Comments on: Why I don’t believe Alexa Redirects Work http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/ Free Web Design and Web Development Tue, 13 May 2008 09:17:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: SiteLogic http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3564 SiteLogic Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:41:32 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3564 Hi Andrea, That Alexa chart was completely out, I checked yesterday and Alexa was showing youTube a lot lower than google.com :neutral: Hi Andrea,

That Alexa chart was completely out, I checked yesterday and Alexa was showing youTube a lot lower than google.com :neutral:

]]> By: Andrea Micheloni http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3563 Andrea Micheloni Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:37:24 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3563 Well, that's a good point; but I think the average visitor watching youtube videos all day long is far different from the one searching on google, maybe a little more "tech-oriented" and "spyware-aware"... Well, that’s a good point; but I think the average visitor watching youtube videos all day long is far different from the one searching on google, maybe a little more “tech-oriented” and “spyware-aware”…

]]> By: SiteLogic http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3544 SiteLogic Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:39:29 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3544 It is possible that youTube gets more hits than Google.com worldwide, remember I am only talking about one google domain here, there are hundreds of different googles around the world, but only one youTube.... At high traffic levels Alexa is reckoned to be pretty accurate. Unless you think that the youTube audience has a higher proportion of users running the Alexa bar.... personally I don't think thats the case.... It is possible that youTube gets more hits than Google.com worldwide, remember I am only talking about one google domain here, there are hundreds of different googles around the world, but only one youTube….

At high traffic levels Alexa is reckoned to be pretty accurate.

Unless you think that the youTube audience has a higher proportion of users running the Alexa bar…. personally I don’t think thats the case….

]]> By: Andrea Micheloni http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3540 Andrea Micheloni Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:34:35 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3540 Are you joking? :shock: Youtube having more pageviews (we are not counting bandwidth/ youtube would probably win) than google is simply absurd. IMHO, obviously... Are you joking? :shock: Youtube having more pageviews (we are not counting bandwidth/ youtube would probably win) than google is simply absurd.

IMHO, obviously…

]]> By: SiteLogic http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3536 SiteLogic Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:55:46 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3536 I think most websites sell advertising.... I actually use it more when looking at buying advertising... not for myself as I have nothing to advertise ;-) but I do get asked to look at things from time to time.... I think most websites sell advertising…. I actually use it more when looking at buying advertising… not for myself as I have nothing to advertise ;-) but I do get asked to look at things from time to time….

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3535 HMTKSteve Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:39:36 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3535 It's all about the dollars. No one cares about PR and alexa except those of us who are trying to sell advertising on our websites. It’s all about the dollars. No one cares about PR and alexa except those of us who are trying to sell advertising on our websites.

]]> By: SiteLogic http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3527 SiteLogic Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:06:35 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3527 You are right, Alexa has commercial value and it is worth paying attention to. Also, You Tube probably does have more traffic than Google.com, In fact I will write a post on it.... You are right, Alexa has commercial value and it is worth paying attention to.

Also, You Tube probably does have more traffic than Google.com, In fact I will write a post on it….

]]> By: SiteLogic http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3525 SiteLogic Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:00:01 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3525 No I dont, I have seen posts about it in various forums but who the originator was is anyones guess... it would be fun to know where it all started though ;-) No I dont, I have seen posts about it in various forums but who the originator was is anyones guess… it would be fun to know where it all started though ;-)

]]> By: Andrea Micheloni http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3524 Andrea Micheloni Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:53:15 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3524 Who cares for Alexa rank, anyway? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/13/alexa-says-youtube-is-now-bigger-than-google-theyre-wrong/ Yes, I know. As long as sites like TLA base their ranking on Alexa's ones, we can't give up with it. :evil: Who cares for Alexa rank, anyway?

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/13/alexa-says-youtube-is-now-bigger-than-google-theyre-wrong/

Yes, I know. As long as sites like TLA base their ranking on Alexa’s ones, we can’t give up with it.

:evil:

]]> By: HMTKSteve http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/comment-page-1/#comment-3512 HMTKSteve Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:30:12 +0000 http://www.sitelogic.co.uk/why-i-dont-believe-alexa-redirects-work/#comment-3512 Does anyone even know where this redirect scheme originated from? Does anyone even know where this redirect scheme originated from?

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