Originally Posted by hornyasf

I know not all backlinks are "good", but my question is: would a backlink from a website whose Alexa ranking is, let's say, 5 million even help me in the long run?

I got a guy who says his website gets 15K a week, but his Alexa is less than 6 million. (They own multiple sites so obviously their traffic is probably only referral) - Still, the numbers just don't add up in my head. I swing around 5K to 10K a week on a 4 month old site, but even my alexa is not nearly as bad as theirs.

1) What's going on here?

2) Should Alexa ranking always be considered when link trading?

3) What else should be taken into consideration?

Thanks