Mar 25 2009

Alexa vs. Unique Visitors

Category: Personal — ChrisM @ 4:00 pm

I’m still confused by my Alexa rank – it has been hovering around the 900k for a while now, whilst my non-bot unique visitors per 24 hr period has re-stabilised in the 350-700 range recently. I remember when I was getting half that traffic and in the high 200K range when it comes to Alexa. Hey ho, did discover that I’m the 69,553rd most popular website in the Czech Republic for some reason!

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2 Responses to “Alexa vs. Unique Visitors”

  1. Hans says:
    March 26th, 2009 11:17 am

    Interesting, I’ve simular experiences. Looks like Alexa is not that adequat as it pretends to be.
    kindest
    hans

    • ChrisM says:
      March 26th, 2009 12:37 pm

      I wouldn’t mind so much if I weren’t displaying the Alexa image/script itself – then I could just be convinced by them stating it depended on the ratio of my uniques with and without their toolbar installed. If all visitors are counted, then the variation in rank is weird. I should probably go over and read their site though, there could be an explanation in plain sight, I’ve just not found their forumla etc. perhaps…