Have you heard of Alexa.com? Alexa.com is famous for compiling traffic
ranking for every website in the world. When you have a high Alexa ranking your
clients view you with more credibility, search engines give you better ranking,
and of course you get bragging rights.
One of the little know secrets about Alexa is how they gather their ranking
data. They use cookies in the browser sessions of web users to gather
information about their browsing habits. You can improve your Alexa ranking by
sending more of your visitors to Alexa with an Alexa widget. The Alexa widget
can be displayed on your website and provide statistics about your website’s
traffic ranking.
Here are step by step directions on how to put the Alexa widget on your
website.