Comments on: Alexa Ranks - Only Make Belief http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/10/24/alexa-rank-myth/ Reflections on Technology Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:53:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Roy Schestowitz http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/10/24/alexa-rank-myth/#comment-15979 Roy Schestowitz Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:19:20 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/10/24/alexa-rank-myth/#comment-15979 Well, my phrasing left room for interpretation, but by "took over A9’s operations" I was referring to the search. A9 dropped the superior search results and enjoyed (short-term) monetary gains for all I could say at the time. The toolbar was, to me at least, the last straw. I can think of one other predatory company that does the same type of stuff: Oracle. Well, my phrasing left room for interpretation, but by “took over A9’s operations” I was referring to the search. A9 dropped the superior search results and enjoyed (short-term) monetary gains for all I could say at the time. The toolbar was, to me at least, the last straw.

I can think of one other predatory company that does the same type of stuff: Oracle.

]]> By: Derrick Pallas http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/10/24/alexa-rank-myth/#comment-15978 Derrick Pallas Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:54:35 +0000 http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/10/24/alexa-rank-myth/#comment-15978 Microsoft took over A9? That's news to me. Microsoft took over A9? That’s news to me.

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