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    Alexa Internet - Wikipedia

    • Alexa Internet, Inc. was a web traffic analysis company based in San Francisco, California. It was founded as an independent company by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat in 1996. Alexa provided web traffic data, global rankings, and other information on over 30 million websites. It was acquired by Amazon in 1999 for $250 million in stock. Amazon discontin… See more

    HeadquartersSan Francisco, California, United States
    OwnerAmazon
    PresidentAndrew Ramm
    Key peopleAndrew Ramm (president and GM) · Dave Sherfese (vice president)
    Operations and history

    Alexa Internet was founded in April 1996 by Brewster Kahle and Bruce Gilliat. The company's name was chosen in homage to the Library of Alexandria in Ptolemaic Egypt, drawing a parallel between the largest repository … See more

    Alexa Traffic Rank

    A key metric published from Alexa Internet analytics was the Alexa Traffic Rank, also simply known as Alexa Rank. It was also referred to as Global Rank by Alexa Internet and was designed to be an estimate of … See more