Comments on: First Steps With Alexa Ranking and Google Page Rank http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/ SEO, Internet Marketing and Web Design Thoughts Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Liz Jamieson http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-2446 Liz Jamieson Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:30:48 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-2446 Hi Tony. You have pages in the Google index but they're coming up for me in a variety of languages. There are a number of things you'll need to do but you could start by geo-targeting some of your content appropriately and adding more pages. Plus your meta descriptions are poor. Your Alexa rating may be low because too few of your target market uses the Alexa toolbar. Hi Tony. You have pages in the Google index but they’re coming up for me in a variety of languages. There are a number of things you’ll need to do but you could start by geo-targeting some of your content appropriately and adding more pages. Plus your meta descriptions are poor. Your Alexa rating may be low because too few of your target market uses the Alexa toolbar.

]]> By: Tony http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-2445 Tony Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:44:06 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-2445 Interesting article - I am now just starting to investigate why we have Google PR3 and rising and execllent organic returns with many high page 1 positions for all our desired key words, yet Alexa rankings and details suggest we don't even exist?? No rating for UK ranking either? Interesting article – I am now just starting to investigate why we have Google PR3 and rising and execllent organic returns with many high page 1 positions for all our desired key words, yet Alexa rankings and details suggest we don’t even exist?? No rating for UK ranking either?

]]> By: sol http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-1735 sol Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:49:49 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-1735 Very helpful, thanks. Have installed the plugin. Very helpful, thanks. Have installed the plugin.

]]> By: dennyhalim.com http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-760 dennyhalim.com Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:20:54 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-760 google pr and alexa rank is totally 2 different beast. google pr measure backlinks. the more backlinks you got, the higher your website pr. especially, backlink from other high rank website will quickly raise your pr. alexa, otoh, measure traffic. how many visitor come to your website. and mostly they only measure access from msie users or other browser With alexa toolbar installed. so... it's very natural some sites have high traffic (which could come from advertising, etc) and other site have high pr (could mean s/he got a lot of friends link to her/his site) google pr and alexa rank is totally 2 different beast.

google pr measure backlinks. the more backlinks you got, the higher your website pr. especially, backlink from other high rank website will quickly raise your pr.

alexa, otoh, measure traffic. how many visitor come to your website. and mostly they only measure access from msie users or other browser With alexa toolbar installed.

so…
it’s very natural some sites have high traffic (which could come from advertising, etc) and other site have high pr (could mean s/he got a lot of friends link to her/his site)

]]> By: commentb http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-395 commentb Sun, 09 Mar 2008 01:13:01 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-395 http://www.codingforums.com/member.php?u=59792 http://www.codingforums.com/member.php?u=59792

]]> By: paula http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-318 paula Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:04:12 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-318 Lizzie - just wanted to say thanks for the excellent and comprehensive reply to my comment. Thank you for taking the time and putting the effort in. I think that I'm even more of an ignorant than don't be sad as she's managed some interesting page layouts on her blog. Though with your guidance I'm beginning to see all kinds of things I was oblivious to before. Lizzie – just wanted to say thanks for the excellent and comprehensive reply to my comment. Thank you for taking the time and putting the effort in.

I think that I’m even more of an ignorant than don’t be sad as she’s managed some interesting page layouts on her blog.

Though with your guidance I’m beginning to see all kinds of things I was oblivious to before.

]]> By: Liz Jamieson http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Liz Jamieson Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:51:52 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-316 Hi Don't Be Sad No - didn't. I have a technical background and started writing web sites for paying clients sone years ago when I had to leave my job, move to Devon and find something to do that could be done from home. Hosting yourself is all about control. If you don't care about control then free wordpress.com is OK. It's personal I guess and my responses are based on my feelings about it. Also at the moment you can't use certain ads on free wordpress blogs. Check this page from Wordpress.com's FAQ : http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/12/08/adsense/ Liz Hi Don’t Be Sad

No – didn’t. I have a technical background and started writing web sites for paying clients sone years ago when I had to leave my job, move to Devon and find something to do that could be done from home.

Hosting yourself is all about control. If you don’t care about control then free wordpress.com is OK. It’s personal I guess and my responses are based on my feelings about it.

Also at the moment you can’t use certain ads on free wordpress blogs. Check this page from WordPress.com’s FAQ : http://faq.wordpress.com/2005/12/08/adsense/

Liz

]]> By: Dont be sad http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Dont be sad Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:50:13 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-314 Hey Liz, Good of you to take the time to respond to me (so promptly). Certainly food for thought. Did you start with a sub-domain, and what was your experience of it? Just curious. Dont be sad Hey Liz,

Good of you to take the time to respond to me (so promptly).

Certainly food for thought. Did you start with a sub-domain, and what was your experience of it? Just curious.

Dont be sad

]]> By: Liz Jamieson http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Liz Jamieson Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:44:13 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-313 Don't Be Sad - Sorry about the sub-prime terminology, but it was so apt, I could not resist. Having a Wordpress subdomain account does not matter unless your blog is very very important to you, or if you one day want to make a living from it, or use it as a seed to start something that makes a living. If that is the case you are probabaly better being in control as you'll need to be able to use the full gamut of resources available to promote and hone it with any effect. Having your own site is only complicated if you want to do it for free. If you pay someone to help you (there are some excellent wordpress hosting companies out there), you can get a lot more for relatively little. That said having your own site that you host all by yourself isn't that complicated. It's completely achievable if you want to, but of course time can be an issue. Don’t Be Sad – Sorry about the sub-prime terminology, but it was so apt, I could not resist.

Having a WordPress subdomain account does not matter unless your blog is very very important to you, or if you one day want to make a living from it, or use it as a seed to start something that makes a living. If that is the case you are probabaly better being in control as you’ll need to be able to use the full gamut of resources available to promote and hone it with any effect.

Having your own site is only complicated if you want to do it for free. If you pay someone to help you (there are some excellent wordpress hosting companies out there), you can get a lot more for relatively little.

That said having your own site that you host all by yourself isn’t that complicated. It’s completely achievable if you want to, but of course time can be an issue.

]]> By: Dont be sad http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Dont be sad Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:24:26 +0000 http://www.lizjamieson.co.uk/2008/02/09/first-steps-with-alexa-ranking-and-google-page-rank/#comment-312 Hey, Thank for sharing this post- for someone blogging for the first time it was somehow quite daunting but well written. And above comment was also very useful to day- I must admit quite disheartening regarding having a wordpress.com blog-- but I think for the first time its a great place to learn. Isn't it? Somehow, having ones own site seems to be a whole lot complicated- is it really worth it? In many ways, it feels having restrictions and finding ways to overcome these helps my creativity. At least this is my approach. I'm not sure what other "sub-prime" tenants think... Kind regards, Dont be sad Hey,

Thank for sharing this post- for someone blogging for the first time it was somehow quite daunting but well written. And above comment was also very useful to day- I must admit quite disheartening regarding having a wordpress.com blog– but I think for the first time its a great place to learn. Isn’t it?

Somehow, having ones own site seems to be a whole lot complicated- is it really worth it? In many ways, it feels having restrictions and finding ways to overcome these helps my creativity. At least this is my approach. I’m not sure what other “sub-prime” tenants think…

Kind regards,

Dont be sad

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