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Why has Alexa traffic rank dropped dramatically?

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goerikgo



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:53 pm    Post subject: Why has Alexa traffic rank dropped dramatically? Reply with quote

Traffic Rank for thejoyoftraveling.com:
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Alexa traffic rank droped 4,330,960 in 90 days to 6,046,683.

Can anyone explain this happening.

Be nice and clear

I'm new

Thanks
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alexa traffic rankings are based only on visits done by people who have installed the Alexa toolbar on their computers. They're likely to be wildly inaccurate for low traffic sites where the numbers are in the millions.

As the numbers get smaller, say in the top 10,000 sites, they become more accurate, especially if you want to compare two sites in the same industry.

There have been some good discussions on Alexa on this forum. For more in-depth opinions, type "Alexa" into the search box near the top of this page.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for your reply AllanGardyne! Smile
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My site once had an Alexa ranking of 24,000+ but no increase in traffic. When it became 100,000+ there was a slight increase in traffic.

I guess Alexa is not a reliable basis, but is still used by many marketers to evaluate a site's popularity.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:02 pm    Post subject: Alexa ranking affects SERP ranking? Reply with quote

The ranking in alexa shows the total traffic being generated in your website. There are various steps involved in improving ranking in alexa. First of all it is suggested to download the alexa toolbar. Then the content, which is written, should include write-ups on alexa search engine. But a low ranking on Alexa does not indicate that the traffic is not being generated on google, yahoo and msn search engines. Given the fact that http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main?url=www.fortunehotels.in Alexa ranking for a site is calculated on the basis of how many visitors with the Alexa toolbar installed have visited that particular site, the results can be inaccurate most of the time.
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