When I checked my alexa ranking today, I got surprised by seeing some new changes in alexa ranking. I tried to look at the alexa blog as well but nothing is mentioned there. I doubt that there are some major changes going to happen in the near future as there are some background processes is going on.
Alexa Ranking Changes
Alexa was founded in 1996 and is a most trusted(?) ranking system which ranks the website according to the traffic it gets. It is one of the most popular ranking system after the Google PR.
Getting in the top 100,000 (1 lakk) ranking of the alexa is what all webmasters aims for. Usually alexa shows the ranking according to yesterday, 7day,1 month,3 month average basis. Lower the ranking better is the performance of your website.
If your website average is more than 1 lakh for the day then alexa usually don’t show it in the “Yesterday” ranking (yestrerday ranking row will not appear in the ranking. It will start with 7 day average) but with the new changes you can check your website ranking on the daily basis even if it it more than 1 lakh. Check out the screen shot to check some new changes. They have introduced a new colomn where you can see the last day ranking and percentage of drop/increase as well.
Is it any good?
As a blogger I am happy to see the new changes but meantime I see increase in my alexa ranking from past few days. When I used to get 100-150 hits per day I used to get 70,000-80,000 ranking but now after getting 300-400+ hits per day my ranking is increasing like anything 
. If they are changing their ranking algorithm as well then it is good if it becomes more reliable and trusted.
Final thought:
No matter what changes alexa makes it is still one of the most reliable ranking system. Did you notice any drop/increase in your alexa ranking from past few days? Do you think that now is a time for alexa to become more trusted and consistent?
If you are interested in Alexa review exchange then head over to http://www.alexa.com/reviews/techgenuine.com and write a review on techgenuine. Drop a comment in comment section and I will do the same for you.
10:30 am on November 20th, 2009
Yea there is , but Alexa ranking is not depends on entire traffic.Its count only the visitors having Alexa toolbar. just in one month my ranking bounce from 8 figure to 6 figure.
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11:27 am on November 20th, 2009
I have been checking my ranking for the last few days and I’m getting closer and closer to being under 50k. I have been trying hard to do it and I’m happy with my progress.
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12:08 pm on November 20th, 2009
My ranking is in steady state for almost this two weeks.
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12:14 pm on November 20th, 2009
@vivian
You are right and there are many ways to increase it. I have installed the script on my blog to see what it has to offer. Thank you for your valuable input.
12:16 pm on November 20th, 2009
@George
I see that your alexa ranking is improving a lot. Keep up the good work and you will cross 10k mark as well.
1:11 pm on November 20th, 2009
hey it seems sheer coincidence.. same posts on our blogs..
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5:20 pm on November 20th, 2009
I welcome these changes by Alexa. It will give a wider scope for analysts who analyse Blog traffic.
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6:24 pm on November 20th, 2009
Well Ricky. You misunderstood with the Alexa Ranking. Alexa don’t have a condition to show the “Yesterday” position. There is some more inner method to control how they are showing. You know what. I am seeing the Yesterday ranking once I got 15 lacs rank and at that time I don’t have a 100k position on a single day.
We still need a clear word from Alexa to show how they really rank the sites.
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7:45 pm on November 20th, 2009
Yes, I love the change and we can see the change for day, week, month and 3 months, not just 3 months as previously
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9:48 pm on November 20th, 2009
There hasn’t been any significant changes to my Alexa ranking. It’s just been increasing at a steady pace ever since the beginning.
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10:14 pm on November 20th, 2009
My ranking really hasn’t seem to change too much all though it is showing me down a few places today from where I was a few days ago. Booooo!
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7:06 am on November 21st, 2009
alexa rank is not correct, anyone can manipulate it with by some small tricks
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7:45 am on November 21st, 2009
@Tech-Freak Stuff
I hope the new changes are good for all. They need to improve their ranking system a lot.
7:59 am on November 21st, 2009
@Blogrpro
Karthikeyan, this is a general trend that alexa don’t show the ranking of the blog if the ranking is above 100k. But as you said alexa is somewhat unpredictable so you can’t be sure about its ranking system.
8:21 am on November 21st, 2009
@Gabe
It is good to hear that your blog ranking is increasing at steady speed.
8:23 am on November 21st, 2009
@Extreme John
Don’t worry man, you will rank higher as your 7day and monthly average is very good. I am jealous of your ranking.lol
8:27 am on November 21st, 2009
@Crazy blogger
Yes, alexa is not perfect but it is always one of the trusted ranking system and widely approved by many advertisers.
9:00 am on November 21st, 2009
Alexa is the best site to check your ranking. But I am still confused with the way they do the ranking. I think they only only take the visitors data but something more than that I suppose.
9:54 am on November 21st, 2009
Well, I do check my Alexa Page on a daily basis and I have been seeing the above changes since last week. However, I have nothing to complain. On the contrary, it is is rather to have more stats about how your blog was ranked over a period of time. I am all for it as long as I’m all set to breach the 100k mark (which I presume won’t take many days). Wish me luck
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1:44 pm on November 21st, 2009
I rarely check the stats, but mine is same yours here. Should we focus on this metric? I prefer comments, followers or subscribers than this ranking and Google PR.
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2:10 pm on November 21st, 2009
Whooh…I envy you guys for what you have achieved. My blog doesn’t have that much traffic yet for me to monitor Alexa rankings for now. I hope to someday be able to join with you guys as you proudly spill out your rankings.
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8:40 pm on November 21st, 2009
good post Ricky, my alexa rank not much changed from last two week
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7:43 am on November 22nd, 2009
@Sandesh
It is not known that how alexa is ranking the websites. It might depends on many factors, blog traffic is one of those many factors. BTW thank you for stopping by and taking time to comment over here
7:45 am on November 22nd, 2009
@TechChunks
Keep up the good work buddy and you will cross 100k mark in no time. All the best
7:47 am on November 22nd, 2009
@Phaoloo
Even I don’t concentrate much on such data. I rely much on google analytics but it is helpful when you are looking for advertiser or paid posts.
8:36 am on November 22nd, 2009
@James
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Keep working hard buddy, you have the potential to become a good blogger
9:04 am on November 22nd, 2009
I’m finding a way to increase my Alexa ranking. Do you have any suggestion for me? My ranking now is more than 100k. Thanks for information.
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1:38 pm on November 22nd, 2009
I’m currently concentrating on my Technorati rank more..
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10:33 am on November 23rd, 2009
@Kok Siong Chen
I will definitely share the ways to increase alexa ranking in my upcoming post. Thank you for your first comment over here
10:35 am on November 23rd, 2009
@S.Pradeep Kumar
I don’t like technorati as I have lost my authority after the new changes. I almost stopped worrying about technorati ranking
10:36 pm on January 1st, 2010
I Have a long way to go. Still, with a little tweaking I jumped 3000000 spots in 3 weeks. Something is changing with Alexa.
11:22 pm on January 15th, 2010
As mentioned on their site i.e.
“Alexa’s traffic rankings are based on the usage patterns of Alexa Toolbar users and data collected from other, diverse sources over a rolling 3 month period.
A site’s ranking is based on a combined measure of reach and pageviews.
Reach is determined by the number of unique Alexa users who visit a site on a given day.
Pageviews are the total number of Alexa user URL requests for a site.
However, multiple requests for the same URL on the same day by the same user are counted as a single pageview”.
I don’t think there is any rocket science. If someone wants to boost his alexa rank, he must increase his technology oriented visitors base e.g. webmasters, technology geeks. Because these are the people who certainly have the alexa toolbar installed….