pAlexa Ranking is a site ranking assigned by Alexa Internet to
measure websites popularity. It claims to use a number of factors
in deciding the site popularity, but really it depends mainly on
usage data collected by the Alexa toolbar.ppThe higher the ranking
is, the smaller number is the rank given. Based on Alexa, Google
Alexa Ranking 1 is the most popular website in the Internet,
followed by Yahoo2, Facebook3, and Youtube4.ppYou can see website
ranking in your browser after installing the toolbar or just check
it at Alexa website.ppstrongHow accurate is Alexa Rankingstrongbr
In a perfect world, Alexa user base would be a fair statistical
sample of the Internet user population, and thus the ranking should
be quite accurate in comparing popularity of one site to
another.ppHowever, in reality Alexa Ranking is hardly reliable.
Alexa ranks sites based on tracking information of users of the
Alexa Toolbar for Internet Explorer and from plugins in Firefox
thus the ranking is greatly dependent on the number of toolbar or
plugin installed among the site visitors.ppWebsites targeted to
webmasters and web designers generally do better in Alexa Ranking
compared to websites in other niche, e.g. food or pregnancy. That
is largely because webmasters are more willing to install the Alexa
toolbar to check on the competitors Alexa ranking as well as to
push up their own ranking.ppInternet users in some countries are
also more willing to install the Alexa Toolbar compared to others.
I have seen a Singapore website with 10k visitors a day ranked 60k
in Alexa, while an Indonesian site with just 1k visitor a day
ranked 30k in Alexa.ppstrongHow To Get Higher Alexa Ranking
EasilystrongppLess than a week ago, the 7 day average of
Cheatad.com Ranking was 165,534. Today, the 7 day average has
advanced to 93,963, with yesterday 1day ranking was an even better
67,568.ppAt 67,568 it means that Cheatad ranks better than my other
website which has 40 times more visitors and 120 times more
pageviews. That is absolutely amazing, or ridiculous, depending how
you see it.ppThe main factor of Alexa Ranking calculation is the
number of visits by the Alexa toolbar users. Knowing that, it is
quite easy to improve Alexa ranking for your website. As long as
more of your visitors have the toolbar installed, your ranking will
shoot up.ppstrongHere is the five easy and simple ways to rank
higher in Alexastrongpbr strongInstall Alexa Toolbarstrongbr
Download and install Alexa Toolbar. If your browser is Firefox, you
can either use the Sparky plugin official Alexa toolbar for Firefox
or SearchStatus plugin. I personally use Search Status for the
other nice functions like ability to highlight nofollow link,
calculate keyword density, etc.strongEncourage Others To Install
Alexa Toolbarstrongbr This includes your blog readers as well as
friends. The point is, it should be easier convert your current
regular visitors to use the toolbar rather than getting new
visitors that happen to have Alexa toolbar installed.strongWrite
About Alexa Rankingstrongbr Posting an article about Alexa Ranking
is a good way to attract more webmasters to your blog, most of whom
have the toolbar installed.strongParticipate In Webmaster
Forumsstrongbr Again, most webmasters have Alexa toolbar installed.
When allowed, make sure to include your blog URL in the forum
Signature. Some interested webmasters might just click to visit
your blog.strongReload Your Pages Incessantlystrongbr With your
Alexa toolbar installed, read back all articles you have written,
and try different searches, which in effect will increase the
pageview count.br pWell, try them and you will notice your Alexa
Ranking shooting up. Of course, you need to make sure you actually
have got good contents and good number of visitors too. Otherwise
the Alexa rank that you have gained will be shortlived.phrstronga
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