Comments on: Thoughts about Alexa http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/ Header images in 39 flavors! Thu, 17 May 2012 22:32:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Sephyroth http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Sephyroth Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:00:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=243#comment-236 Misc Mum - It's too bad that Alexa don't take note of people who have similar experiences to yours. I think that your solution, combined with the use of the redirect might be the most efficient solution.<br/><br/>kuanyin - Alexa's site doesn't really say if the widgets count towards your stats, but maybe they do...<br/><br/>Snos - It must be pretty hard considering they haven't done it yet...though I do suspect they are just a bunch of slackers. Misc Mum - It’s too bad that Alexa don’t take note of people who have similar experiences to yours. I think that your solution, combined with the use of the redirect might be the most efficient solution.

kuanyin - Alexa’s site doesn’t really say if the widgets count towards your stats, but maybe they do…

Snos - It must be pretty hard considering they haven’t done it yet…though I do suspect they are just a bunch of slackers.

]]> By: Snoskred http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Snoskred Sun, 08 Jul 2007 10:18:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=243#comment-231 I'm baffled that they don't have a Firefox version. Over 50% of visitors to my blog use Firefox. How hard is it to make one for the second biggest browser used today? That's pure slackness IMO.<br/><br/>Snoskred<br/>http://snoskred.blogspot.com/ I’m baffled that they don’t have a Firefox version. Over 50% of visitors to my blog use Firefox. How hard is it to make one for the second biggest browser used today? That’s pure slackness IMO.

Snoskred
http://snoskred.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Kuanyin http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Kuanyin Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:10:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=243#comment-230 There is so much written 'bout the pros and cons of Alexa. I never bothered with it until recently when I read a comment on Blog Bloke's site, so I decided to experiment and added the toolbar and widget to Blog-Blond. There is so much written ’bout the pros and cons of Alexa. I never bothered with it until recently when I read a comment on Blog Bloke’s site, so I decided to experiment and added the toolbar and widget to Blog-Blond.

]]> By: Miscellaneous-Mum http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Miscellaneous-Mum Sun, 08 Jul 2007 04:15:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=243#comment-228 I still use IE ;)<br/><br/>I installed Alexa last night - and uninstalled the toolbar within an hour. It sent my Norton's INSANE. So annoying. I can live without it. I have a widget on my sidebar, it will have to do. I still use IE ;)

I installed Alexa last night - and uninstalled the toolbar within an hour. It sent my Norton’s INSANE. So annoying. I can live without it. I have a widget on my sidebar, it will have to do.

]]> By: Sephyroth http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/comment-page-1/#comment-227 Sephyroth Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:01:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=243#comment-227 cybercelt - Interesting concept; I might just do that, though I'd think it'll throw the referrer info off for my logs, changing it to alexa instead of the actual site they came from. I'll give it a go tomorrow and see how it goes :)<br/><br/>AG - Hehe; I've had that happen to me a few times ;)<br/><br/>Curiouscat - It's good for comparison, but not for sole representation. I also checked out compete - it seems alright, but it looks like there are some kinks, such as this categorization for blogger.com - Category: Behavioral Segment >> Teenager, Blogging >> Blog<br/><br/>Nycindividual - Cool! I'll make sure to check it out :)<br/><br/>Thanks y'all for the comments ;) cybercelt - Interesting concept; I might just do that, though I’d think it’ll throw the referrer info off for my logs, changing it to alexa instead of the actual site they came from. I’ll give it a go tomorrow and see how it goes :)

AG - Hehe; I’ve had that happen to me a few times ;)

Curiouscat - It’s good for comparison, but not for sole representation. I also checked out compete - it seems alright, but it looks like there are some kinks, such as this categorization for blogger.com - Category: Behavioral Segment >> Teenager, Blogging >> Blog

Nycindividual - Cool! I’ll make sure to check it out :)

Thanks y’all for the comments ;)

]]> By: NYCindividual http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/comment-page-1/#comment-225 NYCindividual Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:52:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=243#comment-225 Most of the geysers are really small like the ones I most recently posted that you commented on. I'll post some of Old Faithful tomorrow. Most of the geysers are really small like the ones I most recently posted that you commented on. I’ll post some of Old Faithful tomorrow.

]]> By: curiouscat http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/comment-page-1/#comment-223 curiouscat Sat, 07 Jul 2007 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=243#comment-223 People certainly shouldn't use Alexa as a gold standard. It does give at least some data and without others providing something better for the millions of web site owners to compare themselves to others I can see why people pay some attention to it.<br/><br/>Compete is trying to compete. And the claim they make is they get traffic figures from some ISPs (so they get traffic figures in addition to those using a toolbar - they have a toolbar as Alexa does also). People certainly shouldn’t use Alexa as a gold standard. It does give at least some data and without others providing something better for the millions of web site owners to compare themselves to others I can see why people pay some attention to it.

Compete is trying to compete. And the claim they make is they get traffic figures from some ISPs (so they get traffic figures in addition to those using a toolbar - they have a toolbar as Alexa does also).

]]> By: asian gastonomist http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/comment-page-1/#comment-222 asian gastonomist Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=243#comment-222 Have you used the alexa redirect? I have used it with some success.. currently my alexa ranking is like 589,000.. not bad for a blog that's less than a month old. Oh I see... Cybercelt already added that thought.. lol... I say go for it! Have you used the alexa redirect? I have used it with some success.. currently my alexa ranking is like 589,000.. not bad for a blog that’s less than a month old. Oh I see… Cybercelt already added that thought.. lol… I say go for it!

]]> By: CyberCelt http://www.sephyroth.net/2007/07/thoughts-about-alexa/comment-page-1/#comment-221 CyberCelt Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:02:00 +0000 http://www.sephyroth.net/?p=243#comment-221 Start leaving your website with an Alexa redirect address. Its kind of black hat SEO, but like you said, no one uses IE anymore.<br/><br/>http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?http://yoursite.com/<br/><br/>I do not think any of the toolbars send data to Alexa except the "official" IE one. I keep looking, but have not found one. Start leaving your website with an Alexa redirect address. Its kind of black hat SEO, but like you said, no one uses IE anymore.

http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?http://yoursite.com/

I do not think any of the toolbars send data to Alexa except the “official” IE one. I keep looking, but have not found one.

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