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2018-06-16, 04:08 AM | #1 |
The Original Greenguy (Est'd 1996) & AVN HOF Member - I Crop Pics For Thumbs In My Sleep
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Why I Fucking Hate Alexa 🤬
This is currently what you see when you look at link-o-rama.com on Alexa:
This is what I show for link-o-rama.com in Google Analytics for the same time period: Pretty steady, right? (the dip is Xmas & the spike was 1 hour on 1 day where I think I got hit by a bot) 2 months ago, I had a guy buying an ad from me come up for renewal, so I quoted him the same price as the year before because my traffic was basically the same. He looked at Alexa, saw that dip (and it was April, so I was still down there) & told me I'd have to cut my price in half if I wanted him to keep the ad. I showed him basically the same Google Analytics graph proving my traffic is basically the same, but I could not convince him that I have no control over 100,000 sites that now have more traffic than I do. This is why I fucking hate Alexa |
2018-06-16, 11:14 AM | #2 |
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Similar web is a much better metric. Alexa is shit. Alexa is good for finding scammers who are leeching your traffic. Thats about it.
This should make you feel better. https://www.similarweb.com/website/link-o-rama.com
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2018-06-16, 11:35 AM | #3 |
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Alexa has NEVER been a reliable source for traffic volume. It has marginal value for tracking incoming links, that's about it. Using Alexa as a basis for ad buys is foolish.
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2018-06-16, 07:50 PM | #4 |
That's what she said
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I might be wrong here, but isn't Alexas data collected from that thingy a java-installation puts in your browser (if you allows it?)
And isn't Java some sort of slowly dying? If so, wouldn't this mean Alexa-data will loose its value in time? Again, this post was made out of something I believe I've heard a long time ago. So I might be completely of here. If so, sorry Jolly |
2018-06-18, 01:19 AM | #5 | ||
Asleep at the switch? I wasn't asleep, I was drunk
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That is what I thought. Alexa only used data from users who had the alexa toolbar installed. This is what they say on the site: Quote:
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2018-06-18, 08:21 AM | #6 |
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Hmmmm.. kind of like the old Nielson ratings for television? And this is supposed to be a valid measure of traffic? Really?
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2018-06-18, 09:41 PM | #7 |
Asleep at the switch? I wasn't asleep, I was drunk
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Exactly.
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2018-06-24, 10:17 PM | #8 |
Internet! Is that thing still around?
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Alexa is damn shitty
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