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274,523. Is that good?
It means that your site's traffic -- as measured by Alexa -- ranks 274,523rd in all the sites they watch, for whatever time period they measured. Considering how many sites are out there, I'd say that's not bad. It doesn't mean your site is "better" than sites 274,524 and down, though, just busier.
That number can vary quite a bit, so don't let fluctations drive you crazy. Also, keep in mind that some folks consider Alexa's estimates to be pretty rough, especially for less-busy sites.
The number I pay most attention to when I check Alexa is the item "Other sites that link to this site". If that number is growing, you're doing something right.
Alexa is useful in rating one site compared to another, but the ranking can't tell you much beyond that. Alexa gets it's traffic data from Alexa toolbars and the information is organized using a variation of Amazon's book ranking algorithem. So site #1 getsthe most hits and so on down the chain, but who knows how many hits that is. Alexa is really only good for looking at sites in the US or sites that get mostly US traffic, and is less useful (almost useless) for European and Aisan sites.
Who cares what Alexa thinks of it
This is an interesting gathering of data using real traffic versus traffic rank for many sites:
www.marketing-strategy.info/alexachart.html
These are a couple of discussions we had on the issue last year:
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