Yakezie.com - Topic: Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

moneystepper on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 03:24:44 +0000

Mine has also gone up from around 80k at its lowest upto about 160k now.

If Pauline's suspicions are correct, and Alexa ranking is more than just other people with Alexa installed, this has to be a good thing overall. In fact, it seems that its now a more important measure than it was in the past as an overall indicator of site popularity, rather than being so easily manipulated by increasing the frequency of comments on other peoples' blogs...

AaronN on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Sat, 21 Feb 2015 10:06:24 +0000

Hi guys, new here:) Does having the Alexa toolbar for Googe Chrome work also?

OneCentAtatime on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Tue, 03 Feb 2015 19:01:35 +0000

Anything to do with Bing and Amazon partnership here? Just a guess though, connecting the dots.

Alexa is run by Amazon, Bing is the default SE for Kindles. And Alexa announced "few more data points" that determines the ranking.

Could it be Bing (MS) sending them stats…??

Pauline on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Tue, 03 Feb 2015 15:19:24 +0000

There has been an algorithm change around October. Apparently now they don't just take users with the Alexa toolbar/plugin, but a wider panel, which is making it more accurate. Before that, it was much easier to manipulate, and that's why people pointed the flaws in it. I guess they want to be taken more seriously now, hence the changes.

debtfreedivas on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Sat, 24 Jan 2015 06:41:03 +0000

The problem with those of us attempting the Yakezie challenge - we're at a complete disadvantage. Oh well....Might be time to add more criteria to the challenge if Alexa is no longer so relevant...What do you think Sam????

The Frugal Toad on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 05:21:20 +0000

Glad to have found this thread as well... Agree that Alexa rankings are not relevant as they once were.

Derek@LifeAndMyFinances on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Tue, 13 Jan 2015 05:18:53 +0000

It looks like my Alexa rank has finally stopped skyrocketing - must have been an algorithm change. My rankings went from about 120,000 to 300,000 and seems to have settled there. I'm not too worried about it. I'll just keep writing as usual! :)

Funancials on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Wed, 07 Jan 2015 10:17:31 +0000

AverageJoe said:

I'm not sure Alexa was really ever relevant, was it? Once people realized you could game the system by making sure people with Alexa badges read your site, the gig was up. I like the idea of knowing where my site stands so I hope it's changed to a less "gamey" metric.

Once I reached the almighty Alexa goal of 200k to become a Yakezie member, it became irrelevant. To show how inaccurate the figure can be: I peaked around 100k and I now find myself at 3.4 million. My traffic hasn't changed all that much.

BudgetingforMore on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 08:22:22 +0000

Yeah my Alexa score has basically tripled over the last 6 months or so. Glad to see everyone else is in the same boat. Who cares : )

AverageJoe on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Tue, 06 Jan 2015 07:57:29 +0000

I'm not sure Alexa was really ever relevant, was it? Once people realized you could game the system by making sure people with Alexa badges read your site, the gig was up. I like the idea of knowing where my site stands so I hope it's changed to a less "gamey" metric.

Barbara Friedberg on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Mon, 05 Jan 2015 18:54:06 +0000

Wow, I'm so glad I found this thread. I was just complaining to my spouse last night about the negative jump. And that in spite of my traffic going up 150 % since the summer.

Now, I'm mad I spent any time even worrying about it.

I guess there's security in numbers.

Thanks for sharing everybody.

Moneysma on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Sun, 04 Jan 2015 15:20:21 +0000

My has been going up and I thought that it was just because of the Christmas holiday. I assumed more people were visiting all sorts of shopping sites and thus hurting my ranking. But after reading this, maybe they did make a change to their algorithm. I too have better traffic now than ever and my ranking keeps dropping.

Derek@LifeAndMyFinances on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Sun, 04 Jan 2015 04:51:31 +0000

Yup, I'm with you Squirrelers. I already removed my Alexa badge and am focused purely on the visitor numbers this year.

Squirrelers on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 16:36:40 +0000

I don't think Alexa really matters a whole lot anyway - and really hasn't been a good measure of a site's success. Personally, I'm more interested in unique visitors, and having a group of readers who regular visit and enjoy the blog. So I say, don't worry about the rankings, whether or not they changed the algorithm (which seems like a plausible explanation for the increases).

colormefrugal on Alexa Ranks Skyrocketing?

Sat, 03 Jan 2015 09:08:52 +0000

Oh thank goodness! I'm not the only one! I am also in the position of having my Alexa rank jumping despite increased traffic. I haven't been commenting as much on other blogs as I used to, but I still do some on a weekly basis.