Alexa tracks the sites visited by people who have downloaded and installed their toolbar.

If your site's visitors have Alexa instaleld, Alexa logs their visits to your site. If they don't have Alexa installed, Alexa has no way to log their visits.

Oh, and welcome to Webmaster World!

[edited by: LifeinAsia at 3:41 pm (utc) on Aug. 21, 2007]

knowautoinsurance said: how does an alexa works

I will guess that you mean something along the lines of "How does Alexa determine 'rank' and 'reach', and how can I get higher numbers?"

To learn about Alexa, try browsing the Alexa site [alexa.com], or else study some of the many articles available online [google.com], including those available on this site [google.com].

Note: Alexa ratings are generally regarded as being, at best, only rough approximations of relative activity amongst sites in the same "industry" or topic area. Cross-over comparisons are not usually viewed as being meaningful or particularly useful.

Eliz.

Not according to the latest news. Alexa is being criticized all over the blogging sphere!

trooper27 said: Not according to the latest news. Alexa is being criticized all over the blogging sphere!

Um... which is "not according to the latest news"? "Alexa is being criticized all over" for what?

Please be specific. Thank you.

Eliz.