Originally posted by BDBionic
...1. Mainly, their webrank #s are based on visits to a site by surfers with the Yahoo! toolbar installed on their browser. The more toolbar users visit a site, the higher its webrank goes.
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So pretty much, it's what Alexa's ranking system is.
Surfers install the Yahoo! toolbar on to their browser - IE only - and when they visit a site, Yahoo! records that visit, compiles the information from all surfers, and comes out with their webrank #.
But wouldn't that make sites ranked well to stay there forever, since they are the most visited? Even if they are not relevant, a user clicks on that link and sees that afterwards, but it already counts towards the number of visits.
So, are you sure the visits from their toolbar counts, and if so as an important factor, in ranking a page?