Comments on: Many SEO Experts Don’t Know Jack

By: Frank J

Frank J — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:39:07 +0000

Alexa is intended for those who are trying to measure or gauge how well their site is ranking. Many advertisers rely on this when they choose to advertise on a well ranked site.

By: Worcester Movers

Worcester Movers — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:51:18 +0000

It’s interesting what you said about Alexa. I think it is pretty much common knowledge by now that Alexa rank is not an indication of the amount of traffic a website gets. So then what determines a website’s rank? What causes it to be in the top 5% if another site ranked lower gets more traffic? Another thing to consider is who actually has the Alexa toolbar installed. It’s mostly people who are trying to pay attention to Alexa rank for their own websites, not the average internet user.

By: Kikolani

Kikolani — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:00:34 +0000

Thanks for including me as an example. This is a good point though. I think that a lot of bloggers learn SEO tips that any business could benefit from. I have started using what I know for some freelance work, and I have encouraged those businesses to start blogs because the constantly fresh content and link building opportunities for blogs are seemingly endless compared to static sites.

~ Kristi

By: Frank J

Frank J — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:12:46 +0000

David,

Alexa is just another tool to gauge how well your website is ranked amongst users that have the Alexa toolbar installed. There are other companies like Alexa such as Quantcast and Compete.

Thanks for your comment, I appreciate your information!

By: David Hopkins

David Hopkins — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:27:14 +0000

I find Alexa to be wildly inaccurate is some cases. My site is about 115,000 and get on average 250 uniques a day, while I know another site that is about 450,000 and gets 1,200 uniques a day. However, like yourself I feel it is still a useful statistic. If a site is in the top 50,000 it is probably getting decent traffic.

Re. seo experts agree with this also. It seems to me there are a lot of dinos about who are not keeping up in someregards. Saw a video from 2008 the other day in which an SEO expert was saying how you shouldn’t use Java applets for menus. Think that advice is a bit out of date now

By: Frank J

Frank J — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:31:29 +0000

Fool,

Thanks man!

By: Fool

Fool — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:18:06 +0000

Very good information, as always thanks!

By: Vancouver Web Design

Vancouver Web Design — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:53:09 +0000

Very cool post, I’ve bookmarked the site and will return with the hopes of future articles on seo ?

By: Frank J

Frank J — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:30:29 +0000

Todd,

Keep chancing that green bar! Thanks for the opinion and you do make some valid points.

By: Frank J

Frank J — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:29:13 +0000

You are so welcome and I appreciate the comments!