Alexa is one of the best and free tools to find out the global and
local rank of any website as well as keywords from which it is getting
high traffic. Along with these spy data, you can find any sites bounce
rate, user time, average page surfing by users and other useful info. It
is mandatory to s
ubmit your site to Alexa website if you want to monitor your site rank and the traffic statics. Without
Alexa
verification, you cannot see the traffic statics and rank of your blog.
So, to achieve this, you must claim and submit your site to Alexa.
Second it helps an advertiser to watch your site rank and the traffic
statics. In case, if someone want to advertise on your blog, it is
possible he/she will check your blog on Alexa for more details and
information. If they don’t find your blog there may you loose one
advertiser. In this article,
What is Alexa Website?
Before site submission, I would like to share some info about Alexa
Webmaster Tool. Well, it was founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle and Bruce
Gilliatand. After a couple of years acquired by
Amazon
in 1999. In 2009, site layout was entirely redesigned and offering more
statics such as Average page views per user, Bounce rate, User time, website speed
and Web traffic metrics. They also developed an add-on/plugin for
browsers to view any website Alexa rank. Alexa plugin with all major
internet browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Internet
Explorer.
There are premium packages offered by Alexa, which enable users to
watch their site statics in-depth and more deeply. With these premium
packages you can analyze your competitors site analytics. Also, you can
view your site Daily statics, Social media insights, Demographics
profiles, Mobile insights, Traffic sources and much more.
Alexa Website/Blog Submission and Verification Guide
So, Now Let’s start Alexa website submission steps:
1. Go to
Alexa website.
2. Sign up for registering a new account, if you already registered
then sign in to your account. You can also sign in with your
Facebook account.
4. After sign in, click on “
View Plans & Pricing” option located at the top left side of the main navigation.
5. There are many monthly payment based premium packages offered, but
I will go to free option, which is located at the bottom of premium
packages. Click on
Claim a Site with a free account.
6. Enter your blog address that you want to submit and verify in Alexa. For example; “www.Skyurducom.blogspot.com”
7. Press
Continue button after entering site
address, There are three ways to verify your website in Alexa. As a free
member, you can verify your site with first two methods.
1st Method: – By uploading Alexa verification file into your web hosting home directory (usually the public_html directory).
With this method, you need to download Alexa verification file, and then upload it into your web hosting home directory
public_html and
after uploading completed click on verify button. If you have uploaded
file successfully at the right place, a notification will be appear
something like “Your site successfully claimed”. It is one of the
easiest ways to claim your WordPress website. If you are using WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin
in your WordPress blog then at the dashboard of this plugin there is an
option for Alexa verification, just insert verification code there your
site will claims.
(Note: You cannot use this method to claim Blogger blog
because there is no way to upload the verification file in
home directory)
2nd Method:- This method can be used for both blogger and WordPress powered blogs. Just add Alexa code anywhere within the
<head> tag
in the HTML of
website
home page. If you want to claim your blogger blog then go to your
BlogSpot blog dashboard click on Template>Edit HTML and search for
these tags “<head> or </head>” and paste verification code
anywhere within these tags. For example;
<head>
<meta name=”alexaVerifyID” content=”XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX”/>
</head>
You can confirm your website or blog verified in Alexa or not by going to your account dashboard.
Now your site is successfully submitted and verified in Alexa
Additional Step
It’s an optional step but providing basic information of your
business or site is better than leaving it blank. Enter basic
information about your blog as shown in below image. Fill all the fields
as per requirement and then press “Save Changes”.
As you can see submission and verification procedure of site is not a
tough job, you just need to know the little awareness of technical
knowledge and FTP software usage. Anyone can do it easily without facing
any issue. I tried my best to show you “how to add and verify your website in Alexa”
but if you are facing difficulties then don’t hesitate just write in
comments. I am always there to assist you as soon as possible.
