alexa ranking question...
 

Has anyone made an equation to convert the alexa ranking to estimated hits/day?

AC

Are you serious?

http://www.metricsmarket.com/

They try to

But its way off for adult sites or sites with a large amount of traffic.

no it was a joke, of course im serious. Im sure its possible

AC

Here's an old chart:

www.sillyjokes.co.uk/alexa/index.php

... And no, it's probably not possible.

There are just way too many factors and fluctuations-- Simply installing Alexa on your own site and visiting it several times a day will lower your ranking by a significant amount (I've done it and was able to reach the mid 30,000 while just visiting my site twice a day).

As you can see from the chart, it's impossible to obtain an accurate (or near accurate for that matter, unless you consider 10-15% of the "actual traffic" to be concise) traffic representation.

All I needed was a vauge representation to make an equation :) that will do

AC