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Old 06-27-09, 16:49
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Originally Posted by bluetrance05 View Post
You don't have to be bothered about it, this is just what they claim a powerful tool used to rank websites that have a lot of traffic. It can tell how many traffic is visiting your site, but I'm not sure how accurate Alexa Rank is. A lot of people are using it just for their preference, but I still prefer Google Page Rank if I have to choose between the two.
Alexa ranks sites on the basis of the traffic they have but as it is said before (by me ;)), if the visitor visiting your site does not have alexa toolbar in the browser, the visitor won't be counted and hence you cannot rely upon alexa to check the traffic for a site :( The best tool to check the traffic of a site would be a web analytic application which is installed on the site (if you do not have access to it, you cannot check the traffic through the application :o )

Well, you cannot compare Google PR and Alexa as they have a different concept for rankings the sites (as far as I know, I think I am correct).

Google does not give PR to a site depending on the number of visitors a site gets per month but it depends on other factors such as relevant backlinks to the site, content of the site etc

When it comes to Alexa, it ranks the site depending on the number of visitors it gets and hence you cannot rely on Alexa.

For this reason, I think comparing Google PR and Alexa is not correct. However, when it comes to Google PR and Alexa, I prefer Google PR
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