Sparky - Alexa for Firefox Users!

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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July 18th, 2007 By RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines | Categories: Internet | Tags: browsers, Firefox, noads, services, software | Respond | Trackback URL

2. Jon - SmartWealthyRich on 2007-07-18 at 4:07 pm (Reply)

   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.

3. Snoskred on 2007-07-18 at 4:12 pm (Reply)

   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/

4. Lorna on 2007-07-18 at 6:03 pm (Reply)

   Installed — pretty neat tool.

5. Snoskred on 2007-07-18 at 7:00 pm (Reply)

   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 ;(

   2. RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-07-18 at 7:03 pm (Reply)

      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!

      2. Abhinav Sood on 2007-07-18 at 8:02 pm (Reply)

         Even I am not going to update any sooner. Sparky is a nifty tool.

   3. RT Cunningham | Untwisted Vortex | Philippines on 2007-07-18 at 7:06 pm (Reply)

      By the way, I updated all your links in previous comments.

      2. Snoskred on 2007-07-18 at 7:37 pm (Reply)

         Thanks!

         Snoskred
         http://www.snoskred.org/

6. Matt on 2007-07-18 at 9:55 pm (Reply)

   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.

7. Abhinav Sood on 2007-07-19 at 11:45 pm (Reply)

   Sparky has been updated to be compatible with FF 2.0.0.5

   Update to Sparky 1.0 now

8. Home security advisor on 2007-10-10 at 1:51 pm (Reply)

   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.

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