My Friend Alexa is a campaign for Bloggers run by Blogchatter – an online community for Bloggers. The Third Season of My Friend Alexa starts on the 1st of September, as it does each year, and lasts through the month.
What is Alexa?
Alexa is a ranking system for websites. It is an analytics tool that provides traffic metrics for your website in the search engines. Your rank is determined by the total number of visitors to a site and the number of pages viewed by each visitor.
How does Alexa work?
Alexa is a combined measure of page views and user reach. It computes the reach and number of page views for all sites on the Web on a daily basis.
What are the benefits of an Alexa rank?
Alexa is the best tool to determine the visibility of your website. A good Alexa rank increases the value of your website and generates more interest. A higher ranks tells others that your website has potential. A higher rank also means that your website is more active and has more online traffic when compared to other sites.
What are the benefits of signing up for My Friend Alexa?
- Boosts your Blog, as with new readers being introduced to your blog you have more visitors and more people reading it.
- Sets a discipline, because it gets you not only writing fresh content but also sets a habit of reading other blogs. If you have been in a writing slump this is the best way to get back to regular blogging.
- Of course, all this writing and more importantly reading betters your blog rank, and how!
- With Alexa as your friend you get more popular, and make new blogger friends.
- As you read varied blogs you learn a lot and your horizons widen. Not to mention, so many different perspectives giving you a multitude of ideas to write future posts.
So, do you want to be friends with Alexa?
Register with Blogchatter here
What will you need to do after you register?
Download and install the Alexa Toolbar on your laptop by following the instructions shared by Blogchatter
Write and publish 2 posts a week, so 8 posts in all through the month.
Read through the lists of Blogs Blogchatter mails you every morning. There are about 6-7 blogs you would be reading every day. You need to read at least 1 blogpost from each blog. Don’t let that stop you from reading more though!
Watch your rank dropping down (hooray!)
Psssttttttt:
Be prepared for a LOT of reading. And I mean a LOT.
Get your WiFi connection sorted so that you can.
See that the share buttons on your blog are installed and embedded.
You will need to read on the laptop that has the toolbar installed. Reading on your mobile won’t work.
Don’t be a rushed guest, stay for a bit on the websites you visit. It helps with the ranking.
Reading Blogs that have an Alexa rank higher than yours help with bettering your rank.
The lower your rank the higher it is. For example, a rank like 256,034 is way better better than a rank like 1,784,239.
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Its a lovely opportunity indeed to give your blog that much needed visibility, and also netowrk well with other bloggers. I would be taking part this year!
Out of all the campaigns by Blogchatter, My friend Alexa is my favourite. Looking forward to a month full of fun and learning. This is a helpful post for newbies.
Thanks for writing a detailed post on this..it has answered many of my queries. One more thing:I registered some 4-5 days back but haven’t got any confirmation mail from blogchatter. Suggestion?
Insightful and emanating from experience, makes this post, worth a lot, Mayuri. It is a great help for first timer like me. Thanks for sharing the tips and tricks. This sure will make me aware, prepared about the #MyFriendAlexa campaign
This is a great way to get to read new blogs, gain readers and writing discipline in a sporadic writer like me. Looking forward to participating.
This will be my first My friend Alexa. Your post has really clarified a lot of queries. I wanted to know if we should ideally have a theme for this like the A2Z challenge.
Thank you for reading, Sonia. Glad it helped. Since it is just 8 posts through the month, having a theme, or not is completely your call.
As a participant in the 1st Season, I used the opportunity to explore and write different genres, from poetry to recipes.
I am eagerly looking forward to MyFriendAlexa in September. Last year was my first attempt, the love and appreciation for writing those eight posts boosted my morale so high.
Plus reading becomes a habit. Thanks for explaining the concept in details M.
Thanks, this is really great and would be my first as well. Looking forward to writing, reading and learning with #MyFriendAlexa campaign
Thanks for sharing this pist on #myfriendalexa I am participating first time and it after reading this I am more clear about the concept. I am looking forward for this month to give my blogging a new way.
Thanks for Sharing this insights, it will surely help me as it’s my first attempt for #myfriendalexa, I am looking forward to make new friends and hoping for the best. #delhibloggerreads.
loved it!!
Mayuri, I have a question hoping you would reply. The alexa rank would be improved if people visit my site, if that is so why would the blog reading of others be done only on laptop?
Hi Sindhu. We need to install the Alexa Bar on our laptop. It is still not available for mobile phones. Which is why you need to do your reading on your laptop, as doing so will improve your Alexa rank. You need to read, and be read, for Alexa to get better.
I totally agree to this post. Alexa ranking plays a very crucial role in every blogger’s career. Alexa rank increases the value of your website.
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Thank you for sharing this. This year I am planning to join this campaign.
You are welcome. Thank you for reading.
Alexa certainly is a good friend to our blogs. Thanks for sharing this Informative post.
Thanks, Pragun.
I participate in My Friend Alexa is for discipline. I need a push to write and moreover read more because Readers make writers.
That is so true, Poonam.
To me it is way to get connected with more blogger and creating a strong community. Well written post !
A very helpful post indeed. Thanks for writing.
The only reason I’ve joined this time is that I can make reading a habit. Warns toh bahane hote hai to not read. Glad I did this!
The only reason I’ve joined this time is that I can make reading a habit. Warns toh bahane hote hai to not read. Glad I did this! Reminds me of sallu bhai’s song “Aa jaane hawaon mein bitha ke ke chaloon, tu hi meri dost hai….”
Hahhahaha, good one, Atul. Glad you are part of Alexa this time.
This is so true mayuri!Totally agree
Thank you.
As always, this post is so well-explained and just breaks everything down in a simple and easy to understand manner. Totally with you on the LOTS of reading!! I’ve been burning the midnight oil trying to keep up!
I feel you!
Thanks for reading, Noor!
This is the perfect blog to guide upcoming bloggers to participate in this amazing campaign & improve their website rankings & inturn explore lot more content.
Thank you, Vashi.
This is my first Alexa. Thank you for this insightful post.
You’re welcome, Princely.
Yeah this is a lovely opportunity to get a wide variety of readers and thus improve the Alexa rank. Additionally, this is also a fantastic opportunity to read posts from a variety of lovely bloggers out there who generate some fantastic content day in and day out :).
Yay! Looking Forward!