Comments on: Alexa Releases Firefox Toolbar

By: Izabael DaJinn

Izabael DaJinn — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:14:52 +0000

I always thought Alexa would go away, but it seems more popular now than ever for better or for worse. At least running it on Firefox doesn’t seem so bad.

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:20:30 +0000

Finally they released it… I will make a post about it on my blog.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:55:50 +0000

I just downloaded it and look forward to using it.
Cheers!

By: ciken

ciken — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:16:41 +0000

i already download the toolbar..very useful tool..thanks

By: Hasan Hadi

Hasan Hadi — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 22:12:54 +0000

Cheers mate, wouldn’t have realised otherwise!
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http://hahauk.com

By: Patrix

Patrix — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:58:37 +0000

Unfortunately, the extension for Firefox is not compatible with the latest update.

By: JoLynn Braley

JoLynn Braley — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:46:42 +0000

I’ve also been using the search status extension for a couple of months now…I like it. And, like Reginald wrote (comment #10), I also read that the ss ext. reports back to Alexa, so that anyone using it who visits your site will help your Alexa ranking.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 19:49:14 +0000

I’ve already been a firefox user for a year now and love it! This toolbar seems really handy in my opinion.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:53:46 +0000

I just downloaded it! Thanks for the news.

By: AJ Vaynerchuk

AJ Vaynerchuk — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:57:45 +0000

Interesting news. I installed the toolbar because when it comes to selling advertisements on some of my websites, Alexa Ranking still plays a role (for some unapparent reason).

I covered this story on my blog and made a top 10 list as to why the new Alexa Toolbar for Firefox matters to webmasters. Darren, linked to your point about the nifty little graph in the lower right corner. Check it out here: http://www.ajvaynerchuk.com/articles/alexa-toolbar-released-for-firefox.php

Should be interesting to see how everyone’s Alexa Rankings changed over the next few months.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:56:42 +0000

One thing you might want to do before installing is read the EULA. I went to install the toolbar a few days ago and it sounded to me like Alexa was going to grab a lot more information about me than I wanted them to.

They obviously need to grab some info in order to be able to do what they do, but it seemed like they were going above and beyond what they needed to collect.

I might have read things wrong or been feeling a bit more paranoid than usual on that particular day, but the policy struck me as collecting much more than necessary.

By: J.D.

J.D. — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:29:18 +0000

I downloaded it AND installed it.

Will it help anything related to my blog? Maybe. About 80 percent of my readers use Internet Explorer, and 18 percent uses Firefox. Every little bit counts.

By: Fatgadget

Fatgadget — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:14:24 +0000

This is great news.

Hopefully this will help my Alexa ranking, as only 20% of my readers use IE, 50% use Firefox, 20% Safari, and 10% various other browsers.

By: The Reviewer

The Reviewer — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:18:43 +0000

I have search status, but I will check this one out. I am about to break 200,000 probably this week.

By: David Bradley Blogging Tips

David Bradley Blogging Tips — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:21:40 +0000

We might not care for Alexa, and there are so many sites gaming it that it’s not the most valid of metrics, but, some ad systems use it to rank your site and so decide how much they’re going to pay you, always worth trying to rank well in everyone’s book I’d say

By: Izzy

Izzy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:20:15 +0000

From what I’ve gleaned on Alexa’s site (and I could have it totally wrong) they calculate your Alexa rankings by tracking the internet wanderings of people who have the Alexa toolbar installed. I just don’t understand how that could be accurate so I haven’t downloaded it yet.

By: Chase Roper

Chase Roper — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:07:07 +0000

I downloaded this yesterday when I read the announcement on the Alexa blog. So far it seems to just be a novelty thing. The new related links menu is kind of fun though. Maybe I’ll like the whole a lot more once my blog actually show up on the graph.

By: TextAdSearch

TextAdSearch — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:49:59 +0000

About time. I will still keep my current Alexa toolbar plug-in (that’s right there has been a third party one available for ages) too see if works as well.

By: Technobuzz.net

Technobuzz.net — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:48:06 +0000

This One is the Best Toolbar

http://www.technobuzz.net/sparky-the-alexa-toolbar-for-firefox/

By: Bush Mackel

Bush Mackel — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:21:02 +0000

Probably won’t be downloading it as I spend too much time worrying about Alexa rank these days as it is. (#):)