My Alexa ranking dropped after a 301 redirect is that bad?

[CandleCam]

I had all of my non www pages redirect to the www versions. My alexa ranking dropped and keeps dropping after I did this. I'm guessing its because its tracking the non www version. Does anyone know if this is correct and should I worry?

[TakeshiYoung]

Alexa rankings are not used in the Google algorithm, and should have no impact on your search rankings. I wouldn't worry about it.

[kchandler]

Hey Cameron - i would suggest using a free service like http://checkmyheaders.com/ and spot check some of your previous URLs to ensure they are 301ing to the correct place. If you get a 301 and never get a 302 or a 4xx/5xx then you are all set!

Also, just a personal suggestion i would start straying away from Alexa, it really gives you no valuable insight to success or authority online. I would definitely suggest using domain authority or even pagerank still for competitive metrics.

Hope this helps - Kyle

[MickEdwards]

You could also use Fiddler which a great tool for checking all the header responses per URL.

Agree with comments about Alexa.

[CandleCam]

I can't find this software. Do you you have the link for Fiddler?

[CandleCam]

Thanks for all the responses. I've never done a site wide redirect so I wanted to make sure I didn't break anything. I used the http:/checkmyheaders.com and it looks like its working correctly.

[MickEdwards]

Hi Cameron

you can find Fiddler at http://fiddler2.com/  It provides each and every header response cascading through the page load.

It can be very useful in sniffing out exactly what's going on rather than a single header report test.