{"id":500,"date":"2012-01-02T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-01-02T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/?p=500"},"modified":"2014-08-19T17:54:47","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T17:54:47","slug":"checking-your-alexa-traffic-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/checking-your-alexa-traffic-rank\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking Your Alexa Traffic Rank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5780\" src=\"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7059287_s-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic Rank\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7059287_s-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pingler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/7059287_s.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The Alexa traffic rank is a good way of gauging how much traffic your website is receiving and analysing where your website appears in the grand scheme of things.\u00a0 Although the number isn\u2019t official many website owners like to check their Alexa traffic rank on a regular basis to determine whether their implemented SEO efforts are working.\u00a0 A website\u2019s Alexa traffic ranking improves when visitors with the Alexa toolbar installed visit the site.\u00a0 So why is it important and how can you check it?\u00a0 Let\u2019s take a look.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Benefits of Alexa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main benefit of Alexa is that it gives you an estimated tally of how much traffic your website gets in relation to other websites online.\u00a0 Many people also use Alexa as a way of determining whether a website is legitimate or not from an advertising point of view.\u00a0 For example, some advertisers will check a websites Alexa ranking before deciding whether they want to pay for advertising on a site or not.\u00a0 High rankings tend to mean high trust \u2013 at least on a basic level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Downsides to Alexa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main downside to an Alexa traffic rank is that traffic is only counted if the people who visit a website have the Alexa toolbar installed.\u00a0 What this means is that sites that talk about SEO strategies or websites that are more technological in nature tend to have higher than average traffic figures whereas sites that are less tech orientated tend to have lower than average traffic figures as the majority of people who use the Alexa toolbar are either webmasters or people who are into technology.\u00a0 In addition, it is very easy to skew the Alexa traffic rank figures as many websites have found out (take a look on Google you will find lots of articles telling you how to break the top 50,000 within a month).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Checking Your Alexa Traffic Rank<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although the Alexa traffic rank isn\u2019t a true measure of your website\u2019s place in the online world, it\u2019s still worth checking from time to time.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t purposely skew your Alexa traffic numbers, the information can be useful in determining how well your site is performing to an extent.\u00a0 It is also a good way to check on your competition if you keep in mind that the figures are only an estimate.\u00a0 If you want to check your website\u2019s Alexa traffic rank the easiest way to do this is by <a href=\"http:\/\/pingler.com\/seo-tools\/alexa-rank-checker\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">clicking here<\/a> and using the <a href=\"http:\/\/pingler.com\/seo-tools\/alexa-rank-checker\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Alexa Traffic Rank Checker<\/a> tool.\u00a0 You can use this for free on Pingler and it only takes a few seconds.\u00a0 The lower your Alexa ranking, the more popular your site is with sites ranked under 10,000 thought to be very popular.<\/p>\n<p>The Alexa Traffic Rank Checker tool can help you to estimate your website\u2019s online presence.\u00a0 There are numerous uses to the 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