Comments on: Estimating webmaster skew in Alexa metrics https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/ Sat, 06 Dec 2014 05:30:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Neil Smith https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40008 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:08:24 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40008 I am rather confused by estimates from all these services like
Alexa,
Quantcast etc
Is there a valid methodology behind these estimates ? or are they just estimates ?
Even more confused about Alexa being more popular in the Asia, than in the US, I would have thought the other way around.

]]> By: Blogger Rise https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40007 Sat, 02 May 2009 09:44:13 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40007 Hmmm is t alexa important to us????

]]> By: SEO Firm https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40006 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:50:52 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40006 I would not consider Alexa to be the end all, be all of online marketing,yes being an online tool it gives results, it can be used for comparative analysis but with so many tools that move Aexa rankings, it is not a safe bet to rely completely on it.

]]> By: ER99 https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40005 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:03:44 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40005 I would like to point out that ANYTHING you do on the internet while you have alexa toolbox installed will be recorded and made available to archive.org. This includes your search queries and many of other things you type in (sometimes it even includes password tokens). Alexa is no good, it provides no meaningful information and worse, it takes your information and put it on the public domain.

]]> By: stephen rollenei https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40004 Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:55:43 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40004 I also notice that sites such as digg and some I have never even heard of (france, north africa) have very high scores, so it makes me wonder how accurate the measure is. Like everything else, I suppose it is at least a vague rule of thumb when comparing relativity of sites.(should not be way, way off)

]]> By: portal.im https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40003 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:28:38 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40003 Yes, I agree..

But, according to the whispers and for the other alexa toolbar users, we use alexa toolbar..

We think; alexa ranks are the part of google’s algorithmes..

]]> By: Internet Marketing London https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40002 Tue, 22 May 2007 11:30:56 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40002 Hi,

I think that Alexia is an excelent internet marketing tool, the problem is that some people use some tricks to increase their ranking; the consequence of that is that not too many people will trust Alexia in the future is this people continue using those tricks, there might be a way to stop that!

]]> By: Archna Sajwan https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40001 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 04:26:58 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40001 Alexa definitely gives different results and truly you can’t trust any online tool. Because, accuracy in results of web traffic can’t be measure through online tool available.

But, atleast you can have the approx. results of your competitor that provide statistics on web site traffic, as well as lists of related links to the some extent.

Archna Sajwan

http://www.ecommind.com

]]> By: James Galway https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40000 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:41:06 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-40000 I read before that Alexa Toolbar was used more predominately in ASIA & not so much in US or Europe.

Im not sure the Rank in Alexa holds water beyond the Top 100 mark….

After all Google isnt #1 there ( at the moment !: )

Cheers!

]]> By: infonote https://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-39999 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:33:27 +0000 http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/estimating-webmaster-skew-in-alexa-metrics/#comment-39999 Would you risk your life on Alexa? No
Is it one of the tools available? Yes

While it is not accurate for a tech website, it is probably more accurate for a gardening site.

After all it is just a sample. Samples are not accurate, but are better than nothing.

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