10 Most Popular Websites as Alexa Ranking

The internet has widened quickly and fast. How many web pages exist in the word ?-Millions of web pages or Billions of web pages. But how many websites actually exist in the word? One million or two ?As December of 2012, the total number of websites in the world is at approximately 633 million [source]. That is a big number that anyone can not visit those numbers of websites in a day, month or year or in a lifetime. For promoting products, gaining more customers, we have to choose best websites that receive more traffic than others. In this case, we have to use a measure to list their websites as the popularity and usability.

We can find some standard metrics in the world those are used by most advertisers and professionals to level the website and blog. Complete, Alexa, Quantcast, ranking, Moz and Google page rank are some of them that exposure different stats of a site such as popularity, amount of backward links, daily unique visitors, pageviews, bounce rate, updating frequency, oldness etc. So understanding what’re these metrics and how do they affect to the site’s existence is very important as a webmaster.

Among of above ranking metrics, Alexa traffic rank is very important. Alexa Inc is owed to Amazon company and its database is updated daily. So you don’t need to wait a long time period like Google Page rank to find out your site’s Alexa traffic rank stats. Why I say that Alexa ranking  position is very important is Advertisers check the Alexa rank first before dealing to advertise on your website.

So today I’m going to show you what’re the top 10 Alexa ranking websites in the world. As we know to get maximum rank, they should be world famous and should have millions of daily visitors. Check that your website includes to top global websites.

Alexa Top 10 Websites 

10. Twitter.com

Twitter is a microblogging social network founded by Jack Dorsey on July 15,2006. In a short time Twitter was popular among many people and as a result of it, Blogging technique is becoming another way to contribute a good online presence.


Alexa Rank : #10
Alexa Backlinks : 5,926,437
Page Rank : 10

09. Live.com

The search engine from Microsoft. Live.com is not just a search engine. It provides various services such as Email, File hosting (Skydrive), Calender and free Webs apps etc. Microsoft  which is founded by Bill gates is a giant company that manipulates the computer world. nine of ten computers in the world are running on any Windows OS. So that’s not a surprise to have good Alexa rank.

Alexa Rank : #09
Alexa Backlinks : 108,966
Page Rank : 8

08. Linkedin.com

LinkedIn is another very popular social network among professionals, entrepreneurs and marketers. It is founded by Reid Garrett Hoffman in December 2002 and launched on May 5,2003. They provide different services to people to grow their business.

Alexa Rank : #08
Alexa Backlinks: 1,716,564
Page Rank : 8

07. Qq.com

China’s largest and most used Internet owned by Tencent Holdings, INC in 1998.Majority of visitors (roughly 85%) are coming from China. China is the world’s largest country that uses the Internet. Amount of number of internet visitors in 2012 is approximately 568,192,066.

Alexa Rank : #07
Alexa Backlinks: 439,260
Page Rank : 8

06. Wikipedia.org

How didn’t visit a Wikipedia web page ? Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia built collaboratively using wiki software. Thousands of web pages are created by many people all around the world. Still Wikipedia.org website is a non-profitable website in the world.

Alexa Rank : #06
Alexa Backlinks: 2,077,225
Page Rank : 9

05. Baidu.com

Baidu.com is the largest Chinese language search engine. World’s 3rd top search engine followed by Google and Yahoo!. In 2000 Robin Li and Eric Xu founded Baidu. As Alexa approximately 86% of visitors are coming from china.

Alexa Rank : #05
Alexa Backlinks: 293,259
Page Rank : 9

04. Yahoo.com

Yahoo! Inc. provides many services such as Yahoo search and related services including Yahoo mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Directory, Yahoo answers, Online mapping etc... Jerry Yang and David Filo founded Yahoo! On March 1994.According to ComScore, during July 2013 Yahoo exceed Google on the number of united states visitors to its website for the first time since May 2011. [Source]

Alexa Rank : #04
Alexa Backlinks: 1,612,787
Page Rank : 9

03. Youtube.com

Free video hosting service owned by Google. In February 14,2005 former Paypal employees Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, Jawed Karim created YouTube Video sharing website. After buying by Google for US$1. 65 billion in November 2006, in present YouTube is one of the top ways to earn money by joining to YouTube partner program.

Alexa Rank : #03
Alexa Backlinks: 3,819,183
Page Rank : 9

02. Facebook.com

Facebook is the world’s largest online community founded by Mark Zuckerberg on February  4,2004.As of march 2013, Facebook reported that they have 1.11 billion monthly active users globally. When 2010, more than 52% of Facebook registered members are between 18-34 ages.

Alexa Rank : #02
Alexa Backlinks: 7,907,883
Page Rank : 9

01. Google.com

Google is world’s top website as Alexa rankings.Larry Page and Sergrey Brin founded Google on September 4,1998. It does not limit to Google search. It provides various products and services such as office suite (Google Drive),social networking (Google plus),Blogging platform(Blogger),Google maps,Google translator, email(Gmail),Code hosts(Google Code), Web Apps, Cloud computing and desktop gadgets such as Google Chrome browser,Google earth,Chromebook,Google web designer etc.Also Google leads to development of the Android mobile OS. Google glass is their new amazing hardware that is evolving rapidly.

Google has extended their ways in various fields.Like Microsoft is the giant of computer world,Google has 91% of dominance in the Internet.

Alexa Rank : #01
Alexa Backlinks: 4,085,791
Page Rank : 9

These are top 10 most visited websites in the world as Alexa metrics. Alexa ranks and Alexa backlinks could be changed according to the time. I would like to know your ideal suggestions,views and questions below.Don't forget to share this post among your friends.

Attractive Alexa search box for Blogger and websites

Good day for everyone! Today I post a nice widget tutorial.This widget tutorial is about Alexa. It is not necessary to explain about Alexa Inc.Before this post, I posted a widget tutorial, How to display Alexa traffic rank badge blog and website.In this time i give you an Attractive Alexa Traffic Rank Search Box.It shows every available search queries like in Alexa. I created this Search box using CSS and HTML. Adding this widget on your blog or website you can attract more visitors and grow your readerships and also give new experience for your readers.Follow bellow steps to add Alexa search box widget on blogger easily.

Demo

1.) Sign in to your blogger account.
2.) Go to Blogger Dashboard >>Page Element( Layout ).
3.) Now Click on "Add Gadget" and then Select on "HTML/JavaScript".
4.) Now Paste Bellow codes on 'HTML/JavaScript'

<style>
.border { border: 1px#ccc;border-style:solid; margin:1em 4em 0em 1em;width:90%;padding:10px 2px 3px 5px;-webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;}
.border:hover{
-moz-box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 10px 1px rgba(001, 001, 222, 0.4);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 10px 1px rgba(001, 001, 222, 0.4);
box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 10px 1px rgba(001, 001, 222, 0.4);
}
.balexa {
font: bold 12px Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif,"times new roman";
font-style: normal;
color: #ffffff;
background: #186adf;
border: 0px solid #ffffff;
text-shadow: 0px -1px 1px #15a299;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px #000000;
-moz-box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px #000000;
-webkit-box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px #000000;
border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
padding: 7px 15px;
cursor:pointer;
margin: 5px 0 0 3px auto;
}
.balexa:active {
cursor:wait;
position: relative;
top: 2px;
}
.balexa::-moz-focus-inner {
border: 0;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}

.blsbox {
border: 1px solid #D3D3D3;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
-moz-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px 1px rgba(255, 172, 84, 0.4) inset;
-webkit-box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) inset;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4) inset;
color: #666;
font: 14px "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;
padding: 7px 15px;
width: 160px;
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
}
.blsbox:hover {
-webkit-box-shadow: none;
box-shadow: none;
-webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-ms-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
}
</style>
<div class='border'>
<form method="get" action="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">
<input class="blsbox" name="url" maxlength="255" size="40" type="text" onblur='if (this.value == &quot;&quot;) {this.value = &quot;Enter the Url...&quot;;}'
onfocus='if (this.value == &quot;Enter the Url...&quot;) {this.value = &quot;&quot;}'
type="text" value="Enter the Url..." />
<input value="Alexa" type="submit" class="balexa" /></form>
</div>

Recommend : Show or Hide widgets in Any Pages In Blogger

5.) Now Save your "HTML/JavaScript".

I think that this widget would be helpful for you.If you want to know anything about this Alexa search box widget, Feel free to ask me anything via comment.Happy and blessing buddies :)

What is The Importance of Alexa.com ?

Today I thought to post an article about the value of a popular website website Alexa . Everyone who have websites must know about Alexa website.It provides many information about any popular website,blog or  products.Alexa is a special web site information provider than Google analytics. You can get some different information of your site from Alexa like website's global rank,local ranks and its fluctuations within specific period ,traffic sources,comparing your site with your site's competitors,bounce rate,keywords,SEM( Search Engine Marketing )...etc.

Alexa  is own to Alexa Internet Inc which is a California based subsidiary company of Amazon.com.Alexa Internet was founded in 1996 by American web entrepreneurs Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat.As of 2013, Alexa provides traffic data, global rankings and other information on 30 million websites, and claims that 6 million people visit its website monthly.So that getting your site's alexa information,it must be one of thirty million sites in the world.If your site is not listed in this list,you can see a screen slighly similar to below image.

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Do you know that how was this company's name be chosen?The company's name was chosen in homage to the Library of Alexandria, drawing a parallel between the largest repository of knowledge in the ancient world and the potential of the Internet to become a similar store of knowledge.Today Alexa Traffic rank becomes a reputed measure among web publishers.It trots out many aspects of a site.Alexa's operation includes archiving of webpages as they are crawled. This database served as the basis for the creation of the Internet Archive accessible through the Wayback Machine.It searches how much there are outbound links/inbound links and how much visitors come to this site and where from they come mainly.So,if you want to increase your web site's or blog's Alexa traffic rank, your website or blog must be have" Dofollow outbound Links".It is known called "backlinks".Its meaning is the "back[ without your site/other sites(backward)]- Links( tageted links to your site as Dofollow )".Search engines like Google can crawl the Dofollow links.Adding more and more dofollow links,your website will be received more visitors.Also search engines will understand how much your site is popular among other websites that's on your niche.Then your web site's page rank and Alexa rank will be increased.


Recommend: Alexa Traffic Rank To Your Website

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Link Building for increasing the Alexa Rank

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Before you create links to your site in websites and blogs,there are some materials that you should consider.

1.) Link to your site should be in "dofollow" order to increase the Reputation.
Note:-Dofollow and Nofollow both are really important.You will get some visitors from "nofollow" Links too.But Search engines can not crawl these type of links.

2.) You may link your site in reliable web sites.Because if they're closed or stopped working any day,You will amass broken links to your site.It is an awkward cause for your SEO status.

3.) If  you created a link to your site with good keywords,it is better than linking with stuff words.Keywords are valuable and important in search engine optimization.Your site has more chance to be displayed in the top of SERP ( Search Engine Result Page )


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Services of Alexa

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Alexa provides services to increase traffic and maximize the earning revenue.Firstly,You should create a free account at Alexa.Then you will be received some free services.But to get other valuable services you should upgrade your current account.There are some other services which can be used for develop your site.You can see them in this picture in your right hand.

Alexa company offers a toolbar that gives Internet users suggestions on where to go next, based on the traffic patterns of its user community. Alexa also offers context for each site visited: to whom it was registered, how many pages it had, how many other sites pointed to it, and how frequently it was updated.There are  more than 30 million websites are listed in Alexa tooll bar.It includes a popup blocker,Website search box, links to Amazon.com and Alexa, information about the current Alexa ranking of the website that user is visiting, a rate section and links relevant to the site ..etc.Installing alexa tool bar on your web browser give you chance to increase your site's alexa status in every time you're updating your site.

Important Link : Download Alexa toolbar

Display Alexa traffic rank Stats Badge on Blog and Website

Everyone who has a website or Blog should know about Alexa website.It's not just a website.Today Alexa traffic rank is valid measure that count the popularity of each site. Alexa traffic rank database is updated daily.Which means you're not to worry about how will my Alexa rank improve and how I can attract advertisers and improve my website's online presence.The value of Alexa traffic ranks is very important as a webmaster.Because advertisers check the Alexa rank of website or blog before dealing with site. So proceeding good Rank in Alexa is really important as a web site owner.

Alexa Inc provides some Widgets for webmasters and bloggers. One of these gadgets is Alexa traffic rank badge or rank stats widget.It show the alexa rank of particular site and alexa backlinks. By displaying one stats widgets on your site,You can build trust of advertisers also amaze your readers.I have brought some codes of these badges.You can add one of desired Alexa traffic rank badges below to your blog or website.


Small Button  (120 x 65)

<a href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Your_site_Address"><script type='text/javascript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/a?url=Your_site_Address'></script></a>

Regular Button  (120 x 90)

<a href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Your_site_Address"><script type='text/javascript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/b?url=Your_site_Address'></script></a>

Banner  (468 x 60)

<a href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Your_site_Address"><script type='text/javascript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/t/c?url=Your_site_Address'></script></a>

Button  (120 x 95)

<a href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Your_site_Address"><script type='text/javascript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/s/a?url=Your_site_Address'></script></a>

Vertical Banner  (120 x 240)

<a href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Your_site_Address"><script type='text/javascript' src='http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/s/b?url=Your_site_Address'></script></a>

Replace Your_site_Address  with your website's or blog's URL.Below is an example code of Alexa badge.

<a href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bestlodge.blogspot.com"><script src="http://xslt.alexa.com/site_stats/js/s/a?url=bestlodge.blogspot.com" type="text/javascript"></script></a>

If you have any question adding Alexa traffic rank on your site ask me below.