Comments on: How I Got Alexa Under 100K In Less Than 4 Months http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/13/how-i-got-alexa-under-100k-in-less-than-4-months/ If I offend anyone - tough Mon, 21 May 2012 03:22:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: new zealand map http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/13/how-i-got-alexa-under-100k-in-less-than-4-months/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 new zealand map Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:48:43 +0000 http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/13/how-i-got-alexa-under-100k-in-less-than-4-months/#comment-1505 You hit the nail on the head with the title!! People judge a blog by its cover, I mean title, so give it a good one and they will come. You hit the nail on the head with the title!! People judge a blog by its cover, I mean title, so give it a good one and they will come.

]]> By: KiwiPulse http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/13/how-i-got-alexa-under-100k-in-less-than-4-months/comment-page-1/#comment-1474 KiwiPulse Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:25:03 +0000 http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/13/how-i-got-alexa-under-100k-in-less-than-4-months/#comment-1474 Nice job! I got hit mine last week and its now 89k :P Nice job! I got hit mine last week and its now 89k :P

]]> By: Will http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/13/how-i-got-alexa-under-100k-in-less-than-4-months/comment-page-1/#comment-1451 Will Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:31:45 +0000 http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/13/how-i-got-alexa-under-100k-in-less-than-4-months/#comment-1451 How do I gauge it? I guess I don't, even though I know if I paid attention to the marketing of my site, I am sure it would rank higher. A pretty high percentage of my non-stumbleupon visitors go to more than one page. I feel that is some measure of success. A huge percentage of my 5,000+ visitors each month come from search engines so they read what they were searching for and then leave to go on to the next result. Occasionally a post will get stumbled a few times and that can bring a spike in traffic. But I find most of the stumblers view only one page and don't comment. I am not a fan of toolbars because of the screen space they take up. I prefer single buttons that can all be put on one toolbar. Also since Alexa only counts people with the toolbar installed and I would guess 99% of internet users don't have it installed, I question the value of a good Alexa rank. But what do I know about it? LOL! As I type this and think about your question I come to realize there are at least 3 or 4 types of visitors that stand out to me: 1. My core group of about 40 faithful readers, a few of whom comment regularly. 2. The 29 RSS subscribers. Seems like a pathetically low number, but think about the vote of appreciation they have given me by subscribing when they have millions of other RSS feeds to choose from. 3. Any first time visitor who leaves a comment. 4. The reader who leaves a comment but no link to a website of their own. This is a reader who is on the internet solely to look for information that interests them. When they take the time to comment for no reason other than the subject matter having caught their attention, I am flattered. -Will How do I gauge it? I guess I don’t, even though I know if I paid attention to the marketing of my site, I am sure it would rank higher.

A pretty high percentage of my non-stumbleupon visitors go to more than one page. I feel that is some measure of success. A huge percentage of my 5,000+ visitors each month come from search engines so they read what they were searching for and then leave to go on to the next result. Occasionally a post will get stumbled a few times and that can bring a spike in traffic. But I find most of the stumblers view only one page and don’t comment.

I am not a fan of toolbars because of the screen space they take up. I prefer single buttons that can all be put on one toolbar. Also since Alexa only counts people with the toolbar installed and I would guess 99% of internet users don’t have it installed, I question the value of a good Alexa rank. But what do I know about it? LOL!

As I type this and think about your question I come to realize there are at least 3 or 4 types of visitors that stand out to me:

1. My core group of about 40 faithful readers, a few of whom comment regularly.

2. The 29 RSS subscribers. Seems like a pathetically low number, but think about the vote of appreciation they have given me by subscribing when they have millions of other RSS feeds to choose from.

3. Any first time visitor who leaves a comment.

4. The reader who leaves a comment but no link to a website of their own. This is a reader who is on the internet solely to look for information that interests them. When they take the time to comment for no reason other than the subject matter having caught their attention, I am flattered.

-Will

]]> By: Robert Drysdale http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/13/how-i-got-alexa-under-100k-in-less-than-4-months/comment-page-1/#comment-1445 Robert Drysdale Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:38:37 +0000 http://myradicalblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/13/how-i-got-alexa-under-100k-in-less-than-4-months/#comment-1445 Greetings: Thanks for this insightful information. My Alexa ranking 5 months ago started off, if I remember correctly, at just over 4.7 million. A few weeks ago I noticed that it was just under 1 million(955,689). Was this ever a boost to my moral. Then just yesterday I noticed the ranking shot up passed 1 million to 1,156,318. What happened there?, I said to myself. Any ideas? Also, just yesterday, I learned that if a reader of your Blog doesn't have the toolbar installed, this information will not register with Alexa. So the more people that have the toolbar the better. I think the key here is to promote the use of the Alexa toolbar and inform your readers of the advantages of having it installed on their desktop, such as making your Blog attractive to potential advertisers because it is your Alexa ranking they look at to decide whether to advertise on your Blog or not. Once again, thanks for the information. Prosperous Regards Robert Drysdale P.S. Have a Fosters for me downunder. Greetings:
Thanks for this insightful information.
My Alexa ranking 5 months ago started off, if I remember correctly, at just over 4.7 million. A few weeks ago I noticed that it was just under 1 million(955,689). Was this ever a boost to my moral. Then just yesterday I noticed the ranking shot up passed 1 million to 1,156,318. What happened there?, I said to myself.
Any ideas? Also, just yesterday, I learned that if a reader of your Blog doesn’t have the toolbar installed, this information will not register with Alexa. So the more people that have the toolbar the better. I think the key here is to promote the use of the Alexa toolbar and inform your readers of the advantages of having it installed on their desktop, such as making your Blog attractive to potential advertisers because it is your Alexa ranking they look at to decide whether to advertise on your Blog or not.
Once again, thanks for the information.

Prosperous Regards
Robert Drysdale

P.S. Have a Fosters for me downunder.

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