Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Rankings Explained

High Alexa traffic rankings are coveted by webmasters around the world. While the data are only collected by Alexa toolbar users, the toolbar will of millions of serious surfers.
Plug-ins are available now for the Firefox browser, which I entered a new thumbnail-U3 drive. I can be connected to any Windows computer with a USB port you'll find the Alexa rankings in my browser, and not to install or to leave everything behind on the borrowed computer.....

How are the Alexa traffic rankings determined?

* Traffic Rankings based on use of Alexa Toolbar users only

* There may not be representative of the global Internet population

* Traffic Rank is based on three months of aggregate traffic data from millions of users Alexa

* Combination of reach and page views

* Range is the number of unique users Alexa, a site visit every day

* Reach, expressed as a percentage of all Internet users visit a particular site

* Page views are the total number of URL requests for a site per day

* Page views are the average number of unique pages per user per day by the users visiting the site

* Ranking is determined by a combination of users and page views

* Top-level domains only http://playtriton.com/

* No separate ratings for sub-pages or sub-domains

* Personal home pages are marked with an asterisk (*)

* Web sites serve the same content are counted together as the same site

* Sites with little traffic (under the 1000 page views per month) are not exactly the order of Alexa due to statistical limitations

* The main traffic rank in the Alexa toolbar is calculated from three months of aggregate traffic data

* The movers and shakers list based on changes in the average range in a week to week comparative basis

Other factors can affect your site Alexa ranking. Sites in the toolbar itself - such as http://amazon.com can rank. Heavy toolbar use in a particular region - like China - Chinese websites can increase to a high level.

The best use of these traffic ranking tool is to see how your site compared to 3 months.

The move to the Alexa rankings can help you determine whether your Internet marketing efforts to clear traffic to your site.

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