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It is definitely quite common for a new blog to make massive moves early on, and quite easy too but just putting a site up won't do it.  It is all because you are actively making the blog expand by posting, and attracting visitors which is what moves the Alexa rankings in a positive direction.  So, if you keep posting, and keep putting out content that more people will want to read you will continue to see improvements, but beware: as you get higher, the jumps become smaller and it becomes more difficult to make large moves up the rankings.  That is normal because as you get better rankings, the competition it stiffer, as that is where the more heavily trafficked sites reside.  You should be excited, but also keep it in perspective and you will be less likely to suffer any disappointments when things start to level off a bit (I know I did) 

Thanks Eric & Buck Inspire for your lovely and thoughtful feedback. Yes, I realized that too. I thought how come the blog moves so quickly. .. but as Eric pointed, the more I go up, I will meet with strong and in fact stronger sites who will be hard to budge.. Yes, I will concentrate on posting new articles almost everyday and increase readers' base.. as of now, I will try to get used to see my ranking go down a bit.. I know this will happen soon….. …Anyway once many thanks to both of you…. 

Take it slow and focus on quality… the metrics will come! The biggest risk is burning out!

I agree with what everyone else says. I had to slow down my blogging time and my alexa started to creep up. If you just stay active it will go down and stay down.

Buck Inspire said:

Congrats!  It is very exciting.  But Eric has a great point.  You can get addicted to watching your ranking drop.  Focus on your writing, visiting other blogs, learning, and improving.  Eventually the massive drops will level off and if your mind isn't set straight, you could be hit with a letdown.  Keep it up, ask questions, and have fun!

Buck, I just signed on with Yakezie yesterday, and saw the benefits almost immediately…in terms of page views.  But tonight it occurred to me that I was looking more at the stats than at what I need to be working on … the writing.  Thanks for the good suggestion about focusing on the writing.

Eric J. Nisall said:

It is definitely quite common for a new blog to make massive moves early on, and quite easy too but just putting a site up won't do it.  It is all because you are actively making the blog expand by posting, and attracting visitors which is what moves the Alexa rankings in a positive direction.  So, if you keep posting, and keep putting out content that more people will want to read you will continue to see improvements, but beware: as you get higher, the jumps become smaller and it becomes more difficult to make large moves up the rankings.  That is normal because as you get better rankings, the competition it stiffer, as that is where the more heavily trafficked sites reside.  You should be excited, but also keep it in perspective and you will be less likely to suffer any disappointments when things start to level off a bit (I know I did) 

Congrats and keep up the hard work. Don't lose steam.

Eric J. Nisall said:

It is definitely quite common for a new blog to make massive moves early on, and quite easy too but just putting a site up won't do it.  It is all because you are actively making the blog expand by posting, and attracting visitors which is what moves the Alexa rankings in a positive direction.  So, if you keep posting, and keep putting out content that more people will want to read you will continue to see improvements, but beware: as you get higher, the jumps become smaller and it becomes more difficult to make large moves up the rankings.  That is normal because as you get better rankings, the competition it stiffer, as that is where the more heavily trafficked sites reside.  You should be excited, but also keep it in perspective and you will be less likely to suffer any disappointments when things start to level off a bit (I know I did) 

How often does the Alexa ranking change?  I jumped on day one by 2 million, but even after the most page views ever yesterday, it hasn't moved at all.

What moves it?  Unique visitors?  Or pageviews?

yeah don't get too excited. just work on content and developing relationship with others and your readers within your community. rankings will naturally follow!

Charles @ MoneyGreenLife said:

yeah don't get too excited. just work on content and developing relationship with others and your readers within your community. rankings will naturally follow!

Ditto to that. Congrats on the growth already.