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- Originally released: July 17, 1997
- Firefox version released: July 16, 2007
- Alexa.com is run by Amazon
- Only 14% of the toolbar's users are in the U.S.Alexa Web Discovery Machine Blog: Alexa's Traffic Panel Is Increasingly Global (February 2, 2007)
- To improve accuracy, Alexa filters out the information received from most of their toolbarsAlexa Web Discovery Machine Blog: Alexa's Traffic Panel Is Increasingly Global (February 2, 2007)
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The Alexa Toolbar Internet browser plugin displays traffic trends, related links and traffic rank for any site a user visits. It also helps Alexa determine these trends and rankings by monitoring the web usage of the individuals who install the toolbar. Until the July 2007 release of "Sparky," the Firefox version of the toolbar, The Alexa Toolbar was only available for Internet Explorer.
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Privacy Concerns
Because the Alexa toolbar collects the browsing history of its users, there has been some concern about potential misuse of this information. The Alexa Toolbar privacy statement says that Alexa collects and stores personally identifying information, but they do not use this information in a way that reveals any person's individual identity.Official Site: Alexa Internet Privacy PolicySunbelt Software, makers of Windows security software, consider the Alexa Toolbar to be a potential privacy risk.Sunbelt Software: Alexa Toolbar McAfee SiteAdvisor recommends using caution when downloading from Alexa, and the Windows anti-spyware tool, Windows Defender, labels the Alexa Toolbar a Trojan.McAfee SiteAdvisor: Alexa.com TCMnet Voip & Gadgets Blog: Windows Defender Calls Alexa Toolbar Trojan (March 2, 2007)
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Alexa Toolbar Questions
How Alexa Does Work for websites? 1 AnswerThey will automatically add your site when daily some visitors will gather into your site.... Is your site listed in search engine's directory? If not please go... read more
Whats are best practices to improve your Alexa ranking? 3 AnswersI should NOT tell you this. If you use Explorer, use the Alexa Toolbar. If you use Firefox, use the Alexa Sparky, use your pages as homepages and visit them oft... read more
How do I get large alexa.com graphs? 1 AnswerThere are only available in that size. However, I think you can save it to your pc and modify it with a program like Photoshop or Pain.net. read more
Toolbar/search rewards program 18 AnswersIt's an interesting idea, but I find that Mahalo's search isn't as great as Google - even for finding Mahalo pages, which greatly reduces the chance that I'll u... read more
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Sparky (Alexa Toolbar for Firefox)
- Official Alexa Site: Sparky | Quick Tour | Help
Download Sparky
- Sparky: Install
Internet Explorer Alexa Toolbar
- SpywareGuide: Alexa Toolbar
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@GalMihaly Én is megyek lassan Chrome-ra, sync van már, csak Alexa toolbar kéne még alá. De mit zsírkrétáztál ki? :)
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According to this nifty Alexa toolbar for Firefox, http://primetimegeek.com is the 2,743,398th-ranked website on the web! Growth potential!
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Tip 1 How it works: Alexa runs javascript. Gets a count of each page view. Most end users have no alexa toolbar installed. So rank goes up.
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@extremejohn and also alexa toolbar is a culprit in my case at times..
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@Blogowski Post pod nazivom "5 razloga zasto trebate koristiti Alexa toolbar"? :P
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