May 18, 2012

How To Raise Your Alexa Ranking (in a cool way)

Posted on 28. Mar, 2011 by in Blogging, Page Rank Related

Yet another little “deviant” tatic from Mitch today. In my time as a blogger and innovative Internet Entrepreneur I have found a number of different ways to do things. Now for those of you who don’t know what an Alexa ranking is, an Alexa ranking is a global ranking system which keeps track of all the top websites in the world. For instance Google has an Alexa ranking of, yes you guess it, 1. Facebook has an alexa rank of 2 and YouTube has an Alexa ranking of 3. The highest I have been able to get one of my websites on the Alexa ranking system is around 70,000 globally and that’s another thing. Alexa has both, global and local ranks which you can rank for.

So what’s the big deal about getting a really high Alexa ranking apart from bragging rights amongst the who’s who of the IM (internet marketing) industry, well in some circles people believe that your Alexa ranking is just one of the many attributes that Google looks for when ranking your website, it’s also another backlink when you think about it and everything counts right! So how does it work?

Alexa, which is now owned by Amazon, while being the authority in web ranking, doesn’t really get much data to play with, realistically when you think about it. There are over 3.4 billion people online (growing daily) literally half of the worlds population online and of those people online, I would estimate that at maximum around 10% of them would have this installed. Alexa ranks your website based on people visiting it who have the Alexa toolbar installed. Yep, you guessed it. So litrerally less that 10% of the people who visit your website, are contributing to the rank of your website. What if you could get every single person who visits your website to send that data back to Alexa and increase your Alexa ranking effortlessly. This is not a black hat strategy by any means, but rather a way to help Alexa gather more data and increase the accuracy of their rankings.   As a great side benefit, this also helps your site’s Alexa ranking, allowing you to better dominate those keywords you’re going for with Google.

How to Raise Your Alexa Rankings

The way to do this is easy, all you need to do is put some code in your footer.php file of your WordPress template, or if you are using something other than WordPress, you can do it very easily as well.

You are probably thinking to yourself, “Mitch, I get it, tell me what I gotta do and stop blabbering on with the theory.” – Ok, so what you need to do is simply past the following code into your footer and make sure you edit the part that says “yourwebsite.com” to your website name.

<div style=”display: none;”><a href=”http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/yourwebsite.com”><script src=”http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/s/a?url=yourwebsite.com” type=”text/javascript”></script></a></div>

This has been another “interesting” broadcast by Mitch Sanders AKA The Marketing Deviant. Leave me some comment love below.

About Mitch Sanders

Mitch Sanders is the founder and editor of The Marketing Deviant Blog & International MiniBike Forum Dirt Bikes. Learn more about him here – About Mitch Sanders, connect with him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter @MitchSanders.

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136 Responses to “How To Raise Your Alexa Ranking (in a cool way)”

  1. Lorie 31 July 2011 at 11:42 am #

    Great post!i really amazed how Alexa ranking way on top.i am so glad that i found this post i kept and absorb and maybe one day i can help some of my friends by sharing this idea to them.
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  2. SamaraJames 3 August 2011 at 4:10 am #

    Earn money it’s a my biggest dream well Alexa collects data on the sites that users of the toolbar visit to rank sites based on the traffic to them.

  3. Bird Net 4 August 2011 at 11:20 am #

    Is it really this way
    I had thought that alexa ranking increases on the traffic value on the page
    Thanks for the great info

  4. Jennifer 7 August 2011 at 3:47 am #

    I honestly can say I have not much idea about alexa but you somehow gave me info with regards to it and I am checking other blog posts you’ve got here right now..
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  5. Techmug 13 August 2011 at 6:41 am #

    I am always thinking how to increase alexa rankings and try out different practices.
    Ill try these points and see what the result comes up :)
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  6. Clifford 16 August 2011 at 1:06 am #

    Good tips you shared here, I never heard about Alexa ranking but when i reading i learn a lot from this post. Thanks for sharing.
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  7. clay 16 August 2011 at 12:59 pm #

    i don’t know much about Alexa, but if it could help me to increase pr then i would love to know more about it!
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  8. Siti Ezekwesili 17 August 2011 at 7:00 am #

    I always wondered how this Alexa ranking works. I usually hire someone to do things like this for me. Thank you for such an easy-to-follow tip there. I just bookmarked this page just to make sure I don’t forget.
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  9. Aster 19 August 2011 at 12:29 pm #

    I see this line in blogs just about every day How to boost your Alexa Rank. They are inevitably filled with misguided musings posted by fools who can’t be bothered to learn the facts before blathering about some get-rich-quick scheme.
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  10. hannamay 23 August 2011 at 11:00 pm #

    It’s nice to see this article it helps me a lot, It’s really appreciable message for every body thanks for sharing this information
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  11. Thomas 25 August 2011 at 2:11 pm #

    I love this post… This is very informative and I learned a lot in here…
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  12. Manny from Best Toothpaste to Whiten Teeth 29 August 2011 at 12:29 am #

    This is a clever little trick. Thanks for posting this, now I just have to go implement it.
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  13. Mirjam 29 August 2011 at 11:04 am #

    I never got the importance of Alexa ranking, really, does it matter? I mean, especially if you are not in the internet marketing circle, Alexa ranking does not mean anything, and certainly has no effect on the ability to earn with your site.
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  14. Peter 30 August 2011 at 6:17 am #

    Hey Mitch, thanks for this post I didn’t heard about Alexa rank before I read this post. This post really helped me to increase my Alexa rank. Looking forward to your next post.
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  15. Janjan 2 September 2011 at 4:40 am #

    Sounds great! seriously i never knew about Alexa Rank but its good to know about it.
    It is feel better to earn money as a simple way.. Thank you so much for sharing it.
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  16. Miki from release dates 2 September 2011 at 8:27 am #

    Hy,

    The way I look at this, tweaking your alexa rank is useful only for selling links.

    I don’t believe you’ll get much out of it for selling ads as it really comes down to the amount of real traffic.
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  17. Salman Qamar 3 September 2011 at 8:57 pm #

    I always wanted to raise my alexa rank. I will do this and give you response regarding this tip.
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  18. Dexter | Best of Riyadh 5 September 2011 at 6:14 am #

    I am doing a research on how I could increase my alexa rank, perhaps this nifty tool will help me do the alexa rank jump.. Thanks in advance
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  19. ery from kitchen news 6 September 2011 at 11:10 am #

    Wow, It’s nice trick to increase alexa rank. even though I think website ranking such as alexa rank is not everything, but it’s nice trick to do.
    thanks for sharing
    regards
    ery
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  20. Apple 7 September 2011 at 2:48 am #

    Seems nice too! I saw this before but i didn’t used it, For now on im gonna try this one how good it work.
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  21. Ray Jr. 8 September 2011 at 1:03 pm #

    brilliant idea, I immediately put this code on my blog. and I will report back the results after a few months ahead thanks friend

  22. Ray Jr. 8 September 2011 at 1:09 pm #

    The big question: will the Alexa remain relevant for a blog in the future?
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  23. Lyn from Tandblekning 11 September 2011 at 11:30 am #

    Thanks for the tip, I’m gonna give this a try. So, how did you discover this?
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  24. soccer 14 September 2011 at 10:45 am #

    I don’t believe you’ll get much out of it for selling ads as it really comes down to the amount of real traffic. Thanks! :P
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  25. Azam from kay jewelers 24 September 2011 at 12:14 am #

    The best way to get the traffic and to raise Alexa Ranking of your site is create natural link for your site and always try to update unique links to your site.
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  27. Troy 26 September 2011 at 4:09 am #

    Lovely article, thanks for sharing. But how much influence has Alexa really? I prefer focusing on Google.
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  28. Monica 27 September 2011 at 11:55 am #

    Mitch,
    I can’t wait to add this to my marketing campaign! I am a newbie and I am trying to learn all I can about SEO, how to utilize social media, etc., so every bit of advice helps. Thanks for the tip.
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  32. Laur A. Bundberg 5 October 2011 at 2:04 am #

    Sounds like a really cool trick, wondering only does this improve only Alexa rank or the position in SE search results too?
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  33. Abdurrazaq 6 October 2011 at 1:44 am #

    yes. i like it. nice article

  34. Kyle 6 October 2011 at 1:55 am #

    How about in a hot way? ANYWAY is there any factors in SEO the so called Alexa Traffic? for me there is no relation between Search engine and Alexa

  35. kavita from gadgetforgeek 6 October 2011 at 2:12 am #

    i will surely try this out.
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  36. Maja from fantastic sams 22 October 2011 at 5:22 am #

    To raise the Alexa Ranking of your site,do proper SEO of your site.Your site will be part of organic searches and Alexa Ranking will automatically be raised.
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    one of the best methods i have read so far thank you
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  38. yahya ayyash 26 October 2011 at 5:44 am #

    yeha i will try it, and hope will work. im just a newbie blogger
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  39. ghostfighter0506 27 October 2011 at 10:59 am #

    Thanks for the tip, I’m gonna give this a try. So, how did you discover this? GREAT! | :P
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  40. Anna 28 October 2011 at 5:44 am #

    Do you think that hiring a specialist in SEO and ranking is better?
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  41. Maria 29 October 2011 at 6:36 pm #

    Well, I can’t wait to add this to my marketing campaign. I am a newbie and I am trying to learn all I can about SEO, how to utilize social media, etc., so every bit of advice helps. Thanks, keep up the good work.
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  42. TV Rockstars 2 November 2011 at 8:50 pm #

    Awesome stuff! So I’m guessing every visitor counts this way.
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    yes i do not know about that but i am trying to learn seo and link building
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  46. Vic from Business Tips 21 November 2011 at 5:29 am #

    This is a great tip. I’m wanting my Alexa Rank to improve, and all I do it to update and update more frequently. I did not know there is a way like this.

  47. Jomson George 23 November 2011 at 1:39 pm #

    Great stuff Mitch, I was searching each and every tip to rate my new blog as I am new to blogging. Actually I don’t Know what is Alexa till reading yours article. Now I got an idea. Thank you sharing this:)

  48. Noah 24 November 2011 at 4:26 am #

    I was think that Alexa is not important for a website but after read I got the importance of Alexa ranking.
    Thanks for sharing valuable and easy-to- follow information.

  49. jamie yoak 25 November 2011 at 7:56 am #

    Thanks for such informative post. i was looking for it from last 2-3 months. You make my task easy, I’m so happy to have your blog. Thanks a lot, keep on like that. From now I’m a regular user of your blog.

  50. Alizon 28 November 2011 at 10:49 am #

    Wow.. amazing, I never thought its easy, i’m using alexa pack for so long but I never thought that it can rank your site this way…. COOL!!!


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