Bad alexa ranking and a strong google search result... Why?

I have heard that alexa rankings are not always reliable, but I still use them as a means for comparison between sites. However, one example puzzled me.

Alexa has Kannekt dot com at a 219,673 ranking, with only 58 sites linking in. The site itself is FILLED with links out to other sites. Why is it still at the top of so many New Jersey area searches in so many different fields?

Thanks!

I think you answer your own question here....... Alexa is (next to) useless. It only measures traffic from people that have alexa toolbar installed. I would not pay any attention to it IMO.

but still, why would a site based so strongly on out-links be so high on google searches?

directory.google.com/ This has a few thousand outbound links on it.

Still ranks #1 for "Directory"

You might be concentrating in the out-bound links only..just check their inbound links and hopefully you'll find the reason

If 2 people with the Alexa tool bar go to that site and none to the other (or 1) -- it ranks better "OBVIOUSLY" BECAUSE IT GOT MORE ALEXA QUALIFIED TRAFFIC!

It's meaningless and no about of you worndering is going to change anything... it remains "MEANINGLESS"!

A couple of years ago I accidentally boosted one of my sites into the 200k rankings on Alexa, because I had the toolbar installed and was on my own site a couple of times a day. Ignore Alexa!!!

Why is it still at the top of so many New Jersey area searches in so many different fields?

Hi,

Why you are so concerned with Alexa? Experts in this forum always suggest that Alexa's stats are not reliable. Try Google Analytics and see the difference between the stats. GA is more accurate than Alexa.

Thanks,
The Great Khali

Alexa is less than nothing....don't even bother about it.

Is here is OTHERS ways to measure others sites traffic/popularity beside Alexa ?

Google has so may elements to consider when ranking a site. Google gives more priority to quality contents and the anchor text that the site has been using. It would be better if you can have quality links using your targeted keywords as anchor text.

If a site realizes it's keywords and metatags are weak and they change them immediately, can there be harsh repercussions? Or can it help the site right off the bat?

I don't really agree with the example used here. Obviously Google is going to give preference to its own sites for selected keywords. I don't believe that you can give me many words that are part of a google product name that they are not number one for. For example, search "base", "maps", "scholar"... While I am sure it is possible for a HIGHLY optimized, Mega-PR page, I highly doubt that it will happen that often.

Alexa Ranking = Ignore!

Its just simple as that!

No repercussions (except that existing incoming anchors may no longer help as much with your KW ranking quest)...

Thread title changed (original sucked) - see here.

As everyone's said - forget Alexa ranking it's meaningless...
Also - it seems you are confused about the fact that a site with many outgoing links shouldn't rank very high... that's not true; outgoing links don't weaken your Google rankings (that would be silly).