Google Has Beated Yahoo! in Alexa Rank

I had just noticed that Google is now ranked number 1 in Alexa and Yahoo! is on second position. This is the first time in my internet history to see something like this. Is it because of the change of popularity or because of the new Alexa ranking system? Previously Yahoo has able to maintain the rank because of the variety of services. Now Google is doing the same thing and some of it's services are more popular. I've read somewhere that Google has actually being owned by Yahoo therefore no matter who's on top, same people are getting the profit.

I wonder why my pagerank is still not updated. Does Pagerank and Alexa rank use similar type of algorithm on measuring site popularity?

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Alexa Traffic Ranking Tips Compilation

Alexa traffic ranking is important because usually it is proportional to the number of visitors we are having. Some advertising networks will only accept blogs with high Alexa rank and for paid-post network, high Alexa rank will allow you to have higher asking price for your blog. There are so many article on how to increase the Alexa ranking. To make things easier, I wrote this to be the ultimate source on how to increase your blog traffic rank. Read the original articles for detailed explanations.

1) By Marketing Scoop:

• Download the Alexa toolbar and use it every day to visit your own website.
• Use Alexa redirection to replace your site's link ex. http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?yoursite.com (not working anymore)
• Encourage visitors to add their positive testimonials on Alexa’s detailed listings page for your website.
• Write your own site reviews on the top 100 rated Alexa sites and include your redirect URL. (Redirection might not work)
• Download the Alexa ranking button, traffic history graph, info links, and other traffic counters.
• Take an inexpensive advertisement at ExactSeek.com.
• Placing a free listing in DMOZ.

2. By Dosh Dosh:

• Install the Alexa toolbar and set your blog as your homepage.
• Put up an Alexa rank widget on your website.
• Encourage others to use the Alexa toolbar.
• Install Alexa toolbar in every computer in your office/school/college/ and set your blog as homepage.
• Get friends to review and rate your Alexa website profile.
• Write or blog about Alexa.
• Flaunt your URL in webmaster forums.
• Write content that is related to webmasters.
• Use Alexa redirects on your website URL. (I checked this and Doshdosh had been listed as illegal referrer)
• Post in Asian social networking websites or forums.
• Create a webmaster tools section on your website.
• Get Dugg or Stumbled.
• Use PayperClick Campaigns.
• Create an Alexa category/label on your blog
• Optimize your popular posts Alexa widget/graph
• Buy banners and links for traffic from webmaster forums and websites.
• Hire forum posters to pimp your website.
• Pay Cybercafe owners to install the Alexa toolbar and set your website as the homepage for all their computers.
• Use MySpace
• Try Alexa auto-surfs.

3. By Sabahan.com:

• Install Alexa toolbar
• Recommend Alexa Toolbar to Your Users
• Create Contents that Appeal to Webmasters
• Take Advantage of the Social Bookmarking Sites
• Create Sub Domains or Run Multiple Blogs Under One Domain
• Get Involved In Chinese Sites
• Remove Unnecessary Secure Pages On Your Site
• Create Great Content

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