If you are serious about doing Search Engine Optimization (SEO), one of the things you need to improve is your Alexa ranking. Here are some simple tips to help raise that ranking and get more visitors to your site!

1. If you're using Firefox as your browser, add Alexa SearchStatus - it will track hits. Here is the link: http://www.quirk.biz/searchstatus/
   
2. Once you have SearchStatus installed, set your index or blog as your default homepage. Note: if you work in an office - set all the computers up with Firefox and use SearchStatus. Encourage your friends or readers of your blog to do the same. If you are in Europe, make friends with an owner of a cybercafe and have them do this simple step. It's all about getting traffic that is recordable.
   
3. Sign up at Alexa and put a widget on your website. Rate your site and have friends and co-workers do the same. 
4. Pay-per-click ads will bring in more traffic and help increase your Alexa rank, but this will require good content and good ads. I'd only suggest this for sites that are established and are looking to move to the next step.
   
5. Try putting material up on Digg.com or Stumbledupdon.com.
   
6. There are some other ways to artificially increase your rank, but getting it the old fashioned way is better. Alexa may adjust for drastic increases. Be wary of anyone promising you dramatic results quickly.

With these ideas, and probably some others you find around the web, you should be improving your Alexa ranking every quarter!

Tags: Firefox | SearchStatus | Tips | SEO | Alexa | Rob