it happens a lot when someone asks for a 200/hour force when they have a alexa rank of 1 million.... in these cases I try to keep an eye on the trade and most of the times they don't even send 10 hits per hour (some cases they just started up and they are feeding traffic, thats all good)

something that really messes up alexa ranking is galleries. some gallerysubmitter may have a fucking high rank because of all the galleries on his domain while his mainpage, sometimes a tgp, has no traffic at all

fris · 08-31-2007, 04:32 AM

i agree with nylos, i use it for trades mainly, if someone says they have certain traffic, and their alexa rank is 1-2 million, i wont even bother

drjones · 08-31-2007, 06:27 AM

Inaccurate: Yes.

Worthless: No, not by a long shot.

webair · 08-31-2007, 07:42 AM

depends upon what your using it for

StuartD · 08-31-2007, 07:45 AM

It's a "get a general idea" tool... nothing to be taken seriously but it is info.

picaso · 08-31-2007, 07:46 AM

it's inaccurate but not worthless

4Pics · 08-31-2007, 07:53 AM

I find it pretty helpful

LAJ · 08-31-2007, 08:01 AM

It's not worthless, but should definitely be taken with a grain of salt.

And yet a number of people in this biz still base purchasing decisions solely on Alexa. go figure...

SpacemanSpiff · 08-31-2007, 08:05 AM

It reflects our site's trends pretty fucking accurately.

Connor · 08-31-2007, 08:05 AM

Yeah mean, Alexa is more trouble than it's worth....

I found a pretty interesting discussion on a mainstream SEO board about Alexa... not posting it here since it's to another board, but basically to sum up: Everyone there too thought Alexa was a joke, too easily manipulated and basically worthless.

Raul_Mallcom · 08-31-2007, 08:15 AM

Yeah Alexa is more general than anything. To the real webmasters alexa is stupid but for sites like Megarotic and Youporn.com they try to charge you and arm an a leg to advertise because of their "alexa ratings" even though their sites are full of stolen content.

I hate stealing mofo's!!

Vick! · 08-31-2007, 08:32 AM

Its not as inaccurate as you are saying. If its so inaccurate, can you make a website ranked in top10 with zero real traffic?

It doesn't accurately measures traffic, but still worth a lot when it comes to general trend of a web site.

Are you having hard time to gain better alexa and loosing some advertisers?

Probono · 08-31-2007, 09:02 AM

Painfully I agree, inaccurate but since people do look at it useful for arranging sales and trades. Our ranking dropped considerably when our staff moved to Macs since their is no Alexa toolbar for the Mac, tells you how easy it is to influence

tony286 · 08-31-2007, 09:06 AM

I see it as a vague thermometer.

GAMEFINEST · 08-31-2007, 10:23 AM

it is ok ...not something to use all the time

Martin3 · 08-31-2007, 10:37 AM

It can give you a pretty good general idea if you look at all the numbers. Most people just look at the daily reach graph and ignore everything else. The page views per user can scew the numbers a lot.

The Incredible Skulk · 08-31-2007, 05:53 PM

I agree, Alexa is far from accurate, but at least gives you a ballpark idea.

Just wondering if anyone uses anything else that seems a bit more accurate.

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08-31-2007, 04:32 AM	#11
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08-31-2007, 06:27 AM	#12
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08-31-2007, 03:39 AM	#1
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	Alexa is fucking worthless and inaccurate Period. Why anyone still pays any attention to this skewed "tool" is way beyond me.

08-31-2007, 03:44 AM	#3
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08-31-2007, 03:50 AM	#8
FuqALot Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Malibu Posts: 3,817	alexa makes me a few hundred g'z a month.. its not that useless

08-31-2007, 03:54 AM	#10
NyLoS Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Amsterdam Posts: 724	its not accurate, but I use it a lot when I am setting up trades, it happens a lot when someone asks for a 200/hour force when they have a alexa rank of 1 million.... in these cases I try to keep an eye on the trade and most of the times they don't even send 10 hits per hour (some cases they just started up and they are feeding traffic, thats all good) something that really messes up alexa ranking is galleries. some gallerysubmitter may have a fucking high rank because of all the galleries on his domain while his mainpage, sometimes a tgp, has no traffic at all

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08-31-2007, 07:46 AM	#15
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08-31-2007, 08:01 AM	#17
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08-31-2007, 08:05 AM	#19
Connor Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,294	Yeah mean, Alexa is more trouble than it's worth.... I found a pretty interesting discussion on a mainstream SEO board about Alexa... not posting it here since it's to another board, but basically to sum up: Everyone there too thought Alexa was a joke, too easily manipulated and basically worthless. __________________ YNOT v5 IS NOW LIVE! \| SEEN YNOT MAIL YET?

08-31-2007, 08:15 AM	#20
Raul_Mallcom Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Glen Cove NY Posts: 179	Yeah Alexa is more general than anything. To the real webmasters alexa is stupid but for sites like Megarotic and Youporn.com they try to charge you and arm an a leg to advertise because of their "alexa ratings" even though their sites are full of stolen content. I hate stealing mofo's!! __________________ Mallcom Sample Stores: Team Tushy Thumbzilla.com Earn thousands of dollars in retail profits using product sales!! Signup Now

08-31-2007, 08:32 AM	#21
Vick! Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 20 00'24.00" N, 75 09'00.00 W Posts: 6,882	Its not as inaccurate as you are saying. If its so inaccurate, can you make a website ranked in top10 with zero real traffic? It doesn't accurately measures traffic, but still worth a lot when it comes to general trend of a web site. Are you having hard time to gain better alexa and loosing some advertisers? __________________ Affordable Quality Web Hosting

08-31-2007, 09:02 AM	#22
Probono Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Under the Rainbow Posts: 2,731	Painfully I agree, inaccurate but since people do look at it useful for arranging sales and trades. Our ranking dropped considerably when our staff moved to Macs since their is no Alexa toolbar for the Mac, tells you how easy it is to influence

08-31-2007, 09:06 AM	#23
tony286 lurker Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: atlanta Posts: 57,021	I see it as a vague thermometer.

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08-31-2007, 10:37 AM	#25
Martin3 Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 1,529	It can give you a pretty good general idea if you look at all the numbers. Most people just look at the daily reach graph and ignore everything else. The page views per user can scew the numbers a lot. __________________ 264-543-302

08-31-2007, 05:53 PM	#26
The Incredible Skulk Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 33	What other options are more accurate? I agree, Alexa is far from accurate, but at least gives you a ballpark idea. Just wondering if anyone uses anything else that seems a bit more accurate.