Now that we’ve got the basics of what an Alexa ranking is and why it is important to know your own, we’ll go through how to set it up. 

*The home page of the Alexa site is: http://www.alexa.com/
*You’ll need to set up an account with Alexa.  This is an easy process, though, like many sites, you will have to verify your e-mail address.  
*Once you have an account, go to “For Site Owners” tab on the top of the page.  
*There will be four sections: Manage Your Site, Widgets, Advertise on Alexa, and Developer Tools.
*Under “manage your site”, click on “claim your site”.  Copy and paste (or type) your web address in the box, and then hit the button “claim your site.”  
*It will then give you two ways to verify your site- either by adding a file to the root directory or adding a meta tag to the home page.  I suggest adding a meta tag, as I found it easier, but it is up to you.  
*After you have uploaded the file or tag, click the button that says “Verify my text file” (if you added a file to root directory) or “Verify my meta tag” (if you added a meta tag).
*After Alexa confirms your site and verified that it is yours, you can now view your Alexa rank.  
*To add the Alexa rank widget to your site (which I suggest), use the Widgets section under the “For Site Owners” tab.  

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