Anyone else notice that Alexa rankings shifted around BIG TIME?
I did. And you know what? I think the new algorithm they are using does a much better job of capturing actual traffic volume across niches.
Whereas in the past Alexa has been heavily weighted towards Tech and Internet niches (making many sites in these niches look more popular than they really are), I think the new algorithm actually allows for comparative analysis across niches.
That's a major breakthrough and one more reason I'll keep on keeping my eye on the Alexa graph for my sites as evidence of progress.
Great Post
Ryan,
I had made the same observation on a couple other blogs where they were criticizing the change. Certain tech and marketing niches where users tended to be more likely to have an Alexa bar were listed much more highly than other less techie/marketing related niches. I think it's a great improvement.
Good for you.
My site's rank roughly
My site's rank roughly jumped 40K. For a while, I stopped caring about Alexa because I couldn't get my rank to stay above ~80K even though my traffic was increasing consistently, and I stopped doing anything to help keep it up. Even though my normal traffic continued to increase since I did so, my Alexa rank plummeted. With these changes I might actually start to pay attention to it again.
Mine's up 40K also!
My non-tech site jumped up 40K! Thanks Alexa! :)
Major Rank changes in my website
My website http://thehindimusic.com have also major changes, it goes 43K to 12K
Mine went down 20K! :( Has
Mine went down 20K! :(
Has someone figure out Alexa's new source of information?
They have also stopped all
They have also stopped all redirects.
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