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Since when is Alexa web services charging already!?
Since recently. I think a few weeks now... They planned it all the way, but had it free in beta mode. First 10,000/month are free by the way.
It is so easy to manipulate the data with their lame toolbar that everything they have is bogus. So go ahead and buy the list, big waste of money.
I think the data is somewhat correct for the top sites. It tends to go downhill for smaller sites because the user cross-section is too small.
It is so easy to manipulate the data with their lame toolbar that everything they have is bogus. So go ahead and buy the list, big waste of money.
You'd be surprise how accurate the data is from 1 to 10000. Anyone can easily manupulate the data up to around rank 20000. And it takes a very determine person to maintain the position.
Yes, I want accurate info on our competitors, but very few of them are in the top 10,000, or even 100,000, and those we generally know about and can look up in Alexa's database. I find Overture's keyword suggestion tool to be a good free way to gather intelligence, too.