Alexa Rank
By Sasha on Dec 19, 2008 in Blogging in general
There was a sudden dip in Alexa ranking across the blogosphere the other day when they did their usual update. I wondered how come some of my blogs went back to the millionth rank and one got back a No Data.
I contacted Alexa support to ask what happened. And I got this response from them:
Thank you for contacting Alexa Internet about the inconsistent/inaccurate traffic data on our website. A recent change to our servers resulted in our erroneously displaying traffic data that was out of date. (It was from November.) We have implemented a change to those servers and anticipate current, accurate ranking information to be displayed on alexa.com shortly. We appreciate your having brought the bug to our attention and regret any inconvenience.
For future use, you may wish to download the Alexa Toolbar as a bug on our website like this does not affect the Alexa Toolbar. The correct Traffic Rank is displayed in either the Alexa Toolbar for IE or Alexa Sparky for Firefox. You can download these free tools here: http://download.alexa.com/
We appreciate and thank you for your support.
So my border was right. It was a system glitch. Anyway, as they have said in their email, expect the rankings to be back to normal within the day. I just like how they reply fast to emails sent to them. This is the third time I used their contact form and in all three cases, they responded within a few hours.
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Michele @ The Integrated Mother | Dec 20, 2008 | Reply
Good to know. I wondered why Alexa’s numbers have been so up n’ down. Thanks!
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jeniffer | Dec 20, 2008 | Reply
ate sasha..MERRY CHRISTMAS! a christmas greeting is awaiting for you in my blog. Pls. Take a look.
and also here’s my greeting card. click this ECARD
Hope you like it!!! More blogging year’s for us to come!! mwaaahh..
Rach (Heart of Rachel) | Dec 20, 2008 | Reply
I also appreciate quick replies on queries.
Have a lovely Christmas season.
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Mizé | Dec 21, 2008 | Reply
Hi.
I also noticed a drop in my blog´s Alexa rank and others that I visit trough Entrecard. I wondered why, but thought it was related to less droppers.
Thanks for sharing this info, my ranks are back since yesterday and now I understand what happened.
A good weekend!
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Windmill | Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
Hi Sasha,
I wish you Yuletide Joy and A Blessed New Year together with your family.
Happy Holidays!
Shelly | Dec 22, 2008 | Reply
I was wondering what happened. Mine jumped too and I couldn’t figure it out. Thanks for the info.
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reyna elena | Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
gurl, just wishing you a very merry holidays!!!
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Fear Of Long Words | Dec 23, 2008 | Reply
Looks like everything is back to normal
Rach (Heart of Rachel) | Dec 24, 2008 | Reply
I came by to wish you and your family a beautiful Christmas. God bless.
bokjae | Dec 29, 2008 | Reply
Happy New Year to you and may your Alexa Ranking tops the 100k mark! haha!
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