Huge jump in our Alexa ranking.
I noticed that suddenly we're at 2854 when last week we were in the 3700's.
Went to Alexa to see why, and the nutshell version is that it's reached out beyond just people who use the Alexa toolbar. The ranking gets data from a variety of sources, so now it should be a much more accurate number since it's a bit more global.
What I found interesting is that in the FAQ part of the explanation, they appeared to be on the defensive, as if they were getting more complaints than praise.
Which isn't too surprising. If we moved up about 900 points, it's likely that at least 900 sites moved down.
We're really no longer ranked in the long tail (bell curve that starts at zero, goes up, comes down, then approaches but never reaches zero for a nearly infinite length), so our ranking should remain relatively stable and gains harder to come by.
But I'm still hopeful that someday our ranking will be 999 or better. The fact that we haven't yet gotten there is one of the reasons (there are others and they're biggies) that I haven't yet retired. I want to see it happen before I put myself out to pasture. Well, the pasture-sized workshop. :)
