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This blog’s Alexa ranking has been dropping fast like a meteroite down to earth. Does a low Alexa ranking really mean much? Over the years I’ve looked at it. I’ve also done research on Alexa. I love using their website for the hottest news and trends of the day. But does the Alexa ranking do much for us bloggers?
Blogspot #11 – Does this mean more blogs are made on blogspot?
WordPress #22 – WordPress sure has moved up in the rankings this past year. It’s popularity seems to continue to grow.
Tumblr #29 – Another blog platform that has become very popular. Tumbler now has over 50 million blogs!
Blogger #43 – Not sure the difference from blogspot – would you know?
Mashable #321 – They have a team of bloggers that update on the Social Media and Seo daily, no surprise they are so low in ranking. They are the #1 blog to come up in the top 500.
SeoMoz Blog #401 – Another team of bloggers that update daily and the #2 blog in the top 500.
Hubspot #861 – One of my favorites when I first started. They too have a team of bloggers that update almost daily.
ProBlogger #3,751 – Darren Rowse is a full time blogger and author. His blog is on the Genesis theme. (Thanks to Fabrizio for this one)
Matt Cutts #6,956 – Surprised Matt is not lower in this ranking.
John Chow #8,260 – Not surprised that John ranks this low. Who doesn’t know John in the blogging world? He has been blogging for at least 6 years. Read more on how he means business. (A great piece by Sapna at H4hitech blog)
Seth Godin – #9,153. Do we even count the master Seth Godin here? Seth is an author of 12 bestseller books that are translated into 33 different languages. He is a public speaker. He uses Typepad as his blog format. Nothing ususal about Seth. He is also the founder of Squidoo.
Basic Blog Tips #10,114 – Another team of bloggers blogging for Ms Ileane, a phenomenal site that I’ve seen grow in the 2 years I’ve been following them.
Traffic Generation Cafe by Ana Hoffman – #12,827 – Amazing for a one person blog. Ana can really drive traffic!
Don Caprio – #20,896 – The Geek’s Journal by Don Caprio. Don also has several guest posts and contributors on his blog.
All Tech Buzz – #24,819 – Owned by Imran Uddin with contributors and an editor. This tech blog ranks low too.
Inspire to Thrive – 98,801. When I first started on blogger my alexa numbers were lower and then went back up to over 1 million on WordPress. Changing formats for your blog may change your Alexa ranking. If you have time the wayback machine can be fun. Especially if you have made changes to your blog in the past. I’m curious if the average load time would be the same on other applications for page speed.
Most of the blogs that rank low have dual authors /contributors. The exceptions are John Chow, Seth Godin and Ana Hoffman whose ranking is really amazing for a one person blog!
Alexa started back in 1996. They wanted to share timely and relevant information about websites across the web. They have built a database about websites, site statistics, related links and more. They use all of this data to come up with ranking numbers. You can check your Alexa rank via country or worldwide. The numbers above I used are for worldwide. You can also find all of your backlinks via Alexa. Some people have disputed their numbers over the years. I have found them to be relative, maybe not always perfect but pretty much on target. They use the past 3 months of data to formulate their numbers.
You can also have Alexa do a site audit for you. There is a one time charge of $199 or a monthly fee of $149. The monthly will give you 2 reports per month. You can cancel at any time. The one time audit gives you one report now and another report in 30 days. Their report will give you tips how to optimize your SEO and increase traffic. It will also let you know if you are providing a good experience for your readers. You can track your progress via the audits. I have not done one of these to date. I’d love to hear from someone who has.
Have you done anything to decrease your Alexa ranking for your blog or website?
Do you think Alexa rank is an important factor in overall traffic and rankings of your blog?
Twitter: h4hitech
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Hi Lisa
Thanks a lot for the mention, means a lot to me.
Coming on to the post, first thing which I did, when I started the blog I installed the Alexa toolbar. The reason which I read – it will help my blog and all others blogs/websites which I will browse using alexa plugin to move up the Alexa ranking. It has helped me a lot.
#4 I have still to work on and infact I need to explore that.
Thanks Lisa once again for the share.
Sapna
Twitter: Lisapatb
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You are welcome Sapna #4 is one I’ve struggled with and drives me crazy – Almost makes me wonder if they are taking any more submissions there. I’d love to hear from others who have gotten in there recently. It will be interesting to find out.
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Hi Lisa, that’s interesting because I stopped paying attention to Alexa traffic rank when mine went up in the clouds after Google Penguin late last year, but yes a low Alexa rank definitely gives the impression, especially to potential guest bloggers and advertisers an indication of how popular a blog is more or less. Just want to also add in your most popular blogs list is the almighty ProBlogger straight after Hubspot at 3,751 Have a great day.
Twitter: Lisapatb
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Excellent point Fabrizio, Problogger will be added That’s a very low ranking blog too. Have a great new week ahead Fabrizio.
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Twitter: fastblogtips
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