Alexa Internet

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subsidiary technology company web traffic analysis company

Alexa Internet was a web traffic analysis and ranking company best known for providing website popularity metrics and analytics services before its shutdown in 2022.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Alexa Internet canonical	4
Alexa Traffic Rank	2
Alexa Internet, Inc.	1
Alexa Rank	1
https://www.alexa.com	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T436961 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alexa Internet
Context triple: [Brewster Kahle, hasFounded, Alexa Internet]

A. AltaVista
AltaVista was one of the earliest and most popular web search engines of the 1990s, known for its fast, comprehensive internet search before being eclipsed by later competitors.
B. Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
C. Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
D. AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
E. VeriSign
VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Alexa Internet
Target entity description: Alexa Internet was a web traffic analysis and ranking company best known for providing website popularity metrics and analytics services before its shutdown in 2022.

A. AltaVista
AltaVista was one of the earliest and most popular web search engines of the 1990s, known for its fast, comprehensive internet search before being eclipsed by later competitors.
B. Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
C. Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
D. AOL
AOL is a pioneering American internet and online services company best known for popularizing dial-up access and email in the 1990s and early 2000s.
E. VeriSign
VeriSign is an American technology company best known for operating key internet infrastructure, including managing the .com and .net top-level domains and providing critical DNS and security services.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	subsidiary ⓘ technology company ⓘ web traffic analysis company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Amazon ⓘ
announcedShutdown	2021-12-08 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dataCollectionMethod	browser extensions ⓘ browser toolbars ⓘ third-party data partnerships ⓘ
dateOfAcquisition	1999 ⓘ
dissolutionDate	2022 ⓘ
formerStatus	defunct ⓘ
foundedAs	independent company ⓘ
foundedBy	Brewster Kahle ⓘ Bruce Gilliat ⓘ
headquartersLocation	San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ surface form: San Francisco, California
inception	1996 ⓘ
industry	internet services ⓘ web analytics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
notableFor	traffic ranking of websites ⓘ website popularity metrics ⓘ
notableWork	Alexa Internet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alexa Traffic Rank
offeredSubscriptionService	Alexa ⓘ surface form: Alexa Pro
operatedWebsite	alexa.com ⓘ
ownedBy	Amazon ⓘ surface form: Amazon.com, Inc.
parentOrganization	Amazon ⓘ
partOf	Amazon Web Services ⓘ surface form: Amazon Web Services ecosystem
productOrService	Alexa Internet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alexa Rank SEO tools ⓘ competitive analysis services ⓘ site audit tools ⓘ web traffic statistics ⓘ
providedAPI	web information service API ⓘ
providedMetric	country-specific website ranking ⓘ engagement metrics ⓘ estimated site traffic ⓘ global website popularity ranking ⓘ
reasonForShutdown	business decision by Amazon ⓘ
serviceArea	worldwide ⓘ
serviceTermination	discontinued analytics services in 2022 ⓘ
shutdownDate	2022-05-01 ⓘ
statusOfWebsite	offline ⓘ
usedBy	SEO professionals ⓘ digital marketers ⓘ researchers ⓘ website owners ⓘ
website	Alexa Internet self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: https://www.alexa.com

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brewster Kahle → hasFounded → Alexa Internet ⓘ

Alexa Internet → productOrService → Alexa Internet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexa Rank

Alexa Internet → notableWork → Alexa Internet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexa Traffic Rank

Alexa Internet → website → Alexa Internet self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: https://www.alexa.com

Brewster → founded → Alexa Internet ⓘ

subject surface form: Brewster Kahle

Bruce Gilliat → coFounded → Alexa Internet ⓘ

Bruce Gilliat → notableWork → Alexa Internet ⓘ

alexa.com → operatedBy → Alexa Internet ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexa Internet, Inc.

alexa.com → rankingMetric → Alexa Internet ⓘ