Need to analyse a list of top sites in Australia, and the following Python scripts helped me to get the site name + domain name off from Alexa with minimum effort: #!/usr/bin/env python import re, urllib r = r'<a href="/siteinfo/(.*?)" ><strong>(.*?)</strong>'; for i in range(25): u = 'http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries;%d/AU' % i for [...]
TechCrunch: Alexa overhauls ranking system where it now uses multiple sources rather than just their toolbar data. I actually noticed the change in Alexa ranking before I spotted the post at TC. Good move I think, at least Alexa is now in the position of competing with Compete and Quantcast, which are almost useless for [...]
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