Comments on: Compete API Open For Business http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:11:10 -0800 hourly 1 By: Torrential Web Dev http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1477938 Torrential Web Dev Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:46:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1477938 <strong>First impressions of the Compete API...</strong> The next tool I want to launch on the site is going to pool data from a number of sources. One of the data types I want to use is traffic data for a site. The leader in this field is Alexa but with their bias towards ranking webmaster sites dispropor... First impressions of the Compete API…

The next tool I want to launch on the site is going to pool data from a number of sources. One of the data types I want to use is traffic data for a site. The leader in this field is Alexa but with their bias towards ranking webmaster sites dispropor…

]]> By: wdbpwsgqqa http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1441814 wdbpwsgqqa Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:36:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1441814 Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! ofakuyyfwfb Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! ofakuyyfwfb

]]> By: Business Education http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1404068 Business Education Thu, 31 May 2007 14:13:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1404068 Compete.com seem already old enough, but when I try my site, it still don't have enough data. while I try in alexa.com. it have my web statistic. I don't think many people download compete.com toolbar. Compete.com seem already old enough, but when I try my site, it still don’t have enough data. while I try in alexa.com. it have my web statistic.

I don’t think many people download compete.com toolbar.

]]> By: Brian http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1394494 Brian Thu, 24 May 2007 23:23:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1394494 Kudos to Compete for offering a free API. It seems that the "new kids" like Compete and Quantcast have a better frontend, better utilization of figures and better ideas than Alexa but don't have the data to become true Alexa-killers... yet! Kudos to Compete for offering a free API.
It seems that the “new kids” like Compete and Quantcast have a better frontend, better utilization of figures and better ideas than Alexa but don’t have the data to become true Alexa-killers… yet!

]]> By: sean percival http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1394168 sean percival Thu, 24 May 2007 19:37:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1394168 Thanks Mark, i'll check it out now. Our smaller blogs like pretty stats too. Thanks Mark, i’ll check it out now.

Our smaller blogs like pretty stats too.

]]> By: Mark Schulze http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1394102 Mark Schulze Thu, 24 May 2007 18:36:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1394102 Congrats Jay. Hi Sean -- You are not alone in wanting a combined model -- Quantcast (my company) launched the Quantified Publisher program last year responding to publishers demand. We combine data from a variety of sources with direct measurement to derive highly accurate results that are highly representative of your audience. Allowing publishers to participate in the measurement process brings transparency to web metrics – which we think is a good idea. . Since launch -- uptake has been incredible. We have had thousands of sites sign up comprising millions of web destinations. Sites like Fox, Answers.com, Fark, Wordpress, TechDirt, GigaOm, Gizmodo, Gawker, Tagged, DailyCandy, Netscape, Vimeo, Huffingtonpost, Lifehacker, Problogger, Micropersuasion.com etc. etc… Anyway – given your post, I thought you might be interested. Best – Mark Schulze, VP, Quantcast Congrats Jay.

Hi Sean — You are not alone in wanting a combined model — Quantcast (my company) launched the Quantified Publisher program last year responding to publishers demand.

We combine data from a variety of sources with direct measurement to derive highly accurate results that are highly representative of your audience. Allowing publishers to participate in the measurement process brings transparency to web metrics – which we think is a good idea. .

Since launch — uptake has been incredible. We have had thousands of sites sign up comprising millions of web destinations. Sites like Fox, Answers.com, Fark, Wordpress, TechDirt, GigaOm, Gizmodo, Gawker, Tagged, DailyCandy, Netscape, Vimeo, Huffingtonpost, Lifehacker, Problogger, Micropersuasion.com etc. etc…

Anyway – given your post, I thought you might be interested.

Best – Mark Schulze, VP, Quantcast

]]> By: Jay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1394017 Jay Thu, 24 May 2007 16:48:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1394017 @wayne lambright - Compete also buys data directly from Internet Service Providers. Therefore in a way Compete is very much browser independent. In addition, the Compete toolbar runs on Windows, IE, Firefox, Macs, Linux, etc. @Marcelo Calbucci - take a look at Compete's engagement metrics (average time spent, etc). These metrics are very applicable for *all* websites. @sean percival - great idea. Stay tuned. @wayne lambright – Compete also buys data directly from Internet Service Providers. Therefore in a way Compete is very much browser independent. In addition, the Compete toolbar runs on Windows, IE, Firefox, Macs, Linux, etc.

@Marcelo Calbucci – take a look at Compete’s engagement metrics (average time spent, etc). These metrics are very applicable for *all* websites.

@sean percival – great idea. Stay tuned.

]]> By: bdb http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1393751 bdb Thu, 24 May 2007 12:46:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1393751 easy on the "spamments" easy on the “spamments”

]]> By: Where's truth? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1393310 Where's truth? Thu, 24 May 2007 07:36:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1393310 How do you know if chart is telling the truth? How do you know if chart is telling the truth?

]]> By: Why can't Alexa grab the chart? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1393274 Why can't Alexa grab the chart? Thu, 24 May 2007 07:07:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1393274 I wonder why Alexa can't provide data itself. Maybe they grab graphical chart from different company. Are they trying to cheat? Go to Alexa.com, try graphical chart and type alexa.com Any software engineers know Alexa might grab data chart from unknown company. I can't even explain why this works http://snapshot.compete.com/compete.com+alexa.com?metric=uv Why alexa can't make it work it's own ratings? Alexa have 611,910 on compete.com Compete have 0.15 on Alexa.com Who do you believe? None... I hope Statsaholic make truthful chart. I wonder why Alexa can’t provide data itself. Maybe they grab graphical chart from different company. Are they trying to cheat?

Go to Alexa.com, try
graphical chart and type alexa.com

Any software engineers know Alexa might grab data chart from unknown company. I can’t even explain why this works
http://snapshot...a.com?metric=uv
Why alexa can’t make it work it’s own ratings?

Alexa have 611,910 on compete.com
Compete have 0.15 on Alexa.com

Who do you believe? None…

I hope Statsaholic make truthful chart.

]]> By: Oren Michels http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1393227 Oren Michels Thu, 24 May 2007 06:37:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1393227 @sethop - the default allocation of calls is 1000/day. If you need more, just ask. Compete has provided much larger allotments to API developers who have built cool stuff - contact them at the address given on http://developer.compete.com and they can easily increase the daily hit count past 1000. @sethop – the default allocation of calls is 1000/day. If you need more, just ask. Compete has provided much larger allotments to API developers who have built cool stuff – contact them at the address given on http://developer.compete.com and they can easily increase the daily hit count past 1000.

]]> By: wayne lambright http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1393193 wayne lambright Thu, 24 May 2007 06:09:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1393193 Yet another missed opportunity from google. Alexa use to be good. Compete can seem to. Google has the tool bar in the browser probably much more then anybody else. I think the opportunity to really make Alexa third-party style stats tool would be to control some dsn servers such as openDNS, then do some data analysis of that to come up with some more accurate numbers. To the web masters out there, did you notice your stats drop when FireFox hit the market. We need a browser independent ranking tool; maybe the telecoms could solve this problem. Yet another missed opportunity from google.

Alexa use to be good.
Compete can seem to.

Google has the tool bar in the browser probably much more then anybody else.

I think the opportunity to really make Alexa third-party style stats tool would be to control some dsn servers such as openDNS, then do some data analysis of that to come up with some more accurate numbers.

To the web masters out there, did you notice your stats drop when FireFox hit the market.

We need a browser independent ranking tool; maybe the telecoms could solve this problem.

]]> By: Sethop http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1393184 Sethop Thu, 24 May 2007 06:05:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1393184 Shame it's only 1000 hits / day. Shame it’s only 1000 hits / day.

]]> By: Can you get sue for using compete API? http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1393080 Can you get sue for using compete API? Thu, 24 May 2007 05:14:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1393080 Forget it... Developers aren't use it.... 11. Fees and Payments Compete reserves the right to charge fees for future use of or access to the Compete APIs or the Compete services and Web sites (collectively, "Compete APIs Services") in Compete's sole discretion. If Compete decides to charge for the Compete APIs Services, such charges will be disclosed to you prior. Don't use API... USE GPL!!! Forget it… Developers aren’t use it….

11. Fees and Payments

Compete reserves the right to charge fees for future use of or access to the Compete APIs or the Compete services and Web sites (collectively, “Compete APIs Services”) in Compete’s sole discretion. If Compete decides to charge for the Compete APIs Services, such charges will be disclosed to you prior.

Don’t use API… USE GPL!!!

]]> By: Stataholic should use it http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1393034 Stataholic should use it Thu, 24 May 2007 04:57:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1393034 hahahahha to ALEXA hahahahha to ALEXA

]]> By: Marcelo Calbucci http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1392988 Marcelo Calbucci Thu, 24 May 2007 04:31:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1392988 Compete stats only work for the top websites, everything else the noise is so high that makes it useless. On Compete, only the top 10,000 sites have meaningful data, on Alexa the top 100,000 still have useful data, but beyond that is just for entertainment. Compete stats only work for the top websites, everything else the noise is so high that makes it useless.

On Compete, only the top 10,000 sites have meaningful data, on Alexa the top 100,000 still have useful data, but beyond that is just for entertainment.

]]> By: sean percival http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1392962 sean percival Thu, 24 May 2007 04:14:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1392962 These new services are great but why don't they allow companies to embed a tracker? Even as a pro service etc. Seem that would help offer more "complete" stats for companies willing to make it public. These new services are great but why don’t they allow companies to embed a tracker?

Even as a pro service etc.

Seem that would help offer more “complete” stats for companies willing to make it public.

]]> By: Steve S http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1392842 Steve S Thu, 24 May 2007 02:56:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1392842 Web statistics mashups, this has a lot of potential. Imagine a Google maps overlay tracking meme's as they spread across the blogosphere. Web statistics mashups, this has a lot of potential. Imagine a Google maps overlay tracking meme’s as they spread across the blogosphere.

]]> By: TechVision http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1392824 TechVision Thu, 24 May 2007 02:42:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/05/23/compete-api-open-for-business/#comment-1392824 <strong>Compete API Open For Business...</strong> Web analytics startup Compete.com opened its API for public use today. Websites and applications can now access Compete’s data and incorporate it into their own products.... Compete API Open For Business…

Web analytics startup Compete.com opened its API for public use today. Websites and applications can now access Compete’s data and incorporate it into their own products….

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