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They used to have its own toolbar that tracked which websites users visit. After that, they've paid other browser add-ons to add their script and some websites
by input_sh 5y ago
They used to have its own toolbar that tracked which websites users visit.
After that, they've paid other browser add-ons to add their script and some websites voluntarily gave them their data by adding their tracker.
It says so right on the about page (warning: unusable on mobile): https://www.alexa.com/about https://www.alexa.com/about
- ralusek 5y agoYou'd assume that this would give a super biased sample of the population that would skew boomer+.
- duskwuff 5y agoIt was always biased, and it's only gotten worse over time as browser toolbars have ceased to be a thing and data collection in browser extensions has been heavily discouraged. I have to wonder if that's one of the reasons they're phasing the product out.
- madaxe_again 5y agoYeah, it was also really handy for figuring out how to attack various web properties, as they frequently indexed administrative pages that were secured through nothing but obscurity, as the toolbar was most popular with amateur (and (im)professional) webmasters. Ah, the good old days.
- bluetwo 5y agoInteresting. I wonder if Apple privacy policies killed it. Or if the fact everyone is using the same 10 web sites for everything has eroded the need.