Over time many of us like to change the look and feel of our blogs and websites and it is important that the most recent version of our site is being indexed by popular sites such as Alexa, a traffic ranking stats site that many people use to find new sites of interest. This will ensure that your website is up to date both on Alexa’s stat pages, but also on services that use Alexa Site Thumbnail Service. I went to Alexa’s site recently and for some reason it was showing a very outdated version of my blog’s screen shot. Updating it is pretty easy by one of two means:

1. Go to http://www.alexa.com/data/details/contact_info?url=http://yoursite.com – changing the yoursite.com to the exact web address of your blog or shop. Once there you will see the current thumbnail that Alexa has on file for you. If it is out of date, click the link below the thumbnail that says “Update Thumbnail Image of….” and your image will be updated in a few days to 1 week.

2. If the above URL has been changed and is no longer working, and if you have the Alexa toolbar installed on your browser, you can do the above by simply surfing to your site and clicking the “iInfo” tab. On the dropdown menu choose “More Site Info” and on the page that loads scroll to the bottom to the link labeled “Correct errors and omissions in this listing.” This will bring you to the info edit page I mentioned in the first method. This method is actually preferred because the direct link I listed above may change in the future if Alexa ever does a site re-org.

Making sure your Alexa Image is up to date is part of a healthy site maintenance and keeps your most recent brand image in the eyes of your readers! Plus it’s annoying to see that old image pop up in different places.