RE: RE: RE: Ortsbo Alexa rankIt is also important to recognize that a seven-day snapshot of use ranking is inherently more volatile than the longer term three-month metric.
Although single day snap shots are exciting to see when they are in the 8000 range, they are extremely volatile. A much better measure is a one month or 3 month metric which tends to even out the day-to-day volatility.
Doublewide is absolutely correct - climbing up the ranking becomes inherently more difficult as you encounter established and more trafficed sites.
Another factor that contributes to volatility in the ranking is the volatility of the surrounding websites as well.
The more news we get, the more likely the site will be searched on and therefore the ranking will improve.