Did you ever wonder how popular a website is? Have you landed on a site and wondered if it was reputable? Alexa can tell you! You can use Alexa to learn how popular a site is, to find new sites, to learn who owns a site, and a lot more. a
Alexa takes all the websites in the world, and ranks them – putting them in order by popularity.
Why do I care? Well, as a blogger, you care how popular your site is for many reasons. First and foremost is probably to feel the love *blush*. You want to know that people are actually reading what you write. If you’re a product review and giveaway blog, like Kelly’s Lucky You, you care because the more popular you are, the bigger prizes you can ask for and hopefully obtain for your readers. When I ask Dyson to provide us with a cool new Dyson Vacuum, they look at things like my Alexa rating to determine if they can use their precious marketing dollars to give one away! Or Keurig, or Britax… stop me anytime – I’m dreaming! Hey, it’s my job to dream *wink*. So bloggers care about Alexa rankings, companies care, consumers care, and as KLY readers you care – dreaming of those great prizes!
Alexa rankings are like golf scores – the lower the better. The most popular site is ranked #1. (It’s Google). Do you know who’s number 2? Go to Alexa to see! While you’re there, download the Alexa toolbar. Click on “Toolbar” or here, it’s easy and fast. There are a few reasons for that – one it’s fun to see the rankings! Once you have the tool bar, the Alexa rating will show up there every time you go to a site – any site. The other reason is that you can help improve or drop the ranking of a site if you have the toolbar installed when you visit it. You’ll help me get that Dyson/Keurig/Britax to give away!
I’m a co-host with Spearmint Baby, Scraps of Life and Our Family World for this Alexa Blog Hop – we’re linking up our sites here to tell each other that we’re working on improving our Alexa rating.
Here are the blog hop rules:
- Alexa Review Button
Or look for rating stars in your Alexa toolbar. Click on the stars, 
then you will see a gold button for “Write a Review”
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Thanks for hosting!
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just learning how to blog started in april but just figured out yesterday how to leave link. can you join hop without downloading toolbar dont have lot of memory. gfc rlrlaney
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I follow you on GFC, I am Megan (Celtic_Girl). I would love a follow back! If you have time, would you please rank my review of ‘‘When Sparrows Fall’ by Meg Moseley? Thanks for hosting!
Also if you are interested, Melanie at Christian Bookshelf Reviews is having a giveaway! She is giving away Karen Kingsbury’s 9/11 series – 3 books to one lucky winner!
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Hi! I’m already a follower, helping you lower your Alexa rank!
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