Something is wrong with alexa - GoFuckYourself.com

Klen · 10-04-2008, 08:50 AM

If you have installed plugin for firefox which shows you in footer alexa rank of each site which you visit,you will notice gfy alexa rank on https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/
is 79151,but when you click inside then it's change to 85,694.Any idea why is that happening?

Jens Van Assterdam · 10-04-2008, 08:55 AM

Thats no alexa issue its a issue with your plugin. Refresh the page and the alexa rank should be fine.
Whats the plugin your using? Try alexa-sparky and you should have no problems.

trenxxx · 10-04-2008, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

If you have installed plugin for firefox which shows you in footer alexa rank of each site which you visit,you will notice gfy alexa rank on gfy.com/forumdisplay.php?f=26
is 79151,but when you click inside then it's change to 85,694.Any idea why is that happening?

I have the alexa plug in for firefox and no issues here...

Jman · 10-04-2008, 09:16 AM

I think what's wrong is people attaching way to much importance on Alexa.

mikesouth · 10-04-2008, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Jean-Francois

I think what's wrong is people attaching way to much importance on Alexa.

Alexa rank is how people with small penises (and brains) play whipout

Iron Fist · 10-04-2008, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Jens Van Assterdam

Thats no alexa issue its a issue with your plugin. Refresh the page and the alexa rank should be fine.
Whats the plugin your using? Try alexa-sparky and you should have no problems.

Thanks for the suggestion on the alexa-sparky... went and installed it.. looks pretty decent

Wizzo · 10-04-2008, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Jean-Francois

I think what's wrong is people attaching way to much importance on Alexa.

Especially since it doesn't track Vista users...

brassmonkey · 10-04-2008, 09:19 AM

tell that to the people in the top 5k

Bojangles · 10-04-2008, 09:23 AM

GFY Alexa is 96k, no?

Klen · 10-05-2008, 12:07 PM

I using search status plugin for it which also shows page rank and other things.

Mr. Cool Ice · 10-05-2008, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jean-Francois

I think what's wrong is people attaching way to much importance on Alexa.

Agreed.

Doctor Dre · 10-05-2008, 12:28 PM

I remember when GFY used to be in the top 500

Doctor Dre · 10-05-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jean-Francois

I think what's wrong is people attaching way to much importance on Alexa.

It's actually very accurate once you get in the top tier

robwod · 10-05-2008, 01:50 PM

I've always found the amount of weight webmasters give to Alexa pretty interesting. It is, in my opinion, an incredibly over-rated metric.

Consider this from their own site's FAQ on how they measure traffic for its rankings:

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Originally Posted by Alexa

A site's ranking is based on a combined measure of reach and pageviews. Reach is determined by the number of unique Alexa users who visit a site on a given day. Pageviews are the total number of Alexa user URL requests for a site.

Alexa Users... those who have the toolbar installed or search for sites on the Alexa system.

The only people I know who have even heard of Alexa, let alone download and install their toolbar, are webmasters. I'd hardly consider webmaster traffic a good indication of reliable, quality traffic.

I don't give any weight, whatsoever to Alexa. As a general guestimate metric, sure. Beyond that, I think it's rather worthless and entirely over-rated.

Of course, that's just my opinion and it's not meant to try and convince anyone else of Alexa's accuracy, or lack thereof.

Klen · 10-05-2008, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Doctor Dre

I remember when GFY used to be in the top 500

People stopped to post would you hit it threads

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Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	Something is wrong with alexa If you have installed plugin for firefox which shows you in footer alexa rank of each site which you visit,you will notice gfy alexa rank on https://gfy.com/fucking-around-and-business-discussion/ is 79151,but when you click inside then it's change to 85,694.Any idea why is that happening?

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Bojangles Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 5,419	GFY Alexa is 96k, no?

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Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	I using search status plugin for it which also shows page rank and other things.