Alexa Experiment and High School

So, I’ve been blogging for about 5 weeks off and on and I thought I’d try and figure out what this Alexa business is all about.  For those of you who are just readers and not bloggers, Alexa is this little toolbar that you put on your header and it gives you a  ranking of the particular website you are visiting (Google is #1 for example). 

Alexa is kind of like a popularity contest and if you’re someone like Budgeting in the Fun Stuff, you’re the hot new girl that just transferred to your high school.  All the boys want to date you and all the girls want to be like you.  Then there’s Yakezie, the class president. He’s always thinking of new and fun ideas to bring everybody together. If you actually participate in his schemes, you might just get a little  more popular yourself.

I started blogging about 5 weeks ago and my rank went from 6MM to 688,888 in 5 weeks. I have no clue what drove it and if that’s good or bad progress, but I figured I would do a little experiment just for fun.  A couple of the sites I read said writing articles about Alexa may actually help your ranking. That seems odd, doesn’t it?

So here’s my experiment. Here’s my post on Alexa, and I’m going to see if my ranking actually changes more than it normally does in a week.

So, is Alexa Useful or is Alexa meaningless? Has it mattered to you personally? If so, is there a magic number where your blog started getting people’s attention? I also wonder if putting ads on the site increases your ranking, but I’m not ready to do that.

Alexa, Alexa, Alexa, Rah, Rah, Rah. Alexa, Alexa, Alexa, Rah, Rah, Rah.  Alexa, Alexa, Alexa, Rah, Rah, Rah. (Think that’ll score me some points?)

Feel free to participate in my social experiment.