Comments on: Why Alexa Is Worthless http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/ The Miscellaneous Ramblings of a Dot Com Mogul Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:44:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Samer Bazzi http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-38100 Samer Bazzi Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:07:03 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-38100 I did a similiar post on this, have a look here: http://www.boohead.com/the-wonders-of-alexa Great Stuff John! I did a similiar post on this, have a look here:

http://www.boohead.com/the-wonders-of-alexa

Great Stuff John!

]]> By: More Merchant.com http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-37347 More Merchant.com Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:35:27 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-37347 Alexa is a fraud way of doing things. I know people use Adsense and even put their browsers on auto refresh and get below 100,000 on Alexa. Yet there site has nothing on that people would come for. Alexa is a fraud way of doing things. I know people use Adsense and even put their browsers on auto refresh and get below 100,000 on Alexa. Yet there site has nothing on that people would come for.

]]> By: Whats The Fuss!?! » Blog Archive » A few things to report… http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-28369 Whats The Fuss!?! » Blog Archive » A few things to report… Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:55:51 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-28369 [...] knows that there are flaws with the alexa rankings.  John Chow wrote an article about it… http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/ and even though I agree that it doesnt really count for much, some advertisers look at it and [...] [...] knows that there are flaws with the alexa rankings.  John Chow wrote an article about it… http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/ and even though I agree that it doesnt really count for much, some advertisers look at it and [...]

]]> By: 1,000 Spam Comments » Webomatica http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-27853 1,000 Spam Comments » Webomatica Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:41:53 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-27853 [...] Anyhow, by using the server logs and Google Analytics, I’ve come to the same conclusion as others that Alexa can be inaccurate. There’s no indication of my Shoutwire traffic spike. Maybe that digg spike is throwing things off. Whatever. [...] [...] Anyhow, by using the server logs and Google Analytics, I’ve come to the same conclusion as others that Alexa can be inaccurate. There’s no indication of my Shoutwire traffic spike. Maybe that digg spike is throwing things off. Whatever. [...]

]]> By: Digital Soul » Analyzing The Alexa Service http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-26924 Digital Soul » Analyzing The Alexa Service Sat, 20 Jan 2007 08:18:42 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-26924 [...] Result of the fisrt search: There are also more factors which further decrease the accuracy of these statistics, such as the fact that only relatively advanced internet users (”techie types”) are likely to install the toolbar in the first place… …The Alexa website traffic monitoring system is so inaccurate as to be worse than useless - it is very misleading. Perhaps most concerning is that it is trivially easy for website owners to manipulate their own rankings. Did a further search into the subject and i found an interesting post on John Chow’s blog, showing just how inaccurate alexa is: Today, my blog is the 1,421st biggest site on the internet, with a reach of 1,200! According to Alexa, my blog now get more traffic and has a greater reach than the biggest computer hardware review site on the Internet, AnandTech. Now I realize I received a ton of visitors in the past few days, but I know for a fact that it did not came remotely close to the traffic level of AnandTech. Yet, there you have it – a traffic graph showing I blew right past them. I guess I should use this to my advantage. Text links for sales! Get linked by a top 1000 Alexa ranked blog! Only $1,000 a month! Anyone still think the Alexa ranking is worth anything? Link to the full post: http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/ [...] [...] Result of the fisrt search: There are also more factors which further decrease the accuracy of these statistics, such as the fact that only relatively advanced internet users (”techie types”) are likely to install the toolbar in the first place… …The Alexa website traffic monitoring system is so inaccurate as to be worse than useless - it is very misleading. Perhaps most concerning is that it is trivially easy for website owners to manipulate their own rankings. Did a further search into the subject and i found an interesting post on John Chow’s blog, showing just how inaccurate alexa is: Today, my blog is the 1,421st biggest site on the internet, with a reach of 1,200! According to Alexa, my blog now get more traffic and has a greater reach than the biggest computer hardware review site on the Internet, AnandTech. Now I realize I received a ton of visitors in the past few days, but I know for a fact that it did not came remotely close to the traffic level of AnandTech. Yet, there you have it – a traffic graph showing I blew right past them. I guess I should use this to my advantage. Text links for sales! Get linked by a top 1000 Alexa ranked blog! Only $1,000 a month! Anyone still think the Alexa ranking is worth anything? Link to the full post: http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/ [...]

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-25242 HMTKSteve Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:10:11 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-25242 Alexa is not worthless if you weight it properly. One of the most sought after mailing lists is the one for those nose hair clippers you see in the back of magazines. Why? Because if you are too scared to buy nose hair clippers at a store what else can we sell you? Alexa is not worthless if you weight it properly. One of the most sought after mailing lists is the one for those nose hair clippers you see in the back of magazines. Why? Because if you are too scared to buy nose hair clippers at a store what else can we sell you?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-25224 Jeff Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:19:02 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-25224 The very existence of Alexa was always a questioning one.. I don't hear about it often enough to know about it. The very existence of Alexa was always a questioning one.. I don’t hear about it often enough to know about it.

]]> By: The 10 most overused internet words of 2006 - Fraser’s Affiliate Marketing Blog http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-15261 The 10 most overused internet words of 2006 - Fraser’s Affiliate Marketing Blog Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:50:13 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-15261 [...] alexa - why do we bother to measure with something that is so hopelessly inaccurate? [...] [...] alexa - why do we bother to measure with something that is so hopelessly inaccurate? [...]

]]> By: ValueWiki Blog » Blog Archive » Alexa Ranking http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-14675 ValueWiki Blog » Blog Archive » Alexa Ranking Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:44:39 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-14675 [...] Much has been written about the accuracy of Alexa traffic rankings. While there is SEO consensus that Alexa rank is getting harder to game, there is still plenty of evidence that Alexa rankings are often innaccurate. As well as plenty of grumbling webmasters. [...] [...] Much has been written about the accuracy of Alexa traffic rankings. While there is SEO consensus that Alexa rank is getting harder to game, there is still plenty of evidence that Alexa rankings are often innaccurate. As well as plenty of grumbling webmasters. [...]

]]> By: Shaun Ryan http://www.johnchow.com/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-9865 Shaun Ryan Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:11:22 +0000 http://www.johnchow.com/index.php/why-alexa-is-worthless/#comment-9865 I think Alexa has some value because there is a correlation between the amount of traffic a site gets and it's Alexa rank. I've posted some data backing this up here: http://blog.sli-systems.com/2006/11/alexa_vs_search_traffic.html I think Alexa has some value because there is a correlation between the amount of traffic a site gets and it’s Alexa rank. I’ve posted some data backing this up here:
http://blog.sli-systems.com/2006/11/alexa_vs_search_traffic.html

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