This will be the final update on the Alexa experiment I started about a month ago. It is a successful one and my ranking rose to 595800 from a low 1,784,808. I am expecting my ranking to go up to around 200k + by end of next week since I am getting a consistent 1 wk average of 170k - 220k.

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Although this ‘achievement’ is nothing to shout about, it serves as a point for me to begin an experiment in increasing my blog’s Alexa Rank.

You may ask.. what is Alexa Rank?

Alexa Rank is a ranking system that basically audits and makes public the frequency of visits to various Web sites. The algorithm by which Alexa traffic ranking is calculated, is simple. It is based on the amount of traffic recorded over a period of three months from users that have the Alexa toolbar installed.

I stumbled upon an interesting article from Maki on how you can improve your Alexa Rank and decided to give it a try. He listed 20 quick ways to improve the ranking.. some which require monetary investment. So, using “new blogger” as an excuse , I will try out 6 of the methods that are FREE of charge :- (more…)

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