Just how wrong alexa geo stats are - GoFuckYourself.com

GirlsOnYou · 10-21-2010, 07:22 AM

One site gets about 25000+/day traffic and alexa claims the finland % to be 18%.. when in fact it is a mere 0.2%. All just because I visit the site.
Russia it claims to be: 7.1% but it is 0.1%
India it claims to be: 4.3% but it is 0.9%
etc. all are way off.

Another site of mine gets about 100k/day traffic:
US it claims to be 12.9% but it is really 20%
India it claims to be 32% but it is 16.3%
Germany it claims to be 2% but it is 7.8%

See how way off they are even with high traffic sites? Yet a lot of advertisers rely on alexa geo %.

CYF · 10-21-2010, 10:24 AM

Alexa doesn't have access to your logs or stats, they can only go by the people that have their toolbar installed. Of course it's not going to be 100% accurate.

GirlsOnYou · 10-21-2010, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CYF

Alexa doesn't have access to your logs or stats, they can only go by the people that have their toolbar installed.

Yes I of course know that.. but sad how many care about the geo stats anyways. With that post I tried to educate such. :P

10-21-2010, 07:22 AM	#1
GirlsOnYou Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 618	Just how wrong alexa geo stats are One site gets about 25000+/day traffic and alexa claims the finland % to be 18%.. when in fact it is a mere 0.2%. All just because I visit the site. Russia it claims to be: 7.1% but it is 0.1% India it claims to be: 4.3% but it is 0.9% etc. all are way off. Another site of mine gets about 100k/day traffic: US it claims to be 12.9% but it is really 20% India it claims to be 32% but it is 16.3% Germany it claims to be 2% but it is 7.8% See how way off they are even with high traffic sites? Yet a lot of advertisers rely on alexa geo %. __________________ * Selling my adult sites. Email: furaldbullon48aol9com - Replace 48 with @ and 9 with .

10-21-2010, 10:24 AM	#2
CYF Coupon Guru Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 10,973	Alexa doesn't have access to your logs or stats, they can only go by the people that have their toolbar installed. Of course it's not going to be 100% accurate. __________________ Webmaster Coupons Coupons and discounts for hosting, domains, SSL Certs, and more! AmeriNOC Coupons \| Certified Hosting Coupons \| Hosting Coupons \| Domain Name Coupons