whats alexa

[s brown]

Hi guys i have my own website, someone emailed me and said am i with alexa, i have googles it and all it seems to be is a page rank site/
is this right?

Also if you can place your link on there site is it free x

thanks x

 

[nass]

Alexa is a tool which users can add onto their browser. This tool gathers data via the sites the user looks at. This data is fed back to alexa who have a website which then shows data collected through that tool. That's how they're able to guess your traffic etc.

 

[tagnum]

You can request alexa to crawl your website:
alexa.com/site/help/webmasters

No guarantee they will visit your site though

 

[SearchData]

Alexa is (or was) owned by Amazon. It's a toolbar that you download to your browser which Alexa then uses to capture various data from your surfing habits.

It's a reasonable measure of a websites popularity but it can easily be spoofed and results are skewed so treat it with kid gloves and don't get too hung up on it.



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[streetslocal]

Alexa is (or was) owned by Amazon. It's a toolbar that you download to your browser which Alexa then uses to capture various data from your surfing habits.

It's a reasonable measure of a websites popularity but it can easily be spoofed and results are skewed so treat it with kid gloves and don't get too hung up on it.



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SearchData | SEO & Link building Consultancy

Although i would say it is now harder to spook as it also takes into account page views and visitors to give an overall rank.