Alexa
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Alexa Internet
- Any web developer who was half serious about writing their own search engine can use Alexa's search platform.
- Alexa Internet
- Alexa Fluor
- Alexa 488
Examples
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One of the ways to improve your Alexa ranking and your search engine results is to blog frequently.
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Both the Google and Alexa toolbars show a site's page rank.
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What is the Alexa rating of the site?
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As it is, sometimes I go through a slump even without the pressure of chasing an Alexa rating.
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Alexa is a very important benchmark to determine the rankings and traffic of sites.
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Please note, my readership has been exponentially growing, and my Alexa ranking is drastically growing as well.
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Notably, no other Times staffers or brands appear on Alexa's lists of top referral terms or rising referral terms.
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In the same year, Alexa ranked Webshots the second largest English-language privately held web media property (behind weather.com).
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EmpowerNetwork.com is currently the 477th most trafficked site in the world according to Alexa's Global Rank and #224 in the United States.
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According to Alexa, this website has significantly increased its traffic over the past year.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Alexa was also the name of an Amazon web service that ranked websites, and the name again points to Alexandria as a place of 'knowledge' about the web. So the service tried to give a clear 'map' of which sites were popular.