SOC: Social Media, Alexa Rankings and Increasing Stats.
This week I’m answering Fadra’s questions on
What feels overwhelming to you right now and how are you coping?
I have been thinking a lot about how to bring the blog up a notch. I’ve been actively blogging since being home with Tiger girl. I’m learning a lot about social media and how to build up my brand and promote this blog. There has been quite a few things which I have changed here on the blog in order to drive up more traffic and improve on it’s stats.
- I’ve joined quite a few different groups/forums to get more exposure to the blog.
- Give the blog a makeover and make it is easier to share my posts via twitter, facebook and google + with social media friendly buttons.
- Blog more frequently and have more varied articles/posts on the blog.
- Comment on blogs.
I’ve seen an increase in traffic overall but what has been dismaying is my Alexa rankings. I’ve been trying to get it down to 100,000 but it is taking ages. The most disappointing thing is that I’ve seen many sites move down to 100,000 and below so easily and it seems effortless for them. My ranking however have moved in the opposite direction. It was down to 103,000 a few months back but have risen to 121,325 as of writing of this post. I know that Alexa ranking has to do with others having the Alexa toolbar installed and visiting your site. The only conclusion I can come to after reading through different posts on how to reduce one’s Alexa’s status is that there has been an influx of visitors who visited my site without having the Alexa toolbar installed. Anyone has suggestions on how to get my Alexa ranking down to 100,000?
