How to determine in what countries my sites appear?

[neelloc21]

Hi,

Alexa indicates that my sites are shown mostly in Australia, Google Analytics and BlueHost indicate that my sites are shown in other countries, mostly in the US.

Could someone explain please, the difference in results, or why it's a possibility?

The reason I ask is because I'm selling products from the US, and the fall in the Aussie dollar makes it a much more expensive proposition to buy from the US.

Thanks

neelloc21

[Korr]

Alexa relies on a form of random sampling similar to polling or TV ratings but much much less scientific. If there's just a few people in Australia who happen to run the Alexa toolbar and have your store bookmarked, its going to distort the entire trend results.

Analytics and the Bluehost statistics are much more reliable because they're counting every visitor based on the server/software's perspective.

[neelloc21]

Thanks for your helpful reply Kor.
neelloc21