how is this possible? (alexa)

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HighlanderPUG

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i'm new to seo, and have been lurking the forums regularly - and learning a lot! i went to alexa to check up on some competitors, and noticed that one of my top (or so i thought) blog competitors' traffic rank seems to have plummeted:

the site is still online and gets regular traffic. what could have happened, or what could the site owner have done, to have dropped the ranking like that?

 

jesus3

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wow thats f'd up good luck i hope u fix it!

 

swjedinight

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swjedinight

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Guy prob didn't pay for traffic anymore
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HighlanderPUG

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lol yea it's strange. is there a way to stop alexa from ranking your site? that's what my (uneducated) guess would be.

 

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i figured out what the deal is. it seems that around the time the stats took a nosedive, my competitor moved his site to a (seemingly unknown) niche market blog hosting site. my guess is that the blog hosting site struck a deal (or partnership) with my competitor.