Alexa Ranking........

So I went to check out my Alexa ranking today and was shocked to see it at 71,806. This site is only a few months old, so I have to say that I am pretty pleased with it.

Now here the question, I have other sites linking into this site but they do not show up on Alexa, likewise with all the traffic I get I still have no Google PR, but yet a few of my smaller sites are PR3+..........Go figure.

Any thoughts on Alexa? I don't think it's that important but maybe I'm wrong.

[Ex Croupier]

good when trying to make deals online but it is getting less reliable every day!

[PPP]

Alexa means next to nothing outside the top 1000. The traffic number is completely worthless. "Reach" has some value.

This site would have a higher Alexa traffic rank because it is a forum. Visits to all pages on domain are lumped into one number, so forums always get a large boost just due to the nature of looking at multiple pages. Comparing forum sites to forum sites can be somewhat useful, but comparing forum sites to non-forum sites is useless.

[smidey]

I can't say what they are...but I have two sites, both in the top 25,000 in Alexa.com

I'm pretty sure Alexa is pretty accurate because other sites that I own aren't getting as much traffic and the month end numbers show.

[Egthareal]

Alexa is good because - there are some people who allow links with only other people under the top 100K alexa rating. For instance : ebaumsworld.com a VERY high traffic website does link exchange with under 100K alexa people. Etc.

Alexa does have merit, you just have to find people who give it credit

--EG