Alexa.com is a company may via Amazon.com.  It is a website which provides information on traffic levels for websites.  A lot of people use Alexa to calculate their traffic rank, but I Alexa only records the users who have visited a website with the Alexa toolbar installed, so therefore does not give 100% real results.  Although Alexa only records users with Alexa toolbar installed it is still a good program and a high Alexa ranking is good to attract advertisers.

In this article, I will examine the importance of Alexa rank and how it relates to cite monetization.  I also include a list of 17 methods and strategies you can use to increase your Alexa rank dramatically in the short and long run.

Problems with Alexa rank:

A problem with Alexa is that it does not calculate the traffic 100% but instead only calculates the users who visit your site that have the Alexa toolbar installed.  Not to mention that most sites visitors that are not related to webmaster/tech more than likely will not have the toolbar installed.  Meaning that it can not give an accurate result.

So why would you want to increase your Alexa rank?:

Webmasters, advertisers, ad networks as well as some paid to blog networks use your blogs I Alexa rank as a gauge to determine the price of a link on your website or blog review.  If you are fully dependent on link sales and blog reviews as your income stream for your blog well then it would be definitely worth your while increasing your Alexa ranking.

Ad networks such as reviewme.com, textLinkads.com, sponsoredreviews.com, and paidtopost.com are just four networks which base your ad selling strength on you’re Alexa  ranking.

So how do I get started with Alexa?:

If you are using Internet Explorer you can visit this webpage

If you’re using Firefox you can visit this page and download the search status extension which displays both your Alexa rank and Google page rank and many other features.

Now below are 17 ways to increase your Alexa ranking:

1. You should firstly installed the Alexa toolbar.  And then make your blog or website your homepage, now every time you visit your home page or use the Internet it is counting is more views towards your Alexa ranking.  You should also if you can install it in your workplace or on a friend’s computer.

2. You should try to get listed on as many search engines as you can. A list of these can be easily found by searching the digital point forums.

3. Encourage your users to install the Alexa toolbar.  Also encourage friends or fellow webmasters to install the toolbar.

4. You could try by writing a blog about Alexa ranking.  Many webmasters, bloggers and newcomers to the online earning scene love to hear of ways to increase their Alexa rank.  Other webmasters may also link to your article gradually increasing your daily visitors and Alexa ranking.

5. You can try posting your URL on forums. Forums such as namepros or digitalpoint are good ways to get exposure for your website, most users of these websites will have the Alexa toolbar installed.  Not only will you gain visits were also gain feedback from reputable members.

6. Why not try putting the Alexa widget on your website. Many webmasters say that this increases your Alexa ranking, I cannot prove this theory but the only way of proving this is trying it and seeing if it has results for you.

7. Try posting your URL in Asian social networking websites or forums.  Many webmasters say that East Asian Web users are big fans on the Alexa toolbar.  Many Asian-based websites are in the top 500 Alexa rankings, judging from this I suggest that you give it a try.

8. Try get users to dig or stumble upon your articles this usually brings massive numbers of visitors to your website.

9. Why not create a Webmasters tools section on your website? This is a great way to get webmasters to revisit your website again and again to download free tools and products.

10. Buy banners and links from other webmaster forums and websites, this will help to drive targeted webmaster traffic to your blog.

11.  Another way in which I have heard on many other forums and blogs is to pay Internet cafés also known as cybercafes to install the Alexa toolbar and to set your website as their homepage.  This may be a hard step to put into practice what has proven results for many webmasters.

12.  Submit your website to free and paid directories. By submitting this to the webmasters category you will gain extra visits and increase your ranking.

13.  Writing good content on your blog is a key this will help you fetch good search engine traffic and others will talk about the quality of your articles and will visit your site.  This will definitely result in a good Alexa ranking.

14. Buy forum signatures off what are webmasters on webmaster related forums and also include your link in your signature.

15.  If you want to artificially increase your Alexa ranking which I do not recommend, then you can use sites such as myspace, bebo or other social network sites to increase the visits to your site by posting your links, pictures, or articles from your website.

16.  Another artificial way of increasing your Alexa ranking if you are a new website and your Alexa ranking is in the high millions then you can try using auto-surf websites.  This way you can increase your traffic to over 3000 a day depending on the amount of money you wish to spend.  This will only work for a new website and possibly not for websites with low Alexa rankings.

17.  My last trip to you would be very to write articles on webmaster related topics and submit them to article directors this for sure will increase your traffic.

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