Get Alexa in Firefox with Sparky

Posted by Saad Hamid on July 18, 2007

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There may be many ways to check the popularity and average traffic of a site or blog but till now I have found Alexa to be the most accurate and easy to access. Alexa stats not only tell you about the average traffic of a site but also tell you if its listed in DMOZ (the biggest human-edited web directory) or not. Moreover it also gives you information about your site traffic geographically.

Get Alexa Stats Right in Your Firefox Browser

Alexa makes a site's stats graph using the information it gathers through the Alexa browser toolbar. Until now the toolbar was only available for Internet Explorer but thanks to Sparky now you can have an Alexa toolbar for firefox too. I have been using SearchStatus till now to check on-the-fly Alexa stats for different blogs and sites but now with an official Alexa toolbar for firefox on the loose I guess its time to say bye bye to SearchStatus.

Sparky (Alexa Toolbar For Firefox) Features

  • Related Links help you find sites similar to the one you are currently visiting
  • Traffic Trend shows you a traffic stats graph for the current site
  • Reach Meter is a little meter which shows the site's reach
  • Traffic Rank tells you the current rank of the site

Download and Install Sparky

I recommend bloggers and web developers to download and install this firefox extension. It can come of great help to them.

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  • WoW !! Amazing Tool !! ... Nice Post Flushy :) !!
  • Thank You :) Honestly these Firefox extensions kill your computer memory :(

    I think I need a new PC :P
  • Great post!

    Toolbars can do amazing things. Last week, we launched ToolbarStation (http://www.ToolbarStation.com). It's the world's first directory of useful toolbars, with several hundred listings.

    The toolbars that exist, and what they can do, are absolutely extraordionary. If the functionality of the new Alexa toolbar interests you, then it's definitely worth browsing the site.

    Thanks again for pointing out this new, cool resource.

    Bruce Judson
    Founder, ToolbarStation
  • Resource hog eh? I'll stick with SearchStatus then haha.
  • Bruce Judson I must say ToolbarStation is a nice new Toolbar directory but if you can make the style and navigation more Web 2.0 you can definitely attract a lot of traffic.

    Brown Baron lol Trust me it is better if you use both SearchStatus and Sparky simultaneously. Both work great together.
  • I just installed and it's pretty cool for shwoing the alexa stats..hey great and clean theme. and congratulation on getting 30k++ at alexa! :D
  • Eches Thank you. I am indeed glad to have you back too :)
  • I think this plugin is awesome, especially for webmasters. Now I guess Alexa will suck a little less.
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