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hi!!! everybody on every week alexa will be updating rank for website but compete doesnt any change about rank it remains same....so which one is best to see website status and which one is right???

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Quick, practical update for anyone who finds this thread later: neither Alexa nor Compete is a reliable “single source of truth,” and both services have since been shut down. Compete’s public service ceased at the end of 2016, and Amazon retired Alexa.com on May 1, 2022 — so old rank behavior you see in this thread is tied to how those services worked (and to their eventual end). (en.wikipedia.org)

Why the disagreement in the replies? They were all spotting real limits. Alexa’s numbers came from a sampled set of toolbar/extension users and opt‑in site scripts, so the audience is biased and easily distorted; Compete relied on a U.S. consumer panel and had data/privacy issues (it even settled FTC concerns), so coverage and accuracy varied by geography and site size. That explains ’s caution about cross‑site comparisons, ’s blunt skepticism, and ’s point about uniques being the only somewhat useful metric. (en.wikipedia.org)

What to do now (actionable): for your own sites use server‑side analytics — Google Analytics (GA4) for sessions/users/conversions and Google Search Console for search queries and indexing issues. For public competitor estimates use modern market tools (SimilarWeb, Semrush, Ahrefs) but treat their numbers as directional — triangulate across tools and emphasize trends (percent change) not raw ranks. When presenting numbers to others, show your measurement source and note its limits. (marketingplatform.google.com)

Short checklist you can apply immediately: rely on GA/GSC for owned data, use two independent external tools for competitor signals, compare trends not ranks, and always disclose the source and geographic scope when you quote traffic numbers. This addresses the OP’s original worry: weekly Alexa swings or “frozen” Compete ranks were symptoms of sampling and platform limits — focus on measured metrics for decisions.

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Member Avatar for raananschwartz

hi!!! everybody on every week alexa will be updating rank for website but compete doesnt any change about rank it remains same....so which one is best to see website status and which one is right???

Hi,
Well, I never based on them, but total all - both are good.
Compete more into US traffic and Alexa are Global webmasters using their tool.

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I don't have faith in either. Alexa can be good for trends within a particular site, but it's horrible for comparing sites ... especially sites in different niches (even within the same industry).

Member Avatar for phoenix06007

I don't have faith in either. Alexa can be good for trends within a particular site, but it's horrible for comparing sites ... especially sites in different niches (even within the same industry).

does these mean that they have advantage and disadvantage to each other?

Member Avatar for x3mario

Both are crap tools.

Member Avatar for phoenix06007

Both are crap tools.

how come the are crap tools?can you explain it to me?

Member Avatar for stan_valchev

hi!!! everybody on every week alexa will be updating rank for website but compete doesnt any change about rank it remains same....so which one is best to see website status and which one is right???

I am a Webmaster from many years and for me Alexa and Compete ranking are not important so much. And I don't have faith in either. For me the main thing (when you make SEO) is to earn more money from Internet and to be in Top 10 for Google.

Member Avatar for rundie

Neither are great but at least Compete gives you an estimate of monthly uniques...which might be worth something to someone somewhere.

Member Avatar for x3mario

how come the are crap tools?can you explain it to me?

Alexa tool has no good result, it can be manipulated. About compete, less people are using this tool.

Member Avatar for rundie

Alexa tool has no good result, it can be manipulated. About compete, less people are using this tool.

Compete's numbers are also based on sketchy estimates, or so I hear. Quantcast has the same issue -- too many blind spots. But, there are few better alternatives...

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ok thanks to all of your opinion about this

Member Avatar for mackone

I use Alexa, as it shows you the traffic history of a site and lets you recognize trends easily. That alone is the best reason to have it installed.

Member Avatar for robseolas

Personally. I like and use both often. Compete for overall traffic of competitors. Alexa for traffic ranking, age of domain, and link profile.

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then they are not crap at all

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Hi just signed up. I would like to share my knowledge with you all.

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Both Alexa and Compete have thin data and are not really accurate. You can use them to get rough indications on traffic and keywords, but don't take them literally. In many cases, I've found them to be way off the mark.

If you are looking for which is "better", I'd say since they at least try to clean their data and normalize to some sense of reality. Even then, their data is so thin that I'm very careful about using it. Alexa is mainly a sample based on their toolbar, and is skewed to the audience that uses it.

If you really want something better, use other tools that have more complete data. For keyword research, the deepest data right now is from Google's keyword tool.

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I think Alexa is best because we can check our website performance day by day!

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