Alexa Web Search Platform: Custom “long tail” searches for blog visitors?
Alexa manages a network of Web crawlers that constantly gather “a broad representation of Internet content” including text files, images, audio and video files. Every two months they capture a snapshot of the Internet that approaches 100 terabytes in size.
Alexa just announced that they now have a set of APIs and services available to serve as a way to reach into the bowels of this data and serve up custom analysis and results. Could be a platform for content providers who want to create a custom search engine.
I speculate this could be used by bloggers to create a service that scans for content specifically targeted to their audience. From what I read, you need to get a AWSP account and have some experience with a fairly robust programming language. Pricing for access to the service is here.
Here’s a sample custom photo search engine created by the service.
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Good Morning,
I have been reading your blog for some months now and have been intrigued by all the information that you have to share.
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I would love to have someone “watching” over my blog and making sure that I am on top of technology and what “tweeks” I may need to make.
Just a hint.
David Porter
President/CEO
Pacesetter Mortgage Company, Inc.
David,
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