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I just visited Alexa and they have a new extension for the Firefox browser called "Sparky" (it's clearly shown on their pages). I installed it and it shows Alexa stats on the status bar for websites you visit. Right click on it and you can go to specific Alexa pages for the website you're viewing at the time.
I ran Spybot Search & Destroy, Ad-Aware, and AVG Anti-Spyware on my PC after installing it to make sure it was a safe extension and it is. The Internet Explorer Alexa toolbar always came up as spyware!
Do me and your fellow Internet users a favor. If you're using Firefox as one of your browsers, install it so that your visits count for both me and them.
(Blog authors: Please write about this and get the word out.)
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hey that's cool! finally they "got it", was about time :)
86% of my blog visitors use firefox, so I guess my Alexa rank will see an increase eventually.
Done! It's installed. :) And I'll blog about it when I get the chance, also.. :)
Snoskred – has a new home at -
http://www.snoskred.org/
Installed — pretty neat tool.
And now the bad news – Firefox put out an update today just a couple of hours after installing this and the new extension is not compatible with it ;(
I'm not going to update Firefox for a few days. I don't like having to do it when I have tabs open all over the place and busy and I always forget and then it really does take a few days. :-)
Knowing Alexa, it'll be a month before the plugin becomes compatible with the update!
Even I am not going to update any sooner. Sparky is a nifty tool.
By the way, I updated all your links in previous comments.
Thanks! ;)
Snoskred
http://www.snoskred.org/
I was glad to hear they had done this. It was set to coincide w/ their 10th anniversary yesterday. I had no idea Alexa was that old.
Sparky has been updated to be compatible with FF 2.0.0.5
Update to Sparky 1.0 now
Hi,
I am started this.Previously Alexa Toolbar was available for Internet Explorer only.
Firefox users have to opt for alternate plugins like Search Status. Now Alexa has launched its toolbar for Firefox and baptized it as Sparky.It has related link,Reach Meter,Traffic Trend and Traffic Rank features.Reach meter is a neat little indicator that shows the site's Reach.If you want to support your favorite websites, then you might want Alexa to track what sites you visit. Many webmasters use Alexa ranking to set advertising rates.