Ron @ Statsaholic.com (formerly Alexaholic.com) looks to be in a bit of trouble with Alexa.
Seems they’re suddenly decided his mashup of the their traffic data & charts is a bad thing and they’re blocking his site from displaying it.
So anti Web 2.0, anti-consumer, anti-information. Is Alexa so egotisitcal that they think their platform can’t be improved upon? Everything can be tweaked, added to, niche’ed to provide greater value to a subset of internet users, and that’s exactly what Ron is doing here.
I think some of the “big” companies don’t understand that this type of thing actually provides them more exposure & thus more traffic, in the end, rather then detract from their site.
And a big bummer for all us fans of Statsaholic.com – the mashups there are awesome.
I don’t agree with Alexa’s action – Ron is clear on the site the the data comes from Alexa, there’s no misrepresentation or shadiness. And he makes a point – Alexa is not without competition.
Digg Ron’s story – and visit Statsaholic to read more.
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Thanks for the coverage, Michelle.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention Michelle. Statsaholic is a very useful site indeed. I have bookmarked it.
I guess its the old story of help me, but god help you if you should become successful. Luckily because we are on the internet ALL voices can be heard…..large or small.