Comments on: Alexa Ranking http://blog.valuewiki.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/ The Investment Wiki Blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:18:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Samuel L. http://blog.valuewiki.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-42930 Samuel L. Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:11:19 +0000 http://valuewiki.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-42930 This is very up-to-date information. I'll share it on Facebook. This is very up-to-date information. I’ll share it on Facebook.

]]> By: stockjockeyutc http://blog.valuewiki.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-127 stockjockeyutc Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:12:18 +0000 http://valuewiki.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-127 Nice work...appreciate the time you put in the alexa series. I have been checking out quantcast...did not know about it until you mentioned it. Keep us up on developments in web analytics etc if you have the time. I will go to work soon and try to pick up a benjamin... Nice work…appreciate the time you put in the alexa series. I have been checking out quantcast…did not know about it until you mentioned it. Keep us up on developments in web analytics etc if you have the time.

I will go to work soon and try to pick up a benjamin…

]]> By: Jon http://blog.valuewiki.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-109 Jon Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:12:57 +0000 http://valuewiki.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-109 StockJockey, I'm the first to admit Alexa isn't perfect. Here at ValueWiki, we're constantly scratching our heads over rankings. However, Calacanis saying "Alexa is 100% wrong" is not true either... 100% of websites don't game the system! Maybe only 1%. For the record, many SEO geeks have performed Calacanis's experiment and proved it invalid. Alexa isn't run by a bunch of monkeys. They assign every toolbar an ID. From what I've read, if one ID is refreshing 100's of times a day, that triggers the Alexa algorhythm to stop counting it. This is easy programming for Alexa; it's like how Google Adsense knows if one user's clicking all the ads! There may still be ways to game Alexa. But in my opinion it is still a valid tool for traffic comparison, particularly for larger sites. Anyway, you've raised an interesting topic; maybe I will blog about it next week. Jon StockJockey,

I’m the first to admit Alexa isn’t perfect. Here at ValueWiki, we’re constantly scratching our heads over rankings.

However, Calacanis saying “Alexa is 100% wrong” is not true either… 100% of websites don’t game the system! Maybe only 1%.

For the record, many SEO geeks have performed Calacanis’s experiment and proved it invalid. Alexa isn’t run by a bunch of monkeys. They assign every toolbar an ID. From what I’ve read, if one ID is refreshing 100’s of times a day, that triggers the Alexa algorhythm to stop counting it. This is easy programming for Alexa; it’s like how Google Adsense knows if one user’s clicking all the ads!

There may still be ways to game Alexa. But in my opinion it is still a valid tool for traffic comparison, particularly for larger sites. Anyway, you’ve raised an interesting topic; maybe I will blog about it next week.

Jon

]]> By: stockjockeyutc http://blog.valuewiki.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-108 stockjockeyutc Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:17:42 +0000 http://valuewiki.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-108 fyi...a post from jason calacanis Alexa is 100% wrong and you can game it with as few as three machines--or so I've been told. Alexa does not work at all and we should not even recognize it as valid anymore from what I've learned. You can game Alexa with as few as three machines running the Alexa toolbar. http://www.calacanis.com/2006/11/24/alexa-is-100-wrong-and-you-can-game-it-with-as-few-as-three-mac/ fyi…a post from jason calacanis

Alexa is 100% wrong and you can game it with as few as three machines–or so I’ve been told.

Alexa does not work at all and we should not even recognize it as valid anymore from what I’ve learned.

You can game Alexa with as few as three machines running the Alexa toolbar.

http://www.calacanis.com/2006/11/24/alexa-is-100-wrong-and-you-can-game-it-with-as-few-as-three-mac/

]]> By: stockjockeyutc http://blog.valuewiki.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-83 stockjockeyutc Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:15:19 +0000 http://valuewiki.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-83 Your comments are interesting....I have found that that alexa is very inaccuate...sitemeter is not much better. We just had record traffic on our server the past week/10 days and our alexa rank went from 550k to 2.2 million...what a joke. But you certainly set off a shitstorm...from my limited view of blogstreet (2-4 months now) the world of wall st blogs is sleazier than the real street...a number of sites link to each other in a pathetic attempt to pad page views...and a cabal of VC investors and some high profile bloggers favor linking to sites that they have a vested interest in. Many of these sites are boring at best, and highly inaccurate at worst. Who needs em? The most blatant offenders kiss MSM ass...it is funny to read though. Maybe everyone should focus on value added content...the real street is inundated with research. Some sites want raw numbers...others target a narrow audience. Blog street is like high school...a pathetic popularity contest. Shut em all down and just read Ritholtz! SJ Your comments are interesting….I have found that that alexa is very inaccuate…sitemeter is not much better. We just had record traffic on our server the past week/10 days and our alexa rank went from 550k to 2.2 million…what a joke.

But you certainly set off a shitstorm…from my limited view of blogstreet (2-4 months now) the world of wall st blogs is sleazier than the real street…a number of sites link to each other in a pathetic attempt to pad page views…and a cabal of VC investors and some high profile bloggers favor linking to sites that they have a vested interest in. Many of these sites are boring at best, and highly inaccurate at worst. Who needs em?

The most blatant offenders kiss MSM ass…it is funny to read though.

Maybe everyone should focus on value added content…the real street is inundated with research. Some sites want raw numbers…others target a narrow audience.

Blog street is like high school…a pathetic popularity contest. Shut em all down and just read Ritholtz!

SJ

]]> By: Most Popular Finance Blogs « ValueWiki Blog http://blog.valuewiki.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-73 Most Popular Finance Blogs « ValueWiki Blog Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:51:32 +0000 http://valuewiki.wordpress.com/2006/12/10/alexa-ranking/#comment-73 [...] are occasionally dubious. I agree the system is not perfect (I blogged about Alexa accuracy here), but it’s the least bad system we’ve got. BobsAdviceforStocks made number 1 on my list [...] [...] are occasionally dubious. I agree the system is not perfect (I blogged about Alexa accuracy here), but it’s the least bad system we’ve got. BobsAdviceforStocks made number 1 on my list [...]

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