Comments on: Manipulating Alexa Isn’t What It Used to Be http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html Rantings and Observations of an Entrepreneur Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:19:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Motorcycle Fairings http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-151269 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:18:45 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-151269 I'm going to give a try to your suggestion and see what are the results in a short time. hope it works for me!! I’m going to give a try to your suggestion and see what are the results in a short time. hope it works for me!!

]]> by: Riverbed Application Acceleration http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-81127 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 07:55:34 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-81127 Everyday it changes. Always trying to beat the system. LOL Justin Everyday it changes. Always trying to beat the system. LOL

Justin

]]> by: just-4-teens @ DP http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-31418 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:33:17 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-31418 I stopped looking @ alexa rank shortly after hearing about it a few years ago. How could a 100 a day site outrank a 500 a day in alexa? easy because the 100 a day was webmaster related and they all had alexa installed. all the extra hits from the webmasters with alexa installed sent my ranking into the top 100k while the 500 a day site sites in the 400k range. I guess people should rely on alexa more often :/ I stopped looking @ alexa rank shortly after hearing about it a few years ago. How could a 100 a day site outrank a 500 a day in alexa? easy because the 100 a day was webmaster related and they all had alexa installed. all the extra hits from the webmasters with alexa installed sent my ranking into the top 100k while the 500 a day site sites in the 400k range. I guess people should rely on alexa more often :/

]]> by: Niero http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-17128 Thu, 04 Jan 2007 02:33:40 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-17128 I arrived at this conversation late, but I'd like to point out that Alexa is pretty much dead on for my site. Compare my Sitemeter to my Alexa ranking and you'll find tha the traffic spikes are almost exactly identical and it's sense of pageviews is pretty much spot on. The real way to boost your Alexa rating nowadays is to publish your content on the social internet (web 2.0 sites) and see if you stick, which is legitimate traffic. We're ranked around 6650 so far and climbing (toot toot). I won't post links but all my stats are public and at the bottom of my site. Hope that helps as an honest case study. I arrived at this conversation late, but I’d like to point out that Alexa is pretty much dead on for my site. Compare my Sitemeter to my Alexa ranking and you’ll find tha the traffic spikes are almost exactly identical and it’s sense of pageviews is pretty much spot on. The real way to boost your Alexa rating nowadays is to publish your content on the social internet (web 2.0 sites) and see if you stick, which is legitimate traffic. We’re ranked around 6650 so far and climbing (toot toot). I won’t post links but all my stats are public and at the bottom of my site. Hope that helps as an honest case study.

]]> by: GuyFromChicago http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-8614 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:46:31 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-8614 "Surely your test is flawed by exposing your test url to the world? Unless, even with doing that it fails to make it. Then it’s even harder than reported." There's not any real test going on. Everytime some loser starts going on and on about how easy it is to get a kick ass alexa rank I just throw that url their direction and they quit yapping. I don't think that site's ever even cracked the top 100K and it's been around for more than year and posted in a couple different places where alexa manipulation is discussed. “Surely your test is flawed by exposing your test url to the world?

Unless, even with doing that it fails to make it. Then it’s even harder than reported.”

There’s not any real test going on. Everytime some loser starts going on and on about how easy it is to get a kick ass alexa rank I just throw that url their direction and they quit yapping. I don’t think that site’s ever even cracked the top 100K and it’s been around for more than year and posted in a couple different places where alexa manipulation is discussed.

]]> by: Sucker http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-8438 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:57:42 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-8438 Kind of like what David just mentioned, what about buying cheap autosurf traffic? One of those "10,000 uniques for $3" deals. Useless if you want them to do something, but great if you want to increase traffic numbers. Kind of like what David just mentioned, what about buying cheap autosurf traffic? One of those “10,000 uniques for $3″ deals. Useless if you want them to do something, but great if you want to increase traffic numbers.

]]> by: Chachi http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-8033 Tue, 14 Nov 2006 16:24:09 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-8033 Just a thought here, but maybe there are other methods than using a widely-known proxy setup and an "off-the-shelf" alexa spam tool. I spend a bit of time trying to get around a certain website's efforts to prevent spam. The interesting thing is, for the longest time, they did not look for the easiest ways to detect the spam. Recently they changed this little hole. But, I wouldn't expect most other sites to use the same methodology when it comes to detecting abuse. In other words, if I were Alexa the methods being used here would be the first that I would go after. I still think there are pretty easy methods to manipulate your Alexa ranking. Clearly it is not as easy as it used to be if the setup being used here used to work. But, I am really not sure who cares about Alexa ranking anyway. Just a thought here, but maybe there are other methods than using a widely-known proxy setup and an “off-the-shelf” alexa spam tool. I spend a bit of time trying to get around a certain website’s efforts to prevent spam. The interesting thing is, for the longest time, they did not look for the easiest ways to detect the spam. Recently they changed this little hole. But, I wouldn’t expect most other sites to use the same methodology when it comes to detecting abuse. In other words, if I were Alexa the methods being used here would be the first that I would go after. I still think there are pretty easy methods to manipulate your Alexa ranking. Clearly it is not as easy as it used to be if the setup being used here used to work. But, I am really not sure who cares about Alexa ranking anyway.

]]> by: David Leonhardt http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-7143 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:12:47 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-7143 Hmmm. With all this talk of "manipulation", has it ever occurred that the best way to manipulate Alexa is to drive huge amounts of traffic to the site? Even unqualified traffic? If a low Alexa ranking is integral to your business plan, then even unqualified traffic becomes qualified. One could use low-value PPC terms...or post provocative statements at forums that would get visitors...or use whatever is still useful of the old traffic exchanges...or "click here for a free link"...or, well, you get the idea. BTW, some of theat untargeted traffic might even be targeted and you might just make a few dollars on it. Hmmm. With all this talk of “manipulation”, has it ever occurred that the best way to manipulate Alexa is to drive huge amounts of traffic to the site? Even unqualified traffic? If a low Alexa ranking is integral to your business plan, then even unqualified traffic becomes qualified. One could use low-value PPC terms…or post provocative statements at forums that would get visitors…or use whatever is still useful of the old traffic exchanges…or “click here for a free link”…or, well, you get the idea.

BTW, some of theat untargeted traffic might even be targeted and you might just make a few dollars on it.

]]> by: Kartik http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-6828 Wed, 08 Nov 2006 15:10:31 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-6828 Mine is around 70k and the ranking drops significantly when i start using IE 7 instead of firefox Mine is around 70k and the ranking drops significantly when i start using IE 7 instead of firefox

]]> by: Chris Andrews http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-6163 Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:39:16 +0000 http://www.yfs1.com/2006/manipulating-alexa-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html#comment-6163 "Test site if anyone wants to have a go at it: http://www.alexatest.com/ " Surely your test is flawed by exposing your test url to the world? Unless, even with doing that it fails to make it. Then it's even harder than reported. :) “Test site if anyone wants to have a go at it: http://www.alexatest.com/ ”

Surely your test is flawed by exposing your test url to the world?

Unless, even with doing that it fails to make it. Then it’s even harder than reported. :)

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