I like Alexa's searches

I have started using Alexa for things. You know searches with alexa pull up better related sites than google. If I am looking for something, I have been using alexa a lot lately. Its actually kind of handy. Also I have been using the little links in the toolbar are handy too. The ones that tell you related sites. I have found it really great for finding things. If I go to a site, I can usually find another good site like it with the links.

Maybe I am nuts but I kind of like it.

I downloaded the toolbar a week ago and have nothing but probs with my computer since.

I have had to Uninstall it to be able to get my computer to perform at speed.

But, i have also been using it recently and have even been trying to find out how to put that little box on my site.

You know,, the one that has a numerical figure to show your ranking.
Any ideas anyone?

have you used a9 ?

I just had a look at it.
Very interesting listings.
I think this one is worth looking at.
By the look of it, all the results are from google but it has more options and presents more information for every search.

Alexa bots are very active.

I would like to know. ???

http://www*a9*com
i havent sussed out to make it inactive yet,, sorry for the link.
Do a search for something and check out the different results

It 100% Google results and Google Adwords right now.

Hmm.. mamainmichigan, i am a little confused.. Alexa just pulls its results off Google. Why do you think it pulls better related reslts than Google?


Hmm.. yes, i liked the related links feature too... that is, before i uninstalled the whole thing!

I agree, I mean the ThumbNails are nice, but take to long to load up. Why not just use google? As for the features, i believer there is more on the Yahoo! tool bar, but that is just my two cents.

The thumbnails and the related websites are a MUST in a search. It shows how the website looks before you click on it (a professional looking website will not flood you with porn pop-ups and spyware, but a crappy looking one with lots of banners will do).

I agree with the thumbshots.com team, thumbnails of the websites will be of great value in the future of search engines.

Imagine Google with thumbnails, giving you the option to show only the first 3, 5, 10, all or no thumbnails.

That's basically Alexa. That's a big plus then.

Shame we are all just interested in SEOing our own sites, and are not looking for info on the web. On a "regular internet users" forum, Alexa would get more followers. It's just that we all know about the easy-to-fool Alexa toolbar and thus think A. is rubbish, when in fact it is ok.

Not if you have dialup

the traffic rank on alexa cant possibly be anywhere near accurate can it? how is that determined, just via the amount of hits through alexa?

edit.. forget that i just noticed their redirect..

their thumbnails are obviously not updated very regularly, mine doesnt show and one of my pages has not changed for about 6 months...

ESPECIALLY if you have dialup. No need to load the page if you can see it's crap from the thumbnail.

P.S.: I must say the Alexa thumbnails are quite limited, in that they only show a snapshot of a site's root domain's home page. In my case, my site's thumbnail showed the wrong picture. (Had to correct that...)