Hello
I believe my old post here was deleted - I accidentally auto posted links to my sites - oops on autopilot again. Please notice my signature - If I do this again, alert me before a mod bans me please.
I believe I made a valid point in this thread.
My site has a solid Alexa Ranking, steadily increasing over the year.
My site has not had a solid Compete ranking, one month ranks 600 unique users another has 160, then there are months with nothing, I know its based on 2m US users, but not living in the US, how could I increase this rank and make it solid like my site traffic?
Is there another rank system that estimates my sites traffic?
I know of Google, Piwik, Alexa, Compete.
Google and piwik don't gather all my site data due to cookies or something. alexa is not solid based on US users, but are not accurate so i suggest to just focus on your live rankings and traffic.. Many hosts offer cpanel, which can provide accurate stats for your site...
Alexa is primarily based on traffic.....numbers which can be manipulated....and provides no value to the site owner... Captures traffic data from users who download and use the Alexa Toolbar in their web browser. They also claim to use other “diverse traffic data sources”, which is very vague. What about their custom made toolbars, don't they count? If you want some reference from your traffic, and how you are doing, try quantcast.com. You add a small script to your site, and they quantify you. It's not exact, but it will give you a reference anyway.
As for a reliable counter, I have found Statcounter.com and Hit-Meter.com both useful.
Hope this helps. Many webhosting control panels cPanel, Plesk etc. have
I believe my old post here was deleted - I accidentally auto posted links to my sites - oops on autopilot again. Please notice my signature - If I do this again, alert me before a mod bans me please.
I believe I made a valid point in this thread.
My site has a solid Alexa Ranking, steadily increasing over the year.
My site has not had a solid Compete ranking, one month ranks 600 unique users another has 160, then there are months with nothing, I know its based on 2m US users, but not living in the US, how could I increase this rank and make it solid like my site traffic?
Is there another rank system that estimates my sites traffic?
I know of Google, Piwik, Alexa, Compete.
Google and piwik don't gather all my site data due to cookies or something. alexa is not solid based on US users, but are not accurate so i suggest to just focus on your live rankings and traffic.. Many hosts offer cpanel, which can provide accurate stats for your site...
Alexa is primarily based on traffic.....numbers which can be manipulated....and provides no value to the site owner... Captures traffic data from users who download and use the Alexa Toolbar in their web browser. They also claim to use other “diverse traffic data sources”, which is very vague. What about their custom made toolbars, don't they count? If you want some reference from your traffic, and how you are doing, try quantcast.com. You add a small script to your site, and they quantify you. It's not exact, but it will give you a reference anyway.
As for a reliable counter, I have found Statcounter.com and Hit-Meter.com both useful.
Hope this helps. Many webhosting control panels cPanel, Plesk etc. have