How to Improve your Alexa Ranking

by on 17. Aug, 2009 in Business Reviews

I am pretty happy today as this is the first time my blog has cracked the 50,000 mark for an Alexa ranking.  It took me a little over 7 months to reach this milestone.  I beat my goal by 5 months and that makes me happy :-)

I know there is a lot of debate over the value of Alexa ranking.  I believe that it is very important if you are looking to monetize your blog.  It is not the only thing that advertisers look for but it is one of the biggest factors in determining the value for an ad or link on your blog.

The Alexa formula is based on the number of vistors that visit your site and the number of page views.  Of course, only those with the Alexa toolbar count as votes.  It is kind of like the Nielsen ratings are for television.  Sounds pretty simple right, increase the number of visits and the number of pages they view and your Alexa ranking will increase, right? Yes, this is true but there are some other things you can do to boost your Alexa ranking.  Here are some ideas.

  • Install the Alexa toolbar.  If you have not yet installed the toolbar, do it now, it only takes a minute and every time you visit your site you will be helping your Alexa rank.
  • Encourage your blog readers to download the Alexa toolbar.  Just like I did just now! The more regular readers that you have that have the toolbar installed the better your ratings.
  • Attract other webmasters to your blog.  You should try to write blog posts about blogging and other topics that would be interesting to webmasters as these are the people that will be most likely to have the toolbar installed.  Even if you have a mommy blog or personal blog, you can sprinkle in some blogging posts to get the tech savvy visitors to stop by.
  • Become active in webmaster forums.  I am sure you notice a theme now, the more webmasters you get to your blog the better your Alexa ranking.  Join forums like Digital Point and Bloggeries and be sure to include your blog link in your signature.  These sites also allow you to add an rss feed to your profile that will display your latest feed.
  • Entrecard and Adgitize- These are two great ways to get get visits from people with the Alexa toolbar.  I recommend that you advertise on Adgitize, it is only $14 a month and you can make that money back and then some. For more info on Adgitize, you can click this link —>

    • Adgitize your web site.

    What do you do to improve your Alexa ranking?

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52 Responses to “How to Improve your Alexa Ranking”

  1. Bill 21. Aug, 2010 at 8:14 am #

    Thanks for the help on the alexa rating.How long does it take for someone who backlinked you to show up on alexa.com when you check your ranking. Do you lower your alexa rating if someone with ahigh google page rank backlinks you? Thanks Bill

  2. ejvind 14. Aug, 2010 at 4:31 am #

    Thanks for some new insights to ways of ranking higher on Alexa. I have been going up for a while, but seems to be stuck around 400.000, so I am grateful for the advice :-)

  3. Google Ranking 11. Aug, 2010 at 11:26 pm #

    I never gave a preference to alexa rank but after this I felt I should do some attention on my alexa rank.

    Thanks for sharing us

  4. tehtarikdrinker 26. Jun, 2010 at 4:27 am #

    thanks for the tip. Just recently I found out about Alexa ranking and I've been looking out for ways to improve my rather pathetic rank. Will try it out

    tehtarikmemoirs.com
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  5. Ryan 06. Jun, 2010 at 11:48 pm #

    Alexa is a great tool to have installed. I am not convinced about adgitize and entrecard.
    My recent post 7 Quick steps to get thousands of Twitter Followers

  6. Spunky Jones 22. May, 2010 at 9:04 am #

    Alexa rankings when they break 100K seem to stir up more interest and you get more visitors. With some of my web directories, if the Alexa rank drops under 125K, I get an increase of web site submissions. It’s the same old directories, but Alexa rank seem to be a factor when making their decision to submit their websites.
    .-= Spunky Jones´s last blog ..Selecting Your Web Hosting Provider =-.

  7. Aaron Wong 12. Mar, 2010 at 8:25 am #

    Hey Dan. Great post. I had no idea that downloading the toolbar could help one’s site so much! I aim to be in your spot ranking wise as soon as possible!

    I buzzed your post on seeded buzz.

    Thank you for the great information. I look forward to reading more.

    - Aaron Wong
    .-= Aaron Wong´s last blog ..How to Tell if a Guy Likes You: 9 Signs He is Interested =-.

  8. Hesham 11. Mar, 2010 at 8:44 pm #

    Yes! I can for Alexa rank and everything else interest advertisers!

    My blog is Ranked 29K right now, I have just broke the 30K last week, it’s increasing almost everyday!

    I am not sure of the real factors yet!
    .-= Hesham @ FamousBloggers´s last blog ..What’s the Relationship between Money, Blog Comments and True Love? =-.

  9. Andreas Bylund 03. Jan, 2010 at 7:40 am #

    The Alexa ranking is only about traffic not how much money each visitor spends on a site/is worth in advertising. Therefore you can’t really say that a site with a low number in Alexa is worth more then a site with a higher number (unless it’s a million or more in between).
    .-= Andreas Bylund´s last blog ..Did you think you had a secure password? =-.

  10. self improvement resources 03. Jan, 2010 at 7:25 am #

    How comes Google make more money than Yahoo yet Yahoo are always on top of Alexa ranking?

  11. Ozone depletion 03. Jan, 2010 at 4:16 am #

    Alexa ranking System does not impact your web reputation. As Its a Spying Technique and Could easily be manipulated.Need Not to bother about this.

  12. Free Logo Design 01. Jan, 2010 at 6:27 am #

    I have a website site with an alexa ranking of 93,000. Should I be able to get advertisers to pay me?

  13. iWoodpecker 15. Dec, 2009 at 3:01 pm #

    Bookmarking this post.

    Today my head doesn’t work anymore, will read it tomorrow :)
    .-= iWoodpecker´s last blog ..Feedburner Will Tweet Your New Posts. Great Idea! But… =-.

  14. Alan 14. Nov, 2009 at 12:15 am #

    On one of their new posts, Alexa said they calculate by weighing “reach” heavily so I think if you have lots of quality back links you might help lower your Alexa faster. But who knows I still have a LOOONG way to go in reaching a decent rank. At least the rank is for your domain and not for single pages like PR.

  15. quality web hosting 09. Nov, 2009 at 11:05 pm #

    It is rally a great opportunity for this great sharing….
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  16. Silk Flowers 17. Oct, 2009 at 7:31 am #

    Yes i did this one, but i don’t see much effect until and unless i get some big traffic spikes from digg, su etc

  17. Gerri - Ninety Niney Ways 25. Sep, 2009 at 7:35 pm #

    Thanks for these simple and easy tips. I am going to go and implement those I have already done right now. See you around.
    .-= Gerri – Ninety Niney Ways´s last blog ..Refill Your Ink Cartridges Instead of Buying Them New =-.

  18. Aram 16. Sep, 2009 at 9:55 pm #

    I am surprised why Alexa will improve only on Alexa toolbar installed blogs it kind of puts me off. Still Alexa ranking is a valid means to speak about a blog, so its still a valuable tip for those newbies like me.

    That apart other tips are easily implementable. I started off in the middle of June 2009 and now standing under 16,00,000 but my mission is to be under 1,00,000 within a year and I am going to achieve that before that time for sure!
    .-= Aram´s last blog ..Juan Martin Del Potro US Open Mens Singles 2009 Winner =-.

  19. jim 08. Sep, 2009 at 2:45 am #

    this is really well post on Alexa ranking . you can use Alexa widget toolbar as well.its wonderful to have a less Alexa ranking.

  20. Eric B. 07. Sep, 2009 at 11:31 am #

    Thanks for the tips. Too bad I really don’t want to have another toolbar in my browser.
    .-= Eric B.´s last blog ..Putting Together a Web Development Toolkit =-.

  21. Reliable Web Hosting 06. Sep, 2009 at 10:39 pm #

    Nice tips.. You can also add Alexa rank widget on your site. It does help you rank high quickly, if your visitors click on it. Its great to rank higher on Alexa especially if you are approaching prospective advertisers as well. And of course, if you can get more traffic from stumble, digg, shoutwire and other social networking sites, it will help boost your ranking.. By the way, I didn’t know about adgitize, will check it out..

  22. Kurt Avish 02. Sep, 2009 at 11:03 am #

    There is something I dont understand with alexa. Does it also have a preference for certain niche?

    I am asking this because I normally have between 1500 to 2500 visits per day on my blog. But most visitors are search engine ones and some are from my own country (country based news). So most of they are not too techky guys.

    Yet My alexa is at arnd 160000 – :-?
    .-= Kurt Avish´s last blog ..India Chief Minister Rajasekhara Reddy Missing =-.

  23. jim 01. Sep, 2009 at 6:11 am #

    this is really great on Alexa ranking. wonderful to read this. thanks for sharing. its useful.

  24. Tyrone | Millionaire Acts 30. Aug, 2009 at 3:06 pm #

    Wow, congrats to a high alexa rank. My blog is about 9 months old but the highest alexa that I got was around 300K. I think I must follow some of the tips you’ve mentioned here.
    .-= Tyrone | Millionaire Acts´s last blog ..What is an Entrepreneur? =-.

  25. Sire 29. Aug, 2009 at 7:56 pm #

    I’ve a;ways had the toolbar because I’ve always been interested in the traffic other blogs get.

    I think that Karen made a good point about the widget and it’s probably accurate. I say this because I have the widget on wassup and it has a better rating than my Load of BS site which gets way more visits. I think I will now put the widget on all my blogs.
    .-= Sire@ WassupBlog´s last blog ..Blog Me This You Blogging Fools =-.

  26. N95 Respirator 27. Aug, 2009 at 12:11 pm #

    I swear I was researching how to monetize blogs and all that and never once heard anyone say that I HAD to have the Alexa toolbar in it. Will have to now :)

  27. saurabh 21. Aug, 2009 at 7:16 am #

    this is really important to have a improved Alexa ranking..this post is much useful. thanks .keep sharing.

  28. DiTesco 20. Aug, 2009 at 5:38 am #

    I also do not like very much installing toolbars as they do seem to slow down the speed performance while browsing. Nevertheless, I do have Alexa installed as I believe that it is an interesting metrics for one to have. To add, Alexa rankings improve a lot more if you get visits from different locations. If you get your visitors from only one location then it will not improve very much. Try to “get” some visitors from all over the world and your Alexa should improve faster, obviously in addition to the tips you have said above.
    .-= DiTesco @Make Money Online Business´s last blog ..Earn Money And Boost Traffic With Entrecard =-.

  29. MichaelR 20. Aug, 2009 at 2:29 am #

    Wow 50k mark. Thats one accomplishment for a blog site except if yours sounds like Paris Hilton :)

    Congrats!
    .-= MichaelR@Tips for your long distance calls´s last blog ..How to Improve VoIP Call Quality =-.

  30. gautam hans 19. Aug, 2009 at 3:21 pm #

    sorry i missed the link http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus this also has additional features like meta tags and all. All in all a great tool for addicts like us

  31. gautam hans 19. Aug, 2009 at 3:19 pm #

    @tycoonblogger: I actually use a better tool that along with alexa rank shows the page rank and compete rank
    @extremejohn I am too an addict when it comes to stats
    .-= gautam hans´s last blog ..75 Beautiful Free Social Bookmarking Icon Sets =-.

  32. Extreme John 19. Aug, 2009 at 10:30 am #

    Wow bro it’s nice to see you crushing it and moving this baby up the chain, your hard work pays off.

    I never really paid much attention to Alexa ranking until someone pointed out to me that I was about to break into the 100k about 2 months ago, now I am addicted. Haha.
    .-= Extreme John@ Blogging and Business CEO´s last blog ..How Important are Your Passwords =-.

  33. jim 19. Aug, 2009 at 8:33 am #

    very well written. wonderful to read this.pretty useful and helpful.

  34. Toan Nguyen Minh 19. Aug, 2009 at 8:32 am #

    If you are looking for improvement your AlexaRank, you can also use some blackhat ways as: Use proxy and sock and some Alexa boost tools that was shared on Forum Digitalpoint^_^
    Thanks for nice post!
    .-= Toan Nguyen Minh´s last blog ..Affiliate Link Management with The Ninja Affiliate Plugin =-.

  35. Lee Ka Hoong 19. Aug, 2009 at 8:28 am #

    Congrats Dan for your alexa ranking, 50,000 is a great ranking Dan and you just took 7 months to achieve it, well done Dan! I’ve not done anything else to improve my alexa rank, I just let it grows naturally, but the improvement is slow. I’m going to install the Alexa tool since I visited my blog almost daily, perhaps it helps a little bit. :)

    Nice tips Dan!

    Regards,
    Lee

  36. Accommodation jindabyne 19. Aug, 2009 at 4:36 am #

    Really a nice description on Alexa ranking. Thanks for clearing the concepts.

  37. Klaus 19. Aug, 2009 at 1:34 am #

    Some how I don’t see how Alexa should be getting rankings from ISP’s – besides, there’s thousands of ISP’s out there.

    Somebody should try to get an undercover job within Alexa and report back to us on how they do their ranking :)
    .-= Klaus @ TechPatio´s last blog ..Most Popular Camera On Flickr: iPhone =-.

  38. bbrian017 18. Aug, 2009 at 9:59 pm #

    Great work Dan I’m really happy you managed to get so low in the rankings. Once you hit the 50,000 mark it starts getting hard to get lower as the competition is fierce.

    I had the tool bar installed once but never added after I moved back to windows xp from vista.

    I will look at installing it asap I find it cool how it also shows the related websites and has the little icon in the bottom allowing you to see the mini graph of the site your visiting.

    I love how you still support EC :)
    .-= bbrian017´s last blog ..Vacation Update – Toronto Zoo =-.

  39. Tycoon Blogger 18. Aug, 2009 at 5:58 pm #

    Great discussion! I agree with Gautam that content is the most important. I have the alexa add on on my firefox browser and it shows up in the bottom right hand corner. It helps me everytime I visit my own site but I like it because I like checking out other bloggers Alexa rank too.
    .-= Tycoon Blogger@Make Money Blogging´s last blog ..How to Improve your Alexa Ranking =-.

  40. Andreas 18. Aug, 2009 at 3:58 pm #

    @Klaus: I think they get metrics from ISPs the same way Compete does.
    .-= Andreas´s last blog ..How to setup a free blog on your own domain =-.

  41. Klaus 18. Aug, 2009 at 3:17 pm #

    I wonder how Alexa will be able to rank websites based on other sources than the toolbar. I mean, they sure as h*ll don’t get access to my google analytics or wordpress dashboard, nor my server log files. And I don’t believe I’m getting *any* hits from sources that goes through alexa (for click tracking).

    So what can they do? Maybe they just know that 0,5% of all internet users use their toolbar and they multiply the number up to match the ‘average’ rank?
    .-= Klaus @ TechPatio´s last blog ..Interview With World Famous Problogger Darren Rowse (video) =-.

  42. gautam hans 18. Aug, 2009 at 10:31 am #

    Congrats! you crossed the 50k mark i too have crossed mainly because of entrecard, twitter and also my posts that attract designers and webmasters. In the end content matters!
    .-= gautam hans´s last blog ..Battle of the #Retweets:Tweetmeme vs Twittley: Which one is better? =-.

  43. noor 18. Aug, 2009 at 7:47 am #

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  44. Typhoon 18. Aug, 2009 at 4:44 am #

    Sometimes I feel “Who the hell is Alexa to rank my blog?” because most of the times Alexa rankings are not trustful and show ranking which I couldn’t believe my blog can have after looking at my traffic stats but many advertisers look on that rank that is why sometimes I feel improving it can’t be bad thing.

    I think this article could possibly help improve the alexa rank.

  45. Doug Dillard 18. Aug, 2009 at 3:05 am #

    Congrats on topping the top 50K! That is a big accomplishment. We are hoping to get there before the end of the year :)
    .-= Doug Dillard´s last blog ..Adding Videos Can Liven Up Your Site =-.

  46. Andreas 18. Aug, 2009 at 2:55 am #

    Here’s how Alexa calculate rank since April 2008:
    http://blog.alexa.com/2008/04/alexa-ranking-system-has-been-changed.html

    As you can see they use more sources then just the toolbar, so it’s not helping that much to install it any more.

    /Andreas

  47. Shadow 18. Aug, 2009 at 12:47 am #

    Even I don’t like those toolbar.. I think its a wrong way calculate the ranking… If what Andreas says is right…then its good..
    .-= Shadow@Compute Live´s last blog ..Magnavox 32MF338B and 32MF339B for $299.99 | 32? 720p LCD HDTV =-.

  48. Andreas 17. Aug, 2009 at 11:08 pm #

    @Stefan they don’t do that any more. About a year ago they changed their way of counting rank for sites by also using other metrics.
    .-= Andreas´s last blog ..How to hide your affiliate links – part 4 =-.

  49. Greg Ellison 17. Aug, 2009 at 10:43 pm #

    I hate those tool bars applications. I don’t install any of that on my computer. Greg Ellison
    .-= Greg Ellison´s last blog ..What are the ways do you make money? =-.

  50. Stefan 17. Aug, 2009 at 7:35 pm #

    Sounds a bit weird that Alexa only gathers information from their toolbar. By doing so their statistics must be really distorted.
    .-= Stefan´s last blog ..69 Inspirational Quotes eBook =-.

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