My Alexa ranking dropped after a 301 redirect is that bad?
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I had all of my non www pages redirect to the www versions. My alexa ranking dropped and keeps dropping after I did this. I'm guessing its because its tracking the non www version. Does anyone know if this is correct and should I worry?
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Hi Cameron
you can find Fiddler at http://fiddler2.com/ It provides each and every header response cascading through the page load.
It can be very useful in sniffing out exactly what's going on rather than a single header report test.
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Thanks for all the responses. I've never done a site wide redirect so I wanted to make sure I didn't break anything. I used the http:/checkmyheaders.com and it looks like its working correctly.
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I can't find this software. Do you you have the link for Fiddler?
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You could also use Fiddler which a great tool for checking all the header responses per URL.
Agree with comments about Alexa.
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Hey Cameron - i would suggest using a free service like http://checkmyheaders.com/ and spot check some of your previous URLs to ensure they are 301ing to the correct place. If you get a 301 and never get a 302 or a 4xx/5xx then you are all set!
Also, just a personal suggestion i would start straying away from Alexa, it really gives you no valuable insight to success or authority online. I would definitely suggest using domain authority or even pagerank still for competitive metrics.
Hope this helps - Kyle
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Alexa rankings are not used in the Google algorithm, and should have no impact on your search rankings. I wouldn't worry about it.
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