Hey everyone! It’s finally the weekend and I’m excited.
I finally decided on a costume. I’m going to test my craft skills and try to make this Pocahontas costume. I bought a plain brown shirt and already have fringe boots, blue necklace and a braided headband, so I am pretty set! Cheap costume and it’s exactly what I wanted to be anyways.
We plan on going on a haunted hayride pub crawl tonight. Sounds like fun right? Yeah, if only it weren’t only 35 degrees tonight 🙁
Then tomorrow we are going to a pumpkin patch with the boy’s family. It’ll be fun, I surprisingly haven’t been to one since I was really young.
Alexa Rank
Earlier this month I made a post on increasing your Google Page Rank. Now I would like to help you all decrease your Alexa! A lot of you have been e-mailing me about how to decrease your Alexa.
If you check my Alexa, I am currently at around 80,000. It has been dropping quickly ever since I switched to WordPress.
So what is Alexa? The lower your score, the better your website ranks. Facebook has a ranking of 1 and Google is a 2 if that gives you a better perspective. Blogs below the 200,000 mark are said to be in the top 1% of all websites/blogs/etc. out there.
Why does your Alexa ranking matter though? 200,000 and below is said to be when advertisers will start flocking to you. I definitely believe this is true because once I dropped below that, I received numerous requests.
1. Install the Alexa Toolbar.
Your Alexa score is mainly determined by how many people view your blog that already have the toolbar, so install it! Then having your regular readers install it as well will help also. It is said that you need to click around to more than one page when you do visit a website as well.
2. Increased traffic to your site/blog.
The more traffic that you have, then generally the lower your ranking. Creating good quality content which engages and entertains your readers is key here. You want people to keep coming back.
3. Increased specialized traffic.
Another way to have a lower ranking is to have a lot of traffic from people who have the Alexa Toolbar installed. If you have a lot of readers, but hardly anyone has the toolbar, then you will most likely have a very high ranking.
It goes without saying that to lower your Alexa traffic rank you would need more web traffic, but as the above references show, what you actually need is specialized traffic – traffic from visitors who have Alexa Toolbar installed.
Posts that I love:
- Is It Possible to Reduce Your Monthly Grocery Bill with Coupons? @ Tackling Our Debt
- Are High School Reunions Worth the Cost? @ My Money Design
- Would You Be A Human Guinea Pig For Money? @ Call Me What You Want Even Cheap
- Why We Have Separate Finances (Sort of) @ Edward Antrobus
- Things I Couldn’t Do If I Had A Car Payment @ IHeartBudgets
- What to do about a black mark on a credit report @ Frugal Portland
Have a great weekend!
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worksavelive says
October 27, 2012 at 5:54 amIt's pretty cold out in KC and I am going to the KU football game today. BRRR. The pub crawl hayride sounds pretty awesome. Just dress warm!
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:48 amHope you had fun!
Catherine says
October 27, 2012 at 7:37 amhaha those are so funny! have a great weekend!
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:48 amThanks, you too!
evencheap says
October 27, 2012 at 7:56 amGreat tips, and thanks for the mention.
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:48 amThanks and welcome 🙂
Ashlee says
October 27, 2012 at 8:20 amThanks for the detailed tips, Michelle! I've been working on my Alexa rank the past month. Planning to do a post on how far I've come in November. That little mermaid pin gets me every time, so cute! Have fun on the hayride!
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:49 amYe you should definitely do a post and let me know once it is up!
seanbryant says
October 27, 2012 at 9:27 amAfter 6 years of being a blogger I still wonder why Alexa even matters. I have one website with XXX,XXX traffic and it has an Alexa ranking higher than a website with 10 times less traffic.
MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:49 amI agree, it all really just depends on how much specialized traffic you get, and Yakezie definitely helps with that.
Edward Antrobus says
October 27, 2012 at 10:31 amThanks for the mention. Obsesively checking your site after installing the toolbar seems to work pretty well, too. 🙂
MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:50 amHaha yes very true! I'm not sure if looking at your own website with your own toolbar works though? I feel like they would have some sort of system to go around someone doing that.
DC@Young Adult Money says
October 27, 2012 at 11:29 amWordPress is the only way to go, I'm sure you are enjoying using it. Hope you have a great weekend!
MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:50 amI definitely enjoy WordPress way more than Blogger.
Catherine says
October 28, 2012 at 7:28 pmBlogger doesn't even make sense to me, I tried it once and was totally baffled.WP is just so easy and straight forward.
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@undefined says
October 27, 2012 at 4:06 pmLove that ariel meme!
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:51 amI know same here! I've seen it so many times and I love it every time.
Lena says
October 27, 2012 at 7:33 pmBe sure to post pictures of you in a costume!!
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:51 amIt turned out horribly! I threw it away haha.
Kristine@TheFoleyFam says
October 28, 2012 at 12:37 amI know you don't post pics very often of yourself, but I would love to see how your costume turned out! Def what I want to be next year, so please let me know the pros and cons if and when you can 🙂 Have an awesome weekend! XOXOXO
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:51 amI wish I could take a picture,but it turned out bad. I have pictures of my actual costume that I wore though and I'll post those soon.
helenesula says
October 28, 2012 at 8:59 amawesome!! thank you so much this is truly so helpful!
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:51 amWelcome 🙂
kimateyesonthedollar says
October 28, 2012 at 9:01 amThanks for the tips. Have a great weekend.
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:52 amYou too!
Canadianbudgetbinder says
October 28, 2012 at 11:35 amI'm on wordpress.com so I can't advertise however I do have the toolbar. My Alexa is under 80k now I believe and yes the advertisers come in flocks. I've had to turn them all down but soon I'll get this site self-hosting and open up the flood gates… maybe a post on "what advertisers are good vs not so good or how can you tell is in order" or I should do some research on that topic. Cheers Michelle! Mr.CBB
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MakingSenseofCents says
October 28, 2012 at 11:52 amSounds like great post ideas!
L Bee says
October 28, 2012 at 12:48 pmYay! Tips!
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Greg@ClubThrifty says
October 28, 2012 at 4:56 pmHave a great weekend! I agree that 200K is when advertisers start taking notice.
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Thomas S. Moore says
October 28, 2012 at 4:57 pmCould luck with the costume. I should have thought of making one with my son as well but I was being lazy. Thanks for the tips on lowering the Alexa.
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Savvy Scot says
October 29, 2012 at 3:37 amSome good tips! I would add that getting some friends to write an Alexa review helps too! A lot of advertisers check that out
Kelsey says
October 29, 2012 at 12:02 pmThanks for following my blog! I am loving yours! So much great information. My husband is also an analyst in the investment banking world. Excited to read more of your blog posts!
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My Money Design says
October 29, 2012 at 4:53 pmThe Pocahontas costume sounds pretty fun! And so does the hayride.
My Alexa has been stuck in neutral around 80K, which is all right with me!
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Brick By Brick says
November 1, 2012 at 6:48 amWhat advertisers started contacting you if you don't mind me asking?
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MakingSenseofCents says
November 1, 2012 at 11:07 amIt was mainly marketing groups who deal with numerous companies.
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TAOST says
November 4, 2012 at 3:54 pmGreat tips… will definitely put these to work…
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Sarah Bright says
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