Alexa Toolbar for Firefox: Check Your Traffic Rank on the Fly

Posted by Karl Foxley on Aug 6, 2009 in Blog, Coaching, Online Coaching, Traffic Generation | 0 comments

I’m still surprised by the number of people that believe there is no choice in the Internet Browser market and that Internet Explorer is the only offering. This really isn’t the case and one of the best alternatives out there has to be Mozilla’s Firefox.

You can download Firefox and have it up and running in a just a minute or so. When you first unpack it you will be asked whether you want to set Firefox as your default browser or not, this is entirely up to you. If you are just testing the browser then it may be better not to select this option just yet and instead wait until you have had a thorough test drive.

Once you have downloaded and installed your new shiny browser I recommend you to visit the Alexa site and download the free Sparky browser toolbar. Why?

With the Alexa Sparky Toolbar you will have access to the following tools and info right there within your Firefox browser:

• Related Links: Find sites that are similar to the one you are currently visiting.
• Traffic Trend: A sparkline showing the traffic trend from the last four months.
• Reach Meter: A neat little indicator that shows the site’s Reach.
• Enhanced Search: Shows Alexa Rank Indicator next to search results on Google, Ask, and Yahoo.
• Traffic Rank: Shows the current site’s Alexa Traffic Rank.

This is what the browser toolbar looks like:

Not only is the toolbar handy for research purposes you will be able to visit your website and monitor your very own traffic rank (how popular you website is as determined by the amount of visitors you receive).

I hope you found this post useful.

To your success,

Karl Foxley