Yes, I’m going to be a bit evil today with this hack.

We all know how inaccurate Alexa can be, but how can we fight back? First, we all need to download the Search Status plugin, but is that really enough?

There’s been talk around the blogosphere recently about ways to increase your Alexa ranking, and one of those ways is to create an Alexa redirect URL for your website. This is about as easy as it gets:

http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?www.egonitron.com

Just replace my website with yours, and use that URL when commenting on others blogs, submitting your blog to directories, and using it anywhere someone might click on it. Another great way to get people going through that link is to use it as your “Home” link on your blog. Any time someone clicks on your Home link to get to the root of your site, you get some traffic coming through Alexa.

I haven’t implemented this hack on this blog yet, but I’ve noticed an increase in Alexa rank for another blog that I use it on.

Disclaimer: Keep in mind if you submit this URL to directories and Alexa changes the redirect method, you’re stuck with a broken link, as most directories don’t let you change your submitted URLs.