Do you "care" what Alexa.com says?

[yourlocaltrades]

Just thought i would ask, as the "worldwide" ranking is useless to me as i only operate in the UK, but do you check out the figures of your/anyone's site at all?

I have noticed a "jump" of 131,000 in my UK rank in the last week, so is this Alexa any good?

Would apprieciate seeing others views on this.

Thank You,
Steve

[Ian J]

Alexa rankings are too easy to "influence" which is why they don't carry much weight

[yourlocaltrades]

Originally Posted by Ian J

Alexa rankings are too easy to "influence" which is why they don't carry much weight

You can influence them? Whats the point of it then?? (and how, i would love to be no1!!! )

[Ian J]

Unscrupulous website owners can use their supposed Alexa ranking to increase advertising revenue. If you Google around you will come up with a few programs that will help out in that regard

[yourlocaltrades]

Originally Posted by Ian J

Unscrupulous website owners can use their supposed Alexa ranking to increase advertising revenue. If you Google around you will come up with a few programs that will help out in that regard

Thats just wrong!

/off to google!!!

[misch.chief]

I personally never take any notice of it, but the higher it is, the better if you are doing it honestly.