This steemit strategy explains the high Alexa ranking if they filter for low payout. I agree this makes good sense. But this makes it very difficult for me to entice content creators to come here. I already asked the helpbot to find us the payout level needed so I hope that answer will come soon.

Good job on figuring this out. I'm here to promote my current work already all over the internet. I've been getting small traffic jumps and now I know why they are not bigger on my well seo'd posts. Darn it!