Alexa is a traffic analysis and web toolbar company owned by Amazon. Alexa offers an API and traffic data is reused in sites such as Alexaholic and Alexadex.
I recently noticed the popularity of the new Will Smith movie Hancock when it hit our Movers and Shakers. I'd seen it advertised on the sides of buses, but was not really sure what it was about; after a quick trip to the official site, I realized it was not-your-grandfather's-superhero flick. It was certainly popular among folks based on traffic to the website, but I wondered if this would
When a news story broke a few days ago about Senator John McCain's technical adviser having said, "John McCain is aware of the Internet," I was reminded of McCain's own earlier admission that, "I'm an illiterate who has to rely on my wife for all the assistance I can get."
While it's debatable whether the leader of the free world might need to know how to use a computer in order to understand
I remember when, a few years ago, I first started to notice websites with aggregated, user-submitted gas price information, essentially gas price comparison tools.
While I don't drive, these things seemed like a lot of work to me. First, you'd have to have enough people in your area know about the sites. Then, you'd have to have enough people care enough about the sharing of information to post