It is now 11 days since there was any change in the Alexa ranks of any of the sites I monitor. (Several of those sites do not belong to me - I monitor them as a sort of control against which to compare my own sites)
I guess as the number of sites in the Alexa database increases, the longer it will take to recalculate the stats, so this could actually get worse. let's hope that Alexa introduce some more processing power to cope with it.
The project I'm currently working on is designed to rise through the Google ranks as quickly as possible. It will be interesting to see whether this is reflected in the Alexa ranks. However, as Alexa is based only on visits by Alexa toolbar users, there might not be any correlation between them.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Yet another false start
Well I set off with all good intentions to get my latest project off the ground.
I planned how I was going to do it, and was going to work through it methodically.
The first task was to register some domains, which I did with no problems. It's something I've done numerous times before, and it's very straightforward.
The next task was to find a new host for some of these domains. The reason for this is part of SEO (search engine optimisation). I want to link various domains together, but the search engines see this as a blatant attempt to exploit external links if both linked sites have the same C Class IP address. (See the end of this post for a quick description of IP address classes)
So, I found a new host and my account was created. Then I set my new domain's DNS to point to that host's servers and waited for it all to come online.
Still no sign of it. Even before all the DNS are updated, the account Control Panel should work, but it's not letting me log in.
The hosting reseller is aware of the problem and doing everything he can to sort out the problem, but it is a little frustrating.
I can not proceed with the rest of my plan until those domains are online.
If it doesn't happen soon, I may have to cancel this hosting account and move elsewhere.
I planned how I was going to do it, and was going to work through it methodically.
The first task was to register some domains, which I did with no problems. It's something I've done numerous times before, and it's very straightforward.
The next task was to find a new host for some of these domains. The reason for this is part of SEO (search engine optimisation). I want to link various domains together, but the search engines see this as a blatant attempt to exploit external links if both linked sites have the same C Class IP address. (See the end of this post for a quick description of IP address classes)
So, I found a new host and my account was created. Then I set my new domain's DNS to point to that host's servers and waited for it all to come online.
Still no sign of it. Even before all the DNS are updated, the account Control Panel should work, but it's not letting me log in.
The hosting reseller is aware of the problem and doing everything he can to sort out the problem, but it is a little frustrating.
I can not proceed with the rest of my plan until those domains are online.
If it doesn't happen soon, I may have to cancel this hosting account and move elsewhere.
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