Month: December 2008

Alexa Rank

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 A recent change to our servers resulted in our erroneously displaying traffic data that was out of date.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.

11 comments

WAH Moments: Christmas parties

Work at Home

My sisters are all going crazy about Christmas parties they need to attend. When you are working at home, of course, there are no office Christmas parties for you to attend to. I miss the chaos in the office while people are preparing for the Christmas party.

One of the companies I’ve been with is big on holiday parties. There are parties for each department, each location, and then the big one where every one converge. Since the Accounting and Finance department is the biggest department in the company, it is a big deal among the Finance executives. They would allot a portion of the savings in supplies and even donate a portion of their salaries for the event. That one party was actually one of the most memorable Christmas parties I participated in my entire career.

I miss participating in the preparation. The food, the games, the singing… :)

4 comments

Proposal Rock tragedy

Society at large

My sister and I always watch The Inside Edition. This afternoon, there was a report about an American who was supposed to propose to his girlfriend when she was suddenly swept away by big waves.

American, Scott Napper, took his Filipina girlfriend, Leafil Alforque, to Proposal Rock near Neskowin Beach in Oregon to pop the question. It was supposed to be a romantic moment for the two. Napper was preparing to propose and present his ring to Alforque when all of a sudden a big wave came crashing towards them. The last time Napper saw his girlfriend, she was being swept away by the waves.

This is just so sad. Alforque’s body has not yet been found. Let’s all pray for her soul and those that she left behind.

10 comments