Comments on: How important is a good Alexa ranking? http://www.forumdr.com/how-important-is-a-good-alexa-ranking/77/ Practical Advice for Running an Online Forum Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ben Bland http://www.forumdr.com/how-important-is-a-good-alexa-ranking/77/comment-page-1/#comment-21048 Ben Bland Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:33:08 +0000 http://www.forumdr.com/?p=77#comment-21048 I'm debating including Alexa ranking in some competitor reserach for a client and after reading this post I'm not convinced that it would be unhelpful to do so. In this particular case, all the competitors have popular websites and have fitted the Alexa toolbar. So a few clicks by friends wouldn't make a significant difference to ranking, right? And I don't need to worry about any competitor sites that don't have the toolbar fitted, as there aren't any in this competitor set. Just something to consider. Your points are still valid and helpful (thank you!), but there may be cases where they're not applicable. Ben I’m debating including Alexa ranking in some competitor reserach for a client and after reading this post I’m not convinced that it would be unhelpful to do so.

In this particular case, all the competitors have popular websites and have fitted the Alexa toolbar. So a few clicks by friends wouldn’t make a significant difference to ranking, right? And I don’t need to worry about any competitor sites that don’t have the toolbar fitted, as there aren’t any in this competitor set.

Just something to consider. Your points are still valid and helpful (thank you!), but there may be cases where they’re not applicable.

Ben

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