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    Proof: Alexa Does Not Work


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    I am now writing at my new site One .Net Way

    I have always had my doubts on Alexa. I somehow was never convinced about its ranking system. Today I found what could be the mother of all malfunctions. I went to Alex to look at my rankings and I saw this:

    Deepak Kapoor

    So I am ranked 3,354,223 out of whatever gizillion sites out there. I then checked on one of my favourite blogs called Computer Zen written by Scott Hanselman.

    ComputerZen

    So Scott’s blog ranks at 19,703,654 as compared to my 3,354,223. You’ve gotto be kidding me. He has twenty eight thousand subscribers to his feed and my feed subscription is too embarrassing to be mentioned in front of Scott’s. Clearly Alexa is not doing what it is suppose to do.

    BTW: I am not loosing sleep over this. Next few days I’ll be telling everyone that my blog ranks better than Computer Zen.

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    7 Responses to “Proof: Alexa Does Not Work”

    1. anon Says:

      It does seem that alexa looks more at page views rather than other traffic (such as RSS feeds).. Your page views have increased by 39% over a 3 month period..

    2. Scott Hanselman Says:

      Cool! Try http://www.hanselman.com, as no one uses computerzen.com

    3. Scott Hanselman Says:

      Interesting! Try http://www.hanselman.com though, as computerzen.com isn’t really used - it’s just a redirect.

    4. Deepak Says:

      Hi Scott,

      I guess I never bothered to change my bookmarks. I’ve been following Computerzen all this time. I hope the post was perceived as good humour :)

    5. Scott Hanselman Says:

      Of course! This is all good fun!

    6. anon Says:

      you blog ranks higher than computer zen… but u already knew that :)

    7. Deepak Says:

      Things were getting a bit boring here. I thought I’ll create some spice :)

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