February 12th, 2008
Adding Alexa Rankings to Ratified.org
I’m thinking about adding Alexa data as another factor in the Ratified.org rankings. It would seem to be a weird move on my part, after labeling Alexa as downright inaccurate and useless. What do you guys think? I might be playing around with the API’s of Bloglines and Del.icio.us too. Well, let’s see how that goes.
Oh by the way, Ratified.org now has an official blog! Nothing fancy so far though. If you have any ideas on what to feature in the blog, please do share it with me! 
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15 Comments
pavs said...
Hi andrew sorry to bother you again, can you _please_ look into custom plugin request? I _really_ need it. As promised i am willing to pay for it.
I posted a requested for this over here too (http://wordpress.org/support/topic/156450), but nothing gives. Please please look into it, i am sure it wont take much of your time.
Feb 12, 2008
Blogie said...
Alexa? While Alexa data might have value for US blogs, that’s not the case for Philippine-based ones, I think… Also, the way Alexa gathers statistical data is rather limited, don’t you think? Ergo, unreliable, IMHO.
Feb 12, 2008
Karlo.PinoyBlogero said...
Hmm.. Alexa. I’m not sure. Bloglines? I don’t think a lot of people use bloglines. Delicious? A lot of Pinoys don’t even know how to bookmark! ^_^
Though such changes might prove useful to Ratified Australia.
Feb 12, 2008
Andrew said...
@Blogie: Yup, Alexa is not reliable. I might just add it as an “extra” type of data at Ratified but not count it in the rankings. :0
@Karlo: Yeah I’m quite aware that most Pinoys are clueless about Delicious, more so Bloglines. Do you have other ideas though?
Feb 13, 2008
Jehzeel Laurente said...
Alexa is a big NO! NO!
I’m always checking Alexa every now and then, and witnessed its inaccuracy.. ^__^
If you could include google analytics stats, that would be far way more better than alexa stats
Feb 13, 2008
Blogie said...
Good idea, Drew! And while you’re at it, maybe you could remove PR as a metric for your rankings as well? Hahahaha!
Feb 14, 2008
FruityOaty said...
I like the idea of Alexa being included… I like checking that once a week, but I’m not too keen on Bloglines… Hardly any of my 755+ subcribers use Bloglines, I think. Something like 32 people.
Feb 15, 2008
Jehzeel Laurente said...
but alexa is a big liar
…
I have seen sites with 200+ UVs per day, but its alexa rank is higher than a website with 10k+ UVs per day..
hindi accurate
hehehe
Feb 18, 2008
Andrew said...
@Blogie: Take out PR? Hehe. We’ll see.
@FruityOaty: I’ll consider that, thanks!
@Jehz: Once Google Analytics offers an API, surely I’ll factor that in!
Feb 18, 2008
benj said...
Alexa will kill my ranking. haha
Feb 18, 2008
Andrew said...
@Benj: It will kill us all. o.O
Feb 18, 2008
Jehzeel Laurente said...
@andrew – Nooooo!!! I love PR! But if my PR drops… take it away! bwahahaha! *selfish*
hehehe…
Feb 19, 2008
Sonnie said...
Not totally a bad idea. IMO, we should look into all metric tools to measure the depth, reach and popularity of blogs.
Feb 25, 2008
Evan said...
I have been checking my blog stats on different sites. I just stopped checking Alexa. It doesn’t seem to add anyting to Technorati – except a more depressing number for the rating.
I don’t see what benefit there would be in adding it.
Mar 5, 2008