It’s now the global issue about how to increase Alexa Rank. A lot of tips and tricks are made to get the better Alexa Rank results. My story here will use a few of web site phrase, you might then interpret it as blog.

What is Alexa

As listed on Alexa web site, Alexa is a web service that collects and calculates for certain web usage of millions Alexa toolbar installed on client’s browser. The data then sorted, the lower the number, the better Alexa Rank would be.

How Often Is It Updated

Alexa Rank is updated regularly and it’s based on the historical of Alexa toolbar users. Some people say that it is updated weekly or even daily. But there’s an explanation of this on Alexa web site at help section:

The traffic rank is based on three months of aggregated historical traffic data from millions of Alexa Toolbar users and data obtained from other, diverse traffic data sources, and is a combined measure of page views and users (reach).

Alexa Rank’s update may vary among web sites. The more the web site visited by Alexa toolbar users, the more the data will be updated.

The Benefit of Alexa Rank

Alexa Rank shows how many visitors come to the web site. It gives a business value for the web site owner. Heavy traffic will be the best option for the advertisers to request for putting their advertisements on the web site.

How to Improve Alexa Rank

Installing Alexa Toolbar

The first step that would be a good start is installing Alexa Toolbar. It is available to download here. It will be installed on your browser and supported on IE 5 or later. It will shows the Alexa data of a web site which is being visited.

Using Alexa Widget

The most easiest step is using Alexa Widget and put it on our web site. The Alexa Rank will be displayed dynamically according to its rank value. This step have been implemented by most of web site developer or blogger.

Write About Alexa

You might be interested on visitors that come to your web site and get them informed about Alexa. Give them enough tutorials about how to get started. It will be an advantage to create a special category on your web site to tell about Alexa.

Advertise on Another Web Site

It’s an expensive way but you’ll get the advantages by advertising in a potential web site. See if the web site has a good Alexa Rank. You’ll see the impact in a few days. If it is possible or permitted, then there’s a cheaper way; leaving comments on that web site :)

Be Patient

The result will not come instantly. It will need a serious work to begin. Don’t be disappointed, just keep managing your web site.

We’ll discuss more about Alexa and SEO tips on my next post release. I hope it helps.