Alexa Rankings And Google Listings.

[marketraise001]

It is often wondered as to why people are dying to be listed by google or getting their traffic rank in alexa into the top 10.Rewind to 24 months back.Youtube a video website was created by three former paypal employees.The website's proper marketing and uniqueness to provide viewers with every information possible as far as it's trade goes had it being listed in alexa's top 10 traffic rankings and then followed it up by being procurred by google on october 2006.Today it is considered as google's video library and lists third on alexa's rankings for traffic.
Often SEO analysts who are regular posters on SEO webmaster forums would come up on a topic that says alexa's ranking is useless and the main factor that matters is google's pagerank.With due repsects to the latter aspect,I would beg to differ from the first one,that alexa is not important.To feature in alexa top rankings is a show of status for your website.It indicates that your website posses all the requirements needed to capture visitors and make them expore your website in detail.To that convincingly and repeatedly requires smart work if not HARD WORK.As I mentioned earlier that the net was probably the only place where you would be informed on all topics possible, there are cent percent chances that there would be around ten websites similar to yours no matter how hard you try to be unique.Never mind even if you try to use an odd design,extraordinary content and over the roof promotions.Your website is not going to be seen as something that is being offered for the first time.There is a proverb that says"TO BE AMONGST THE CLASS YOU NEED TO RISE FROM THE MASS".I haven't the faintest idea as to who said it but all I know is it holds good for every form of existence.
To be the best amongst all similar websites and to drive your competitors crazy is a big challenge and possibly the toughest one on the internet.Good creative skills does help.Stop immitating others and carve a name that is solely related to you.Even if it is crticized.Once youyr website is created and you do all the marketing startegies well you will definitely get visitors.This first set of visitors would be the one's who would decide the fate of your website.Never mind if they are even a handful.ou impress them more then 50% of your job would be done.These visitors would recommend your website to others who are on the lookout for content that your website will offer.Similarly the second set of visitors would do the same to a third party and so on.Once the word is spread your website is a hit.People would casually start searching for your website on google even if they donot require your services at that particular instant.
Your website should also feature in google's first page if a search related to your website is made.The vistors will only help you to enhance your rankings on alexa.The google theory is "I am the BEST".Once your website is popular and people are
"gung ho" google will automatically come up with a deal that very few would find hard to resist.It is then when ou will find all your efforts and hard work being payed off.Search results for your websites will feature the wikipedia article that you originally wrote but wasn't featured as you wern't listed.More information about you and your website will lead to further discussions on the net.
So now then what's the wait for?Just a couple of years hard work and I promise if the algorithms favours you and your luck,You would never have to look back in life.After all we are all here for the prized gift-listings furthered by fame and MONEY.

Well let me confess something prior to the admins getting harsh on me.It is only 6 months that I have been in SEO.I have put down what I have understood till now.In case (very obvious due to inexperience) I have put down something that is wrong kindly correct me instead of banning me or giving me an infraction.

Regards.

[Larwee]

If a member is having a problem with the forums or the way things are being run, I always like to handle those matters in private rather than in public. But since you made a public statement I will respond to it in public. However I am not going to allow this to turn into a public argument like you might see at some forums.

I have no idea why you made that last statement. Neither of the comments is right. We do not ban members because they post something that isn't correct. We don't give infractions because we don't use the infraction system. You can read about that here http://affiliate-marketing-forums.5s...html#post15174

I will contact you by private message and we can continue this in private. Meanwhile others can comment on what you said in your post prior to that final paragraph.

[jcorkern]

marketraise001 there is no one here condeming you, and the older more experienced people know that you are new to SEO by your post. This is not a bad thing if you use control. I understand hat you are trying to build credibility for your new choosen profession and i can relate to the struggles of just starting out. I , as many have been there.

What you need to do is look at this in a different manner. you are still new to this and have not had time to test all of the theories from webmaster world, seo round table ect...

Until you test something, you can not afford to assume it as fact and keep repeating it without testing it. This will cause you to lose a business i am sure you want to succeed. There are no excuses when you tell a customer you can produce and they are paying you. Well, this forum and others can give your business a bad name by following the crowd. just as you noted in this post. you have to step away from the crowd. and following theres places will cost you much. you can take the information there and then test it and draw your own conclusions.

Much of what is put out is marketing schemes by some brilliant marketers. The Duplicate content theory is one of them, and now they have the net in a frenzy, Ghost writers have increased their income because of this.

Sales of article spinners have gone up 2000% or better and this is because people put out bad information.

You do not ever have to worry about changes in the algorithmns if you play it smart and stick to the basics.

Fancy information is useless to the people of new forums because you have to understand basic principles before you can understand advanced information.

Let me give you an example with the information on alexa. I can go spent 400 bucks on pop unders and get an alexa ranking of under 10000 in 30 to 60 days on a new site. This is misleading because it is useless traffic. But a good marketer can use this useless traffic to his/her advantage if they are smart because people talk of the importance of alexa. Here is how you do it and create the "Buzz".

Once you get an alexa of 300, 000 you can start a PR campaign with press releases and articles touting the massive flow of traffic from a brand new website. this give the impression of it being a new web wonder and can start massive traffic due to social conformity. It is the illusion of popularity and this created a following by assuming that a particular site is "HOT"!

So, now you see hopw they are even using YOU to concrete their marketing plan.

The people here are also trying to make their mark on the net just as you are. Remember that Rome was not built in a day. Take your time, test, and understand fully why there is diverse and mostly inaccurate information put out on the web. this will keep you from feeling like you are alone.

SEO and marketing is not hard. it is and will always be a simple process because that was the initial design.

If you notice, the changes in algos, they are targeting cheaters. not the honest SEO or marketer.

Hope this helps

[geoman11]

Alexa is a great site. Love to look on that site

[kenpachi]

Alexa is a very important indicator of how well a site is doing, just as important as page rank in my eyes. It's also one of my favorite tools to see how other sites are doing and find out exactly when they became so popular.

[jcorkern]

anyone can create a low alexa ranking with 500 bucks or less in less than 30 days.

With 500 bucks, i can take a web page(site) that is completely blank and get it an alexa ranking of less than 100,000 in 30 days or less.

Alexa is not an accurate way to measure a sites popularity, and neither is PR.

I can build a PR 6 site in one google update and have it getting less than 50 visitors a day in natural search, and can also have a pr 3 site getting 2 to 10 k visitors a day.

PR is not a mesure of success or traffic.

[MrCat]

PR is not a measure of success or traffic.

I definitely agree! I would rather focus more in SERP ranking as this is what brings in the traffic. PR, for me is good also in terms of gauging how much you could sell links and ads on a site.