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Basically Alexa rank is a measure of your popularity and reputation. Higher amount of traffic will reward rank with lesser number of digits. It is essential to track and improve your rank in order to gain traffic. The preliminary step to increase your Alexa rank is to tie up with it. Don't feel shy to join with them, which gives you a better rank gradually. The main advantage with claiming is not only the rapid change in rank, but also you can edit your site listing ie, describing your site on their wall. Here is a two step guide to optimize claiming of your blog quickly with Alexa.
