c





 

 

Here is a collection of methods you can use to boost your Alexa Rank. Most of these tips
are derived from several fellow webmasters I know who claimed to have derived positive
results through their experiments with the Alexa Rankings.

Some of the other tips were derived articles and sources, which I have duly referenced at
the end of this post.

Do these tips work? According to some, yes they definitely do work. But do note that
most of them require active effort of some sort and hence, they will work as long as long
as you are consistently performing specific actions.

To increase your Alexa rank in the long run, I would highly recommended that one focus
on  
 

   which attracts and maintains a large audience instead of
purely focusing on artificially increasing your Alexa Rank.

Great link-worthy content will leads to an natural increase in site traffic and is an
excellent way to 


 

 .

It is important to emphasize that you should devote most of your efforts in growing your
site audience alongside integrated implementation of any of the following tips below.

1.  


 or Firefox¶s SearchStatus extension and set your blog
as your homepage. This is the most basic step.

2. G 



 
 on your website. I did this a few days ago and
receive a fair amount of clicks every day. According to some, each click counts as
a visit even if the toolbar is not used by the visitor.

3. u
 
 to use the Alexa toolbar. This includes friends, fellow
webmasters as well as site visitors/blog readers. Be sure to link to Alexa¶s full
explanation of their toolbar and tracking system so your readers know what
installing the toolbar or extension entails.

4. 









  Get the Alexa toolbar or SS Firefox
extension installed on all computers and set your website as the homepage for all
browsers. Perhaps it will be useful to note that this may work only when dynamic
or different IPs are used.
5. ð
 

 and rate your Alexa website profile. Not entirely sure of its
impact on rankings but it might help in some way.

6. 


 
. Webmaster and bloggers love to hear about ways to
increase their Alexa rank. They¶ll link to you and send you targeted traffic (i.e.
visitors with the toolbar already installed). This gradually has effects on your
Alexa ranking.

7.  
 
!" in webmaster forums. Webmasters usually have the toolbar
installed. You¶ll get webmasters to visit your website and offer useful feedback.
It¶s also a good way to give back to the community if you have useful articles to
share with others.

8. 

   that is related to webmasters. This can fall in the category of
domaining and SEO, two fields in which most webmasters will have the Alexa
toolbar installed. Promote your content on social networking websites and
webmaster forums.

9. !



 on your website URL. Try this:
http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?www.doshdosh.com . Replace doshdosh.com
with the URL for your website. Leave this redirected URL in blog comments as
well as forum signatures. This redirect will count a unique IP address once a day
so clicking it multiple times won¶t help. There is no official proof that redirects
positively benefit your Alexa Rank, so use with caution.

10.G





 
websites or forums. Some webmasters have
suggested that East Asian web users are big Alexa toolbar fans, judging by the
presence of several Asia-based websites in the Alexa Top 500. I suggest trying
this only if you have the time or capacity to do so.
11.ü


 section on your website. This is a magnet for
webmasters who will often revisit your website to gain access to the tools. Aaron
Wall¶s webpage on SEOTools is a very good example.

12.ð
# 

$ . This usually brings massive numbers of visitors to your
website and the sheer amount will have a positive impact on your Alexa Rank.
Naturally, you¶ll need to develop link worthy material.

13.!
Gü


ü . Buying advertisements on search engines such as
Google or Exact Seek will help bring in Traffic. Doubly useful when your ad is
highly relevant to webmasters.

14.ü



 on your blog and use it to include any articles or news
about Alexa. This acts as an easily accessible resource for webmasters or casual
search visitors while helping you rank in the search engines.

15.%
 
 
. Got a popular post that consistently receives
traffic from the search engines? Include a widget/graph at the bottom of the post,
link to your Alexa post or use Alexa redirection on your internal URLs.

16. 
 
 
  for traffic from webmaster forums and websites. A
prominent and well displayed ad will drive lots of webmaster traffic to your
website, which can significantly boost your rank.

17.2
 
 to pimp your website. Either buy signatures in webmaster
forums or promote specific articles or material in your website on a regular basis.
You can easily find posters for hire in Digital Point and other webmaster forums.

18.G
ü

  to install the Alexa toolbar and set your website as the
homepage for all their computers. This might be difficult to arrange and isn¶t
really a viable solution for most. I¶m keeping this one in because some have
suggested that it does work.
 19.!
&$

. This is a little shady so I don¶t recommended it unless you¶re
really interested in artificially inflating your Alexa Rank. Use visually attractive
pictures or banners and link them to your redirected Alexa URL. This will be
most effective if your website has content that is actually relevant to the MySpace
Crowd.

20.

 ' . Do they work? Maybe for brand new sites. I think they are
mostly suitable for new websites with a very poor Alexa rank. Note that there be
problems when you try to use auto surfs alongside contextual ads like Adsense.
They aren¶t also long term solutions to improving your Alexa Rank so I suggest
using with caution.