Alexa Toolbar for Firefox

Alexa finally released the long waited Toolbar for Firefox. If you would’ve told me that a few weeks ago, I couldn’t care less. But recently, I noticed I have a small obsession for checking the Alexa ranking of almost every site I visit. I don’t know if that’s good or bad, but one thing is for sure, I do it. How does this help me? Actually it doesn’t. So why do why do it? Beats me…I try to compare my blogs’ stats with other blogs I visit and see how I stand, but I get no useful information, because deep down I know Alexa isn’t very accurate. So I am afraid of installing the new toolbar, which, beside showing the site’s rank, it also shows a graph with the visitors’ trend on that website. The toolbar also finds sites that are similar to the one you are currently visiting, but I don’t care, I don’t need that.

So, the conclusion is that I’ve decided to let some time pass before I install it, at least until I get over this Alexa madness.