georgehappy
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I was under the impression that google analytics gives the same data
Is Alexa even useful?
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mynameis940
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Alexa is very useful for me, I find some important information about my competitors and use it myself to beat them. As for the ranks, it doesn't really matter imo.
Initial Effort
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Helpful in what way? People brag about their alexa rank like they brag about their BBB rating (which ofc defaults to A+).
99% useless in my opinion, especially given how people use the internet completely differently now than when alexa began.
Helpful in what way? People brag about their alexa rank like they brag about their BBB rating (which ofc defaults to A+).
99% useless in my opinion, especially given how people use the internet completely differently now than when alexa began.
GrannysFav
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Its useless as a metric but can give you an idea on where authority sites stand.
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Alexa is not important, it will not help to improve your ranking(SERP)
Charliechuckles
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It's okay for rough estimates but no way accurate.
zebrahat
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Useful for what, worthless for what? is the better question. While it is an inaccurate gauge of traffic for small sites (as those stats can be easily manipulated), it becomes more reliable for quickly identifying the top 50,000-100,000 sites (which are not easy to manipulate). Alexa is not useful for SERP or SEO purposes---meaning it IS useful if you're not pursuing SERP, or ranking in the search engines for traffic.
As a famous thread by Ferma here showed, it is useful approximate tool for identifying the top sites traffic-wise for use in setting up link-thru traffic. There is another game in town for getting traffic than Google, and a tool doesn't have to be precise to be valuable. The "it's worthless" chant on this thread represents a SEO-based marketing bias.
As a famous thread by Ferma here showed, it is useful approximate tool for identifying the top sites traffic-wise for use in setting up link-thru traffic. There is another game in town for getting traffic than Google, and a tool doesn't have to be precise to be valuable. The "it's worthless" chant on this thread represents a SEO-based marketing bias.