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Just curious if anyone else has seen this happen with their blogs. 

I have been steadily increasing in traffic since my blog was created. The past month I have seen a huge increase in traffic, but have noticed that my Alexa ranking has not changed (fluctuating between 143,000 and 144,000) for about 3 weeks now. 

Currently about 80% of my traffic comes from Google. I figure this may be the cause. That readers who come to my site from Google don't have the Alexa toolbar installed. But I wanted to run it by you all and see what you think.

Thanks for the any advice you have!

@Corey– I did not realize that it was a 3 month average. That is very encouraging. I have definitely been very satisfied with the search engine traffic, so I really can't complain too much. Thanks for the advice!

I have definitely noticed peaks, valleys, and plateaus along the way.  Keep growing your traffic and you should increase your ranking over time.

You're ahead of me though so I can't probably be counted on :)

I am experiencing the same thing… my traffic is through the roof and I am thrilled about that!  But my Alexa keeps creeping up, which I am not happy about.  I realize the "why" of why this is happening, but it is still frustrating to see such success with growth and yet to feel like I am somehow being blackballed by Alexa. 

Yakezie forums is the best way to lower your Alexa rank.

Interact more with Fellow Yakezies, participate in Blog Swaps and submit to the Yakezie carnival. 

These few simple steps will make a big difference.

I thought I knew the tricks…then again my Alexa is in reverse gear now. 

Same thing here! I had gotten down below 100,000 (right on the cusp), and am now around 120,000.

Funancials said:

I would definitely take the increased traffic over the dropping alexa – so congrats on that!

Any tips on how you've had such an increase?

 

I second that sentiment.  Alexa only measures a small subset of internet viewers, so if your broad range traffic numbers (Google Analytics, Quantcast, Sitemeter, etc.) are increasing, that really is a more telling sign, especially if you are getting more subscribers like Derek mentioned–at least in my view anyway 

What you said is most likely correct. People from Google probably don't have it.

I agree with everything posted here already as that's sort of what's happening with my blog (although I have a lot of work to do to keep moving forward!).

Has anyone experimented with adding some sort of call to action on your blog where you ask readers to install the Alexa toolbar? Given that it's not really that important in the grand scheme of things, I wouldn't guess this would be all that beneficial. But I have to admit that sometimes I reeeeeally want to see that number go down, down, down!