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DennisCTB
Join Date: Nov 1998
Posts: 2707 NorthWest NJ
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2009-04-01          161595

I could use some help from our Tractorpoint members.

Getting more visibility on the Web helps TP visitors get better information on Tractors sooner.

The Alexa.com service only uses there browser based toolbar to establish ranks. Needless to say our membership generally ain't using the Alexa toolbar, hence our ranking on Alexa is abysmal. Alexa ranks are completely off the mark, our real ranking is and order of magnitude better. Unfortunately the Alexa ranks are very important to search engines, hence we get less visitors.

If you are willing to install the toolbar, this might help our ranking.

The Alexa has numerous benefits touted by Alexa to encourage use of the Toolbar.

Appreciate your efforts to improve site visibility!

The Alexa download link is provided below.

Dennis



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Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999
Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
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2009-04-01          161601

I now have a very 'Sparky' version of Firefox! LOL ....

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DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000
Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2009-04-01          161610

I am begining to wonder..... did the US government take over control of Outlook Express while I wasn't paying atention?

I am getting really tired of trying to work around the systemic problems in O-Express, is Firefox a viable alternative?

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DennisCTB
Join Date: Nov 1998
Posts: 2707 NorthWest NJ
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2009-04-01          161612

I think you mean Thunderbird that is the comparable email product in the Firefox browser suite.

I absolutely hated Outlook Express and gave up on it at least 5 years ago, and have been using Thunderbird ever since.

I also refuse to use Microsoft Office unless coerced to at work and use Open Office instead. ....

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Murf
Join Date: Dec 1999
Posts: 7249 Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada
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2009-04-01          161613

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Originally Posted by DRankin | view 161610
I am getting really tired of trying to work around the systemic problems in O-Express, is Firefox a viable alternative?


I've had very good luck with it, it even loads sites that were a chronic pain in my CPU before.

My techie people tell me it's much safer too.

All I know is it seems MUCH easier to use than IE or OE.

Best of luck. ....

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kwschumm
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5764 NW Oregon
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2009-04-01          161626

I installed the Alexa toolbar into Firefox. It causes a noticeable slowdown when changing tabs, maybe because of lengthy turnaround latency on satellite connections. I'll run it for a few days but will probably remove it later.
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cutter
Join Date: Feb 2000
Posts: 1307 The South Shore of Lake Ontario, New York
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2009-04-01          161637

I use Safari on my Mac, not available yet. ....

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kwschumm
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5764 NW Oregon
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2009-04-19          162163

I noticed that the site ranking updates only M-F and not on weekends. That seems strange. Aren't weekend hits important? Or do they compute these manually? Maybe they're using a batch update that is kicked off manually, but it seems sort of primitive.
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