Movin’ on up, to the Eastside, to a DLux apartment in the sky!
Hey! Look what I’ve just gotten for the first time:
I finally got myself an Alexa chart on Sunday! That means I’ve grown to be one of the top 100,000 sites on the web! Well, for Sunday at least. I’m not sure how long it will last. But considering there are now more than (put your pinky to your mouth when you say this) 100 Million websites out there, I’m glad for my little piece of the pie.
So here’s the big image for posterity’s sake:
http://www.thecodecave.com/images/dailyreach2.png
Cool!
Hey – My site is woefully low on reviews. One of the ways that I’ve given as how to say a quick “Thanks” is to write a review for me on Alexa/Amazon. So, if I’ve helped you out, please consider writing a quick review under your amazon account here.
Cheers all!
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top .1%, not bad, not bad at all. Planning to get there someday!
Wohhooo, you movin’ on up! 🙂 Congrats
Thanks Zafar! I’ve been moving up fairly steadily – then I got busy for two months. The good news is I am much more caught up at work, the bad news is that my progress slowed tremendously. Still, the ratings are growing and I know I’ve help more people by having this site than just those few I come in contact with. And that’s really what makes it worth it.
Isella! Hey Lady! How ya doin??? It was GREAT having dinner with you the other night – and your family too! I’m glad you made it all the way back home safely! Love the kiss costume btw 😉
Sorry, but among professional webmasters Alexa is something of a running joke. It is so grossly inaccurate and it is so easy to tamper with, and it is so strongly biased towards webmasters/internet professionals that it has no – repeat NO – real meaning for an average site.
Only the top-500 (some claim top-1000) sites have a large enough sample base that their reults are somewhat accurate. For all the other sites it is just a joke. By easily installing the Alexa toolbar, the average webmaster can move his own site easily up several tens os thousands of positions.
For further reading, you might want to check these articles: http://www.google.com/search?domains=webmasterworld.com&q=alexa&sitesearch=webmasterworld.com
Yeah, but it is still fun. For a long time, my wife’s site had a higher percentage of visitors, yet her ratings slowly dropped and dropped and eventually she fell off the chart, yet she was still beating me out on a numbers game.
I use Alexa mostly as a direction indicator. Generally speaking, if you are continuously moving up, things are improving. Swings in Alexa can indicate a trend you haven’t yet seen on your site.
It’s a game and hobby for me to look at this stuff since it doesn’t really matter. In my mind, it’s like a turn based game of Civilization, only it is post based. There are so many factors involved, it is hard to tell how you really compare, but you still can have fun playing!