Does anyone know why a website with alexa’s traffic rank of 31 is on first position of a country list?

Question

Eg. http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_sites?cc=ES&ts_mode=country&lang=none

Why google Spain with a Traffic rank of 31 is on first and youtube with a TR of 3 is the third one?

Please don't send me the Alexa's Learn more link ;)

Answer 1

Hi,

I have a lot of experience marketing small companies online (I have 3 companies).  One of the best ways is to sign up at business directories and protals.  These are basically listings of businesses (simliar to the phone book).  The advantage is that these portals usually get a lot of traffic and they're ranked high on Google because of all the quality links they contain.

My favorite portal is called Directory Exclusive.  I signed up a few weeks ago because they're giving a away a free business card holder when a person enter's their company info.  I received it in the mail 3 days ago =)

I don't know if they still have that promotion, but you can try to get the free card holder here:

http://www.exclusive-directory-portal-bi...

Good Luck

Answer 2

I am not sure but my guess is that it has an overall ranking of 31 but for the specific country it has a higher ranking, while youtube may have a higher overall ranking but a lower ranking for the specific country.

It has probably also to do with Google having a higher ranking compared to Google Spain but in Spain more people will use the Spanish version instead of the international version.