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One of the greatest debates in the blogging world is whether or not the Alexa Rank of your blog matters.

When I started Single Dad Laughing, I had no idea what the Alexa Rank even was or why it was important. Today we'll discuss what it is and we'll also discuss whether you should worry about it or not. Today's post is a little long, but hopefully it's simple and thorough. And believe me, it's important.

The Alexa Rank (which can be viewed for any website at www.alexa.com) is a number assigned to almost every domain on the web. The number assigned to your domain simply tells how your website compares to every other website in the world. The lower the ranking, the more popular the website. For example, Google.com is the world's most visited domain, so it has an Alexa Ranking of 1. Facebook is the second most visited, so it has an Alexa Ranking of 2. As of writing this, Single Dad Laughing has an Alexa Ranking of around 62,000. That means (if it were exact) 61,999 websites currently register more daily traffic than mine does. We'll talk more about what that means in a minute. First, let's talk about how Alexa.com assigns that number.
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