My Dear Alexa, why oh why do you torment me?

I have posted about Alexa before here and here. The “rumor” is supposedly the better your traffic gets, the more links coming in, and the more users with Alexa toolbars visiting your site, the lower your Alexa number should become. And while in other stats we want high numbers, on Alexa we shoot for low numbers.

Well, I am beyond frustrated with the whole business. In the past month my blog traffic has gone up approximately 30% according to Google Analytics. Also, my Alexa links increased, up to 97 links in from 70. But my Alexa number has increased just about 100,000 in the past month or so. It did go back down a little, but then back up again. Overall it is now about 90,000 more than it was a month ago.

What gives??

UPDATE: July 27: The number continues to rise each and every dang day. Ugh.

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http://littletechgirl.com/ Kris Cain

Thanks Carrie. I am aware of that (I mentioned it in one of the previous posts).
http://twitter.com/carrieactually Carrie

it's in relationship to all of the other sites so maybe other sites are just growing faster than you. also, have you installed the toolbar yourself? you visit your blog more than anyone else (probably) and they do count your own hits
http://littletechgirl.com/ Kris Cain

James, I don't like to look at it. LOL!! The only reason I care is because sometimes when i sign up for opps they ask for Alexa numbers.
http://www.thetechscoop.net jameshicks

Hey Kris:
Leave Alexa alone – focus on Compete.com and Quantcast.com – you'll get an accurate representation of your site

My Dear Alexa, why oh why do you torment me?

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