Alexa.com just ranked this website to be the
373,861 st most important website in the world… which is
very, very cool… then I got to thinking.
You probably want to know how I did it or what you can do to
increase your website’s popularity index too.
Increasing mine began with having Alex Jeffreys remind me of
the importance of creating a WordPress blog… of value.
Then along came a wonderful friend named Joann Henry, who
was kind enough to share her experience with a great little
add-on program…
Quite simply, once you install this Firefox add-on there will
appear a small little graph, bar and number that tells you your Traffic Trend,
Global Reach and of course your all important Traffic Rank… in your
browser’s right corner.
The add-on is called Sparky.
The real cool thing about Sparky is that it actually shows all these
values for every website you visit in real-time… not just yours.
Here is a list of a few things I’ve done to watch my Alexa ranking
plummet to where you see it now…
1. created interesting blog posts,
2. used curiosity based headlines,
3. tagged my posts,
4. talked about authority sites in my posts,
5. put the WP top commentators list in my sidebar,
6. installed the WP comment luv plugin,
7. used the Yahoo mybloglog sidebar widget,
8. visited other people’s blogs and left comments,
9. replied to people’s comments on my blog,
10. made sure there were external links in all my posts,
I’m not really sure which has impacted my Alexa ranking
dropping more than the other… but I’m glad it has
had the combined effect I’ve always been looking for.
If you want to see your blog become more popular with the
search engines and to those that surf the web, install Sparky
Then visit people’s blogs with a lower Alexa ranking than yours, try
to figure out why they’re more appealing… then copy what you think
they’re doing.
Positive results will surely come your way.
If you really want your traffic to increase in
the next 24 hours, this will work… GUARANTEED.
Step 1 – install Sparky
http://www.alexa.com/toolbar/
Step 2 – click on any blog post at any WordPress blog
website then scroll down to where you see people that have
placed comments on any blog posts,
Step 3 – click back through the URL links of at least
10 commentators back to their blog websites,
Step 4 – read any of their most current blog posts and
place a comment either thanking them for: their
information, how it has positively affected you, or
something else that’s POSITIVE.
Step 5 – its likely that a few will take the time
to visit your blog and leave a comment too.
Step 6 – approve their comments,
Step 7 – look at your new Alexa ranking… it should be
lower than before.
Have a great day, get Sparky and make sure you
leave a comment here so everyone reading this blog
post can jump over to your blog and leave a comment there too.
In case you didn’t know, every time someone
comments on your blog and you approve their comments…
you get a backlink…
The more backlinks… the more popular you become.
So start right now…
You’ll be surprised at what happens in the next 24 hours with
your world wide web blog website’s popularity.
Let me know how it goes,
Rob
P.S. A more popular blog means much more traffic and
to get a better Alexa.com ranking this Firefox add-on will
encourage your progress… all along the way.
Cool idea Rob!
I’ve never heard of that plugin before. I am definitely going to check that out. I think one of the big reasons your ranking is dropping like a rock is the fact that you add valuable content. Keep adding value and people will keep coming back.
Thanks for sharing the ideas. Talk to you soon.
Matt
PS, I’d love to chat with you on Skype one of these days.
.-= Matt Wolfe´s last blog ..I Teach How To Blog But Don’t Blog Myself =-.
Hey Rob,
Hope you’re well buddy!
This is one useful tool, and I have just installed it, thanks for the heads up.
I’m going to follow your 6 step system and post the results back to you here.
Talk soon Rob, feeling the love
Take care
Sean
Hi Rob,
Once again you’ve provided a ton of useful information.
Can I just ask about Tags in blogs.
Do you use Tag the keywords in your blog?
Have you got any tips on the best use of Tags?
Thanks for sharing the techniques you’re using.
John
.-= John Tanner´s last blog ..Linkbuilding – What Are “Do Follow” Blogs? =-.
Hey Matt,
Skype would be great. 4pm EST today or later (I think you’re on the west coast) would be cool.
I’ll email you my skype id.
Cheers,
Rob
Sean,
Working on my goals before Aug 31, but otherwise AOK..
And I’d love to hear back about how my 6 step system has worked for you.
Keep me posted,
Rob
JT,
Tagging the keywords in my blog… Hmmmmm.. I’m wondering if you mean
hyperlinking the keywords to places outside my blog.
Well if that’s the case my answer is yes and no. Again, this is just me.
I tend to try to link people’s names back to their blogs and many times back to a specific
blog post inside their blog that I think will inspire my readership.
I’ll do this to a maximum of two people even if my blog post mentions more.
You see, Google and the other search engines are really trying hard to mimic real life and
so IMHO they like the fact that you know and have respect for others, but probably
think you’re just “pimping your …….” if you get to link crazy inside one specific post.
Anyways that’s just my take on the matter.
Let me know if that was what you were thinking.
Cheers,
Rob
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Hey Rob,
Fantastic stuff once again my friend.
well done with the results. I had planned to use link in my next post after seeing it elsewhere, now I will for sure.
Don’t know where you get all your ideas from. I always look at my posts and think, well that didn’t turn out as expected. But hey it can only get better.
Cheers for the vist,
James
.-= James Howard´s last blog ..How To Get Website Traffic =-.
Hey Rob,
Thanks for stopping buy my blog,
congratulations on your great ranking in Alexa,
when you think of the millions of sites outthere
you are doing VERY well.
Your article proves that when doing certain things
correctly, great success is attainable, I will be
studying your blog, and definitely implementing
your stradegies.
This course with Alex is the best investment I’ve
made, and he is doing everything the right way.
The friendships, partnerships and great sense of caring
amongst the students will last a long time, I plan on working
with you and the others ,long after this course is finished, maybe it will never finish, wouldn’t that be great ?.
To your success,
Rich Cardarelli
.-= Rich Cardarelli´s last blog ..Best of the Best =-.
James,
Thanks. Yeah, ideas… got quite a few…. Sometimes I get them in my blog and sometimes they
fly right out of my mind.
How I write though, I start with what link I want to encourage people to go to in my call to action,
then think of a cool headline and then write the post to link the two together.
Take care,
Rob
Rich,
The course not finishing is up to me and you… We can do this.
Thanks for the congrats… Looks like my Alexa is now down to 356,575…
Still dropping like a rock so to speak… lol
Speak soon,
Rob
Hey Rob:
It’s quite amazing how Alexa ranking can shoot up if you do the right stuff. It would be interesting to see if the ranking matches the increase in traffic.
Cheers,
Thomas
.-= Thomas Bartke´s last blog ..Top 10 List to Boost Alexa Ranking =-.
Thomas,
I’m sure traffic doesn’t completely follow ranking… Mainly because traffic probably has more to do with writing keywords rich content…
IMHO its very hard to write for the search engines, it’s much easier to write for my friends.
Maybe I’m wrong…
Cheers,
Rob
P.S. It would sure be great to see a picture of you beside your comments… aka gravatar
here’s a blog post I wrote if you like…
http://escapetoprosperity.com/adding-your-picture-to-other-peoples-wordpress-blogs
Hey Rob,
That’s pretty cool I have to say!
I will give that a go, I have a couple of plugins I need to install first!
Thanks for checking out my e-book today
Talk soon,
Paul
.-= Paul Wilson´s last blog ..7 Step Success Formula – NOW LIVE! =-.
Hi Rob,
Thanks for this informative post. I think I have a similar plug in which shows Alexa’s ranking (yours is now down to 365,575) and it also shows which links are nofollow and which are dofollow.
I was surprised to see that even with comment luv plug in which you and most other people have the links are still nofollow. I don’t really know how this works but on my blog the top commentator is getting dofollow links.
Commenting on other peoples blogs is good for many reasons but I like the idea of communicating and building relationships. If you are into plug ins you may know a lot more than I do. Perhaps you could find out about a keyword luv plug in. I don’t know much about it but it’s supposed to be good for interaction and attracting commentators.
I’ll visit your blog again to learn more about you and from you.
Vance.
.-= Vance Sova´s last blog ..List Building Steps, Step 1-Get Autoresponder =-.
Hey Rob,
Thanks for taking the time to drop by my blog the other day, I found you comment really motivating.
This Post rocks!
I’m gonna give the tactics a go and see what happens.
Cheers, Nathaniel
.-= Nathaniel Monk´s last blog ..10,000 visitors for $10…update! =-.
Hey Rob
How ya doing my friend? I am back from skegness buddy I am more tired than before I went,it was supposed to be relaxing.
Hey great post I am gonna have to set that up when I get a chance you are full of little tricks.
I wanted to tag you in the gazzmans little challenge but someone already tagged you.
Hope your okay
speak soon
Marcus
.-= marcus passey´s last blog ..Marcus Passey In 25 Things You Should Or Maybe Should Not Know About Me! =-.
Vance,
Petra Weiss just did a post on Keyword luv you might want to check her blog.
Also, I don’t see many people listed in your top commentators sidebar widget. You may want to change the setting to where it says
Commentors ‘Reset List every YEAR’ to start with.
Also, you might like to add the Widlink traffic widget that Alex Jeffreys gave us which shows all the students blogs.
Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Rob
Nathaniel,
Very cool Let me know how this strategy works for you.
Keep me posted.
Rob
P.S. The gravatar is looking mighty fine.
Marcus,
Yep, got tagged… Looks like tagging is going on all over the place.
I’m so excited to see you video hit the competition.
Holidays… never were much good for relaxation… One day we’ll get more than enough rest, if you know what I mean.
Hope you had a great time… Sand in between your toes and all that stuff.
Talk soon,
Rob
Hi Rob,
You continue to provide first class advice and information.
This list is great stuff and really helpful – again
BTW You are at 365,575 as I write – congratulations. You deserve it.
I am just over 700,00 so lots to do. I will follow your advice and see what happens.
Dave
.-= Dave Whittle´s last blog ..How To Speed Up Videos =-.
Hey Dave,
Thanks and yes it seems to have dropped again… Congrats on your 700,000.
Let me know if my methods cause it to drop further.
Talk soon,
Rob
Rob
I jumped over here from your comment on my blog, thanks for the visit.
I have been jumping around lately but have not been happy with the results of my blog. I will definately put your advise to use.
Thanks a lot for all the great information.
Norm
.-= Norm´s last blog ..Gene Got It From Gary And I Got It From Gene =-.
Norm,
Just follow the steps… and let me know how it goes.
Talk Soon,
Rob
P.S. I’d strongly advise installing this plugin first.
http://comluv.com/download/commentluv-wordpress/
More great ideas, thanks Rob, I’m learning loads just got to get it to my blog!
Best wishes,
Veronica
.-= Veronica Purdey´s last blog ..I just upgraded to Firefox 3.5.2……….. =-.
Veronica,
Good stuff. Remember, blogs are like homes. Once set up they’re like in move in condition but not
necessarily how you want it decorated. One day at a time, change it up how you think it works
best for you.. There’s no right or wrong.
Have fun,
Rob
Hey Rob,
Great ideas!! I am going to get on these 10 ideas going ASAP!! Thanks for sharing!
Lee
.-= Lee´s last blog ..Want to Build Your List? You Must Increase Your Exposure! Do it in 3 Easy Steps. =-.
Lee,
You got it my friend. Definitely let me know the results you get.
Blog’s looking real good too.
Cheers,
Rob
Hey Rob
Great post about Alexa and the Sparky plug in. I stopped by the other day and pick up the Widlink Widget information and forgot to leave a thank you or a comment. SORRY Talk to you a little later
Glenn
pS I need to find the information you had about installing Comluv.
I will stop back by and get it
Thanks
Glenn,
My friend… Glad you liked the alexa sparky post and do be sure to come back for the comment luv information.
Basically, people will comment more frequently on your blog with it.
Cheers,
Rob
P.S. I did a guest article on Sandy Ostroff’s blog and wrote it all about Comment Luv
http://sandy-ostroff.com/blog/list-building/love-conquors-all-especially-using-this-cool-little-gadget-on-my-wordpress-blog.html
hope that helps
i like this how to ..
very nice ..
thanks
best regard
Abula,
Glad you enjoyed it. I see on your blog you’re from Indonesia. Years ago I was in Jakarta and then one time Bali.
You’ve got a beautiful country.
Take Care,
Rob
Hey Rob,
Yet another blindlngly great post. I’ve got my top commentators installed and my comment luv, but I’ll be looking at some of these other tricks and downloading sparky.
Thanks for the tips Rob.
Talk soon,
Andrew.
.-= Andrew Vaughan´s last blog ..The Gazzman Challenge – 25 Things about Me. =-.
Andrew,
Yep… You got it going on at your blog.
#12 on your list is pretty funny… Are you kidding me a 19lb Cod.
Anyways, got to get my list in order sometime soon.
Take Care my friend,
Rob
Rob,
I had never heard of that plug in so thank you for the post. Your # is great, btw! 350,000 is a hell of a number so early in the game. It seems like every time I check back with your blog you are doling out some great information on how to get ranked higher whether it’s SEO, Youtube, Alexa, etc.
I am pretty sure there would be a demand for a product that you create that expands upon all of your tips to get ranked higher so let me know when that becomes available
Paul
.-= Paul Norwine´s last blog ..How in the Hell do You Start a Successful Online Business?!… =-.
Paul,
Thanks for the kind words.
Regarding the product… its in the works and btw its going to be a major list-building product for those
that have commented on my blog… Can’t let the cat out of the bag just yet.
But you will be included in the product.
Talk soon,
Rob
Rob
Great post, have just started experimenting with Firefox plug-ins and can say that the one you recommend is great. I have just started looking into reverse engineering top sites rankings by using the link data provided to see where I can get links and comments in order to boost my own rankings. Ill do a post in due course detailing how I get on.
Thanks for the info
Tom
.-= Tom Harvey´s last blog ..Newbies Nightmare =-.
Mr T..
Yep, some FF plugins do some pretty cool stuff. I’d love to hear how your reverse engineering of top
ranked sites goes.
I’ll be looking for your post.
Take care,
Rob
Hi Rob,
Your a legend! Thank you once again for some really good insights and a wonderful action plan. I plan to put everything you have suggested to good use.
Annie
.-= Ann Marie Dennis´s last blog ..How To Be More Creative! =-.
Ann Marie,
Let me know your results… So we can tell the rest of AJ’s students.
Cheers,
Rob
Hi Rob,
No not kidding.
The hook was 5 inches long and the bait was 2 whole squid.
Andrew.
.-= Andrew Vaughan´s last blog ..The Gazzman Challenge – 25 Things about Me. =-.
Hey Rob,
How’s it going, hope you are well?
I just want to thank you for a superb post, I for one really appreciate you sharing with us.
I honestly hadn’t a clue how to go about getting my Alexa ranking to go down. And although I think I saw that post on Joann’s blog, I never got around to installing the plugin.
Anyway it’s installed now, so just need to put those steps you mention into action.
Keep up the good work, Rob.
Take care,
Paul.
.-= Paul Lear´s last blog ..This is just a bit of fun, getting some practice in front of the camera =-.
Hey Paul,
Crap you guys in the UK are so lucky… You got Range Rovers… Always like the police interceptor version.
Sure we can get them in Canada… But dam expensive.
Love your A, B, C planning sheets.
Speak soon,
Rob
Andrew,
Last time I caught a fish it actually looked like bait. Guess I got to try those 5 inch hooks.
Do you get those at the meat packing plants or is that what you use to tow a car out of a ditch… lol
Now that’s fishing.
Cheers,
Rob
Rob,
Honestly, I can see the value of your post, but it way beyond my capability to make a sensible comment.
Other than that I am taking the 10 ten things you did seriously, and I am keeping them in mind as far as possible when I do something on my blog.
Hope my photo shows up now.
Heine,
Not to worry, half the information I read online goes way over my head too. Let me know if you need any help.
And for some reason your gravatar is still not coming through, but it is showing up beside your blog comments on your blog.
Send me the email address that’s listed in your user profile inside your blogs admin area and I’ll try that one for you.
Talk soon,
Rob
Rob,
You continue to provide such useful information! I always enjoy visiting your blog — I learn so much! Thanks. -Norene
.-= Norene´s last blog ..Beating the Newbie Blues =-.
Hey Norene,
Thanks… Wait till you see the blog post I’ve got coming in the next couple days…
It’s going to be the best.
Talk soon,
Rob
Thanks Rob, another great post. Awesome tips that require small effort to get going (install/activate plugin) but can have big returns. I’m off to install sparky and comment luv.
.-= Alan Petersen´s last blog ..Inside Look A Hacked WordPress Blog [Video] =-.