Yakezie.com - Topic: Alexa Wall

Money Reasons on Alexa Wall

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:56:51 +0000

Sometime during the middle of last year, almost all of the Yakezie member's rankings slowly started to go back up. I think sometime Alexa changes their algorithms... Luckily after about a month? of going backwards, everybody started improving again...

That was an intimidating time...

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff on Alexa Wall

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:42:14 +0000

The site is http://eemusings.wordpress.com/

Buck Inspire on Alexa Wall

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 06:41:15 +0000

eemusings,

Where is your website link on your profile or signature? Would visit, but don't know how to reach you. Thanks!

eemusings said:

Ha! I cracked the 200k mark, and got ready to write my Yakezie post. Now I'm back up to 237,000. One step forward, two back...

The Single Saver on Alexa Wall

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 08:15:11 +0000

eemusings, I totally understand your frustration... I'll visit and try to help you out.

Friday I had the best day that my site has ever seen, traffic-wise. I logged in Saturday and expected to see a big Alexa drop and found hardly any change. That happened once before... I had a great day and no change, then a couple days later I had a very bad day and the next day my ranking had dropped a lot. I am just thrilled that my traffic seems to be increasing!

Budgeting in the Fun Stuff on Alexa Wall

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 20:50:26 +0000

eemusings said:

Ha! I cracked the 200k mark, and got ready to write my Yakezie post. Now I'm back up to 237,000. One step forward, two back...

I just clicked through, good luck!

eemusings on Alexa Wall

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:29:51 +0000

Ha! I cracked the 200k mark, and got ready to write my Yakezie post. Now I'm back up to 237,000. One step forward, two back...

Sustainable PF on Alexa Wall

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:55:51 +0000

Buck Inspire said:

SPF,

Yeah takes some adjusting to. If I'm lucky I get a 1,000 point drop. You are a machine, 85,000? That's impressive work!

It went back up 600 pts. I'm getting used to the ups and downs now.

Buck Inspire on Alexa Wall

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:48:21 +0000

SPF,

Yeah takes some adjusting to. If I'm lucky I get a 1,000 point drop. You are a machine, 85,000? That's impressive work!

everydaytips,

Yeah I'm just working on writing these days. Seems to be paying off. Thanks!

nerdwallet and mark,

Good point about traffic. I'm trying not to get hung up on stats these days. Alexa has been our main metric since the challenge. Weird when it doesn't drop or even goes the other way. I'll adjust. Thanks!

Barb,

Gonna focus on blog activities, too!

RB40,

Hopefully one day I'll get to 70K. Congrats on your traffic!

retireby40 on Alexa Wall

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:14:01 +0000

I plateau at around 70k or so and now I don't pay much attention to Alexa Rank anymore. Traffic is a much better indicator of how the site is doing. Google Analytic shows my traffic is still increasing slowly so I'm still happy.

My SE traffic is also doing a lot better than when I first started!

Barbara Friedberg on Alexa Wall

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:23:56 +0000

I completely understand your concern/interest. It can be kind of addicting to try and maintain steady progress downward. I compare the ranking bar with life itself; you will have ups and downs, but the long term (months and years) is what really matters.

Try not to get too hyped up in the day to day or month to month, as long as you are continuing your blogging activities.

That said, I'll cofess that I get influenced by the ranking ups and downs, and try not too look at it every day!

Buy Like Buffett on Alexa Wall

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:47:44 +0000

Great point by NerdWallet. I use traffic as more of a judge as to my site's popularity.

nerdwallet on Alexa Wall

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:44:00 +0000

I try not to focus too much on Alexa day-to-day. Alexa is just a ranking of how your traffic stacks up against other sites on the web, and it's a poor measure at best since it relies so much on surfers having the Toolbar installed (which most internet users do not).

As long as your traffic (and perhaps more importantly, your income) is growing steadily, then you're ok. Alexa is simply an backward-looking indicator to corroborate what your traffic is probably already telling you.

Of course, it's always nice to know where you stand, and everyone loves a contest ;-)

everydaytips on Alexa Wall

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:22:55 +0000

It can be hard because initially, you can see big leaps in terms of Alexa ranking. Once you get around 130,000 or so, it is more like little jumps or skips.

Craig is right, it is a 3 month average. I got below 50k, and then I had to spend less time on my blog for a few weeks because of family circumstances. Even though my current traffic is back to regular levels, my ranking is getting worse each day. My hiatus is catching up with me now.

Keep on writing!!

Sustainable PF on Alexa Wall

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:17:04 +0000

It sure does slow down Buck. Since we broke 100k just over 3 weeks ago we're down to 85,801 24 days later. Long gone are the days of dropping 15k or even 30k in a day!

Buck Inspire on Alexa Wall

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 07:49:19 +0000

Thanks all for your feedback and advice.

The Single Saver, keep up your good work and your Alexa rank will take care of itself. Just remember to continue to work the forums, leave thoughtful comments, and most importantly writing good content.