Comments on: Amazon Sues Alexaholic for Using Alexa API

By: chandan

chandan — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:56:27 +0000

companies are always greedy :X

By: Is alexa widgets or using redirection my

Is alexa widgets or using redirection my — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:44:35 +0000

I installed alexa toolbar & widegt but no result see http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main?url=www.fortunehotels.in ranking of my website here.

By: Startup Meme » Skype Steals PR Ordeal from Amazon

Startup Meme » Skype Steals PR Ordeal from Amazon — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:49:15 +0000

[...] dollar company is using heavy handed tactics against a small guy. Alexa gathered a lot of bad PR, when they filed a lawsuit against Alexaholic founder Ron Hornbaker for infringing Alexa’s [...]

By: Bilal Hameed

Bilal Hameed — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:02:10 +0000

Yeah eConsultant, I was missing this point. I have rectified that in my latest post.

By: Startup Meme » Amazon/Statsaholic Dispute Gets Uglier

Startup Meme » Amazon/Statsaholic Dispute Gets Uglier — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:12:06 +0000

[...] you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed of Startup Meme. The Amazon/Statsaholic dispute that got a lot of blogger attention, with many bloggers siding with Ron Hornbaker (Statsaholic [...]

By: A Confusing Move of Amazon: Promoting Web Services but Sue It’s User » SELaplana

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:38:47 +0000

[...] as a way of opposing the lawsuit filed by Amazon against Statsoholic, formerly Alexaholic, for using the Alexa API in displaying the stats in such a useful way. This action of Amazon made everyone confused on what [...]

By: Ariel

Ariel — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:40:29 +0000

On the about page of the Statsaholic website, Hornbaker says he changed the name on March 18, 2007, which was only 8 days before the lawsuit was filed. I don’t know anything about this, and from your reporting it does sound like they are being harsh, but I just wanted to submit that correction.

By: eConsultant

eConsultant — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:56:59 +0000

Interesting analysis; but, you are missing one factor; Alexaholic/Statsaholic is hotlinking to the Alexa graphs.

Check it out yourself. View the source code of :

http://www.statsaholic.com/startupmeme.com

and you’ll find the img source to be

http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=695&h=340&r=3m&y=r&u=startupmeme.com

There is no API for the graph and Alexaholic was and still is hotlinking to the graphs.

By: Startup Meme » Alexa Backlash Begins, Call for Journalistic Boycott

Startup Meme » Alexa Backlash Begins, Call for Journalistic Boycott — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:17:49 +0000

[...] the blogging community to unite and take a firm stand on social and moral issues. The backlash on Alexa/Statsaholic issue has [...]

By: Bilal Hameed

Bilal Hameed — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:34:46 +0000

Thanks marc, since so few people comment. I really love it when someone stops by to say a word.

Thanks alot for your time.

By: marc meyer

marc meyer — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:03:55 +0000

excellent reporting bilal, as usual.