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Website Traffic Rankings & Alexa: A Magical Mystery

by Ginger Marin Web site “watchers”, those people who profess to be in the know about all things Internet have a tendency to rely on a traffic ranking site called Alexa. These watchers will refer to Alexa to get such information about a web site such as type of site, links to the site, number of people going to the site, page views, etc. While … Continue reading Website Traffic Rankings & Alexa: A Magical Mystery

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Don’t Download the Alexa Toolbar

by Ginger Marin I used Alexa, the website traffic ranking tool, on my computer for the past couple of years until a few weeks ago when I made a rather frightening discovery. I own an Apple computer and was using Firefox as my browser. As I launched Firefox, a window from Alexa overtook my home page preference and said something about an update. It happened … Continue reading Don’t Download the Alexa Toolbar

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