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How to view Alexa traffic details, by day

Alexa day ranking
While checking the stats on Linkie Winkie (see previous post Linkie Winkie is dead..) I stumbled across (while Googling) how to view Alexa Traffic Statistics for a single month, instead of the standard 3 month or 6 month views that are available by clicking on the traffic-ranking graphs that Alexa provides. Today, while checking how GrownUpGeek.com’s stats compare to ‘real’ sites, I took it one step further and found how to view stats by days.

I don’t know if viewing Alexa stats by days is a closely guarded secret, or if it’s plastered all over the internet. And frankly, I’m too lazy to go find out on my own. So here, without any further delay is how it’s done. If you find it helpful, please post a comment so that I know the 4 minutes of my life I burned making this post was not a complete waste.

View Alexa stats by 1 month instead of 3 or 6 months

Alexa

By default, Alexa displays the last 6 months of data when viewing traffic details. You can switch the view to 3 months, or 1-2 years by clicking the options at the top of the graph:

To change the view to one month do the following:

(click the pic below to enlarge it)Alexa URL
After you change the 3m to 1m, press “GO” (on Internet Explorer or Firefox) to load the new URL. The result should be a 1-month Alexa traffic graph.

To view Alexa rankings by day:
Ok, here is where it gets tricky. While viewing either a 3 month view, or a 1 month view, find either the 1m or 3m in the address bar (yeah, just like in the previous step).. Now, change the 1m or 3m to the number of days you want to see followed by a “d” - so for a 3 day view, change the 1m (or 3m) to 3d, like so:

(click to make the image larger if you’re still confused)
Alexa traffic
After you make the change press “GO” (on Internet Explorer or Firefox) to load the new URL. You should now be viewing a graph of the last 3 days of Alexa traffic statistics.

Easy, huh? “Why didn’t I think of that“, you’re probably asking yourself, right? Well, this is what separates normal people like you from lazy slobs sitting on the couch all night while surfing the web - like me..

LinkieWinkie is dead-and nobody cares

I got bored watching reruns of Three’s Company, so I decided to check the Alexa traffic stats on Linkie Winkie. I figured the monthly traffic stats would be thru the roof, but to my amazement, I found that daily traffic to LinkieWinke has dropped off to almost nothing!

I guess the social experiment has failed. Everyone finally realized that Linkie Winkie can’t do anything for them and so they’ve moved on to the next fad.. Whatever that is..