Comments on: Stop using Alexa for serious traffic analysis http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:23:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Timon Weller http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-801755 Timon Weller Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:50:21 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-801755 I find alexa stats are okay sometimes and other times they look way out of wack.. I hope they work it all out eventually.. :) I wonder why also they use msn for search..? I find alexa stats are okay sometimes and other times they look way out of wack.. I hope they work it all out eventually.. :) I wonder why also they use msn for search..?

]]> By: Frank Stevens http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-797300 Frank Stevens Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:14:43 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-797300 Alexa is one of the best sites on the web. They have helped our website PunchoStewart to become one of the most searched websites on the internet. Our company uses Alexa every chance that we get. Their graphics and their information keeps us coming back for more. We went from a small company to a 100 million dollar company in just over two years. We owe just about all of our success to Alexa. I hope that in the near future that they will continue to provide us with their kindness and not to mention, their continued support. The staff at Alexa is second to none. The exposure that they give your website has no equal. I wish that I owned Alexa, because if I did, I would run it just like them. Frank Stevens CFO Alexa is one of the best sites on the web. They have helped our website PunchoStewart to become one of the most searched websites on the internet. Our company uses Alexa every chance that we get. Their graphics and their information keeps us coming back for more. We went from a small company to a 100 million dollar company in just over two years. We owe just about all of our success to Alexa. I hope that in the near future that they will continue to provide us with their kindness and not to mention, their continued support. The staff at Alexa is second to none. The exposure that they give your website has no equal. I wish that I owned Alexa, because if I did, I would run it just like them.

Frank Stevens
CFO

]]> By: George Lindemann Jr http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-787355 George Lindemann Jr Thu, 22 May 2008 06:49:02 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-787355 Put up an Alexa rank widget on your website. I did this a few days ago and receive a fair amount of clicks every day. According to some, each click counts as a visit even if the toolbar is not used by the visitor. Put up an Alexa rank widget on your website. I did this a few days ago and receive a fair amount of clicks every day. According to some, each click counts as a visit even if the toolbar is not used by the visitor.

]]> By: ReviewMe offers $25,000 to bloggers in exchange for honest reviews » Make You Go Hmm http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-336662 ReviewMe offers $25,000 to bloggers in exchange for honest reviews » Make You Go Hmm Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:30:55 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-336662 [...] 4. Been there, done that. I’ve written reviews in the past on third party sites like epinions which paid significantly less (17 reviews on that site only generated a little more than $5 USD — slave reviewer wages!). I’ve also been paid to write articles and a monthly print magazine column (fortunately for good pay), so ReviewMe is very similar to other paid professional writing gigs. At least for this blog. 5. The amount being paid is fair and reasonable for both advertiser and reviewer. $250 USD for a 200+ word review with my cut being half that. The average number of words for all posts here is around 300 words, so ReviewMe’s minimum word count won’t be a problem. Similar to Text-Link-Ads ReviewMe uses their own algorithm based on Alexa rank (easily gamed, unfortunately), Technorati linkage, a guestimate of number of RSS subscribers, etc to determine how much to charge advertisers. [...] […] 4. Been there, done that. I’ve written reviews in the past on third party sites like epinions which paid significantly less (17 reviews on that site only generated a little more than $5 USD — slave reviewer wages!). I’ve also been paid to write articles and a monthly print magazine column (fortunately for good pay), so ReviewMe is very similar to other paid professional writing gigs. At least for this blog. 5. The amount being paid is fair and reasonable for both advertiser and reviewer. $250 USD for a 200+ word review with my cut being half that. The average number of words for all posts here is around 300 words, so ReviewMe’s minimum word count won’t be a problem. Similar to Text-Link-Ads ReviewMe uses their own algorithm based on Alexa rank (easily gamed, unfortunately), Technorati linkage, a guestimate of number of RSS subscribers, etc to determine how much to charge advertisers. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Technorati rank stats update July 2006 and site review swap offer [site news] http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-230462 Make You Go Hmm: » Technorati rank stats update July 2006 and site review swap offer [site news] Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:38:46 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-230462 [...] Just for comparison purposes, I checked out Alexa which shows 361 links. I still don’t think Alexa stats are very reliable for traffic analysis, but it is interesting comparing services against each other, especially considering Technorati and Alexa were only separated by six links until recently. [...] […] Just for comparison purposes, I checked out Alexa which shows 361 links. I still don’t think Alexa stats are very reliable for traffic analysis, but it is interesting comparing services against each other, especially considering Technorati and Alexa were only separated by six links until recently. […]

]]> By: Jeff Hendrickson Design » Blog Archive » Alexa Rankings are Useless http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-73103 Jeff Hendrickson Design » Blog Archive » Alexa Rankings are Useless Wed, 03 May 2006 07:24:15 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-73103 [...] Did you know you can artificially boost your Alexa traffic ranking by simply installing the Alexa toolbar and visiting your sites over and over?  Yes, it’s true.  Because of this fact I don’t trust Alexa rankings at all.  I never really thought Alexa was worth a damn even back in 2001 when I first personally heard of their toolbar.  Because it tracks the sites you visit some people consider it spyware.  But I don’t think that’s the big problem.  The problem comes when site owners or webmasters base the worth of their sites on their Alexa rankings.  To me Alexa rankings don’t mean jack.  I don’t know anyone who uses it and who are these people that do?  I first installed their toolbar back in early 2002 after all the buzz, but I thought, ok this is lame and uninstalled it.  You can read a good post titled “stop using alexa for serious traffic analysis” on makeyougohmm.com. [...] […] Did you know you can artificially boost your Alexa traffic ranking by simply installing the Alexa toolbar and visiting your sites over and over?  Yes, it’s true.  Because of this fact I don’t trust Alexa rankings at all.  I never really thought Alexa was worth a damn even back in 2001 when I first personally heard of their toolbar.  Because it tracks the sites you visit some people consider it spyware.  But I don’t think that’s the big problem.  The problem comes when site owners or webmasters base the worth of their sites on their Alexa rankings.  To me Alexa rankings don’t mean jack.  I don’t know anyone who uses it and who are these people that do?  I first installed their toolbar back in early 2002 after all the buzz, but I thought, ok this is lame and uninstalled it.  You can read a good post titled “stop using alexa for serious traffic analysis” on makeyougohmm.com. […]

]]> By: Make You Go Hmm: » Newsgator and Google privacy concerns raised by Hmm reader http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-70723 Make You Go Hmm: » Newsgator and Google privacy concerns raised by Hmm reader Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:15:28 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-70723 [...] I could also use my own stats tracking (and do, actually) but there are some good reasons to use third party tracking when it comes to advertisers and for transparency when sharing stats publically. The most obvious of which is there can be no argument of cooking the books on my part. If the Site Meter stats say Hmm did 10,000 visitors you know we did at least that much. I’d be one of the first people to complain about the accuracy of third party stats, but there is one thing that cannot be argued: third party stats are independent data. If I write that we did 100,000 visitors and yet Site Meter showed we did 1,000 readers can draw their own conclusions about who is full of it. I like using third party information for that very reason. It can add credibility. [...] […] I could also use my own stats tracking (and do, actually) but there are some good reasons to use third party tracking when it comes to advertisers and for transparency when sharing stats publically. The most obvious of which is there can be no argument of cooking the books on my part. If the Site Meter stats say Hmm did 10,000 visitors you know we did at least that much. I’d be one of the first people to complain about the accuracy of third party stats, but there is one thing that cannot be argued: third party stats are independent data. If I write that we did 100,000 visitors and yet Site Meter showed we did 1,000 readers can draw their own conclusions about who is full of it. I like using third party information for that very reason. It can add credibility. […]

]]> By: 7 Quick Thoughts Round 2 at Disruptive Thoughts http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-69411 7 Quick Thoughts Round 2 at Disruptive Thoughts Thu, 20 Apr 2006 04:31:23 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-69411 [...] 1) I chuckled when I first heard ‘jumped the shark’. But am now tired of it. The term itself has, well, errm…. jumped the shark. [nice to see in that last one that the new editor of Wonkette is still on the ball]. We need a new term that means the same thing. Creative (funny) readers — I leave this up to you. I will try to post one suggestion for everyone that is left here — maybe we can stumble onto something. [...] […] 1) I chuckled when I first heard ‘jumped the shark’. But am now tired of it. The term itself has, well, errm…. jumped the shark. [nice to see in that last one that the new editor of Wonkette is still on the ball]. We need a new term that means the same thing. Creative (funny) readers — I leave this up to you. I will try to post one suggestion for everyone that is left here — maybe we can stumble onto something. […]

]]> By: Pete Cashmore http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-68521 Pete Cashmore Sun, 16 Apr 2006 21:33:18 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-68521 Totally agree on the uselessness of Alexa stats. Comparing your own site stats to Alexa shows the true extent of the problem - there's often no correlation at all. And yes, having just one reader who uses the Alexa toolbar can probably propel you into the top 100,000. Totally agree on the uselessness of Alexa stats. Comparing your own site stats to Alexa shows the true extent of the problem - there’s often no correlation at all. And yes, having just one reader who uses the Alexa toolbar can probably propel you into the top 100,000.

]]> By: Sterling Camden http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-65724 Sterling Camden Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:34:18 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20060406/3120/#comment-65724 Good stuff. Now I feel better about <a href="http://www.chipstips.com/microblog/index.php/post/330/" rel="nofollow">my piss-poor Alexa rating</a> ;) Good stuff. Now I feel better about my piss-poor Alexa rating ;)

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