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Manipulate Alexa traffic ranking - my experiment is over

Posted by terencechang • 6/20/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: alexa traffic ranking, page ranking, stumbleupon

In the past three weeks, I have been working on my experiment to manipulate Alexa traffic ranking. Now I am done with it. I will continue the strategies, but I won't promote it.

When I restart my blog on June 1st, my Alexa traffic ranking was 5.8 million. As of June 20th, my ranking is 580K. It jumps 10x. Does it work? Use your own judgment. After all, it's about manipulation.
www.terencechang.com/2007/06/20/manipulating-alexa-traffic-rankings-does-it...

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User Comments

6/20/07

karenlim

hmmm ... I don't manipulate it, I don't even install it's toolbar. I just want a feel of my estimate traffic. Although Alexa is not very accurate, it does give an estimation of the general traffic you get in relation to the others on the net.

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6/20/07

georganna

I thought Alexa only counts traffic from people who have the Alexa toolbar installed. Who cares?

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1. 6/20/07
  
  terencechang
  
  Well. If you are doing pay per blog. You might need to care.
6/21/07

crkian

how can you seperate the alexa jump from the experiment from the fact you will be getting more visitors

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6/21/07

suray

Well bro, useful resource, but I put Alexa badge only for filling empty place at my blog. I am blogging for fun and I just wanna people to know that I am really exist in the "inet" world. I am very appreciate every people that visit my blog. It's really a lot of fun can share something useful with unknown people.

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6/21/07

random4web

Why do you need Alexa traffic ranking increase ??? I don't know what is that

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6/21/07

random4web

Traffic Rank for ziarul.blogspot.com: 3,358,820 and I don't eaven try to rise it

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1. 7/22/07
  
  terencechang
  
  random4web:
  
  You have not got to the point where you need to prove your high Alexa traffic ranking. If you ask most of those blogger who have a lot of text link based advertisement, they will tell you that you need better Alexa traffic ranking.
  
  However, that high ranking doesn't mean you will be success. It's just one of the facts.
7/22/07

RTCunningham

It's all about monetization. If the paid sponsor services didn't use Alexa as one of their measurements, Alexa wouldn't even be a player.

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1. 7/23/07
  
  terencechang
  
  RTCunningham made good point. It's all about money.
  
  Alexa is part of Amazon and AdBrite is part of Alexa. So they are all the same . Without Alexa, AdBrite won't know how to set the price for each sites.
  
  Without Alexa, Amazon don't know who will their potential top seller. It's all about the evil business plan... which makes $$$.