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The ancient Chinese wise man, Sun Tzu, once said: "If you are ignorant of both your enemy and yourself, then you are a fool and certain to be defeated in every battle." SunTzu was talking about the military battlefield and not the business battlefield. But if Sun Tzu was a businessman today, he would be thrilled with all the information he could find out about his enemies on the internet.

Alexa is a service that provides traffic statistics for millions of websites. It ranks sites based on tracking information of users of its Alexa toolbar for Internet Explorer and from integrated sidebars in Mozilla and Netscape. Unfortunately, most people do not have an Alexa toolbar. As a result, Alexa rank is not a true indicator of the popularity of your website, as it only measures a subset of your visitors.

Here is a collection of methods you can use to boost your Alexa Rank. Most of these tips are derived from several fellow webmasters I know who claimed to have derived positive results through their experiments with the Alexa Rankings.

Alexa.com is a website which provides traffic statistics for millions of websites. Your Alexa rank or Alexa traffic rank is measured according to the number of visitors who have visited your website with the Alexa toolbar installed.