Alexa Internet, Inc., the internet company that provides traffic data, global rankings, and other information related to more than 30 million websites, will retire Alexa.com on May 1, 2022.
This announcement was delivered by Alexa through its website. Unfortunately there is no explanation behind this website's decision to retire.
"Twenty -five years ago, we founded Alexa Internet. After two decades of helping you all find, embrace, and transform digital audiences, we made the difficult decision to retire Alexa.compada May 1, 2022. Thank you for making us your flagship source for research. content, competitive analysis, keyword research and more. We're proud to serve you. " That is Alexa.com's statement as quoted from its website.
Alexa added, they stopped offering new subscriptions starting December 8, 2021. However, existing subscriptions will continue to have access until May 1, 2022. The Web Information Service API was also discontinued on December 8, 2022.
Alexa is a subsidiary of Amazon.com based in California, USA, and provides commercial data related to website traffic. Founded as an independent company in 1996, Alexa was later acquired by Amazon in 1999.
The toolbar created by Alexa collects data in the form of users' surfing habits on the internet and sends it to the Alexa data center, where the data is stored and analyzed, so that it becomes the basis of website traffic reports provided by the company to its customers.
As of 2014, Alexa provides traffic data, ranking of websites globally and within a specific country, and various other information on more than 30 million registered websites. The Alexa website is visited by more than 8.8 million people every month.