Comments on: Alexa Ranks – Only Make Belief https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/10/24/alexa-rank-myth/ Reflections on Technology Tue, 12 May 2026 01:35:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Roy Schestowitz https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/10/24/alexa-rank-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-15979 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.

]]> By: Derrick Pallas https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/10/24/alexa-rank-myth/comment-page-1/#comment-15978 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.

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