The Wrong Advices

10 years after the first Alexa toolbar hit the Internet, a new Firefox compatible version has been released, named Sparky.
Some of the features include:

Sparkline - A very small condensed traffic history graph. Gives you a quick view to show whether the site is moving up or down.
Rank - Shows the traffic rank of the […]

As flawed as it is as a metric, many advertising programs still place significant weight on Alexa rank. Naturally if you are part of any of these programs you will want to improve your rank to maximize your earnings. Or if you’re like me you do it for the challenge, and the pleasure of […]