Alexa, which provides website ranking data, will be shut down in May next year

Alexa.com is a well-known global website ranking service that provides information such as website ranking and traffic data. It has been used by developers and website maintainers to determine the popularity of the site on the entire Internet. However, this service announced that it will be closed on May 1, 2022.

In response to the decision to shut down the service, Alexa officials did not provide any further explanation. The Alexa team said in a statement that it made a difficult decision.

In addition to closing the website in May of next year, the Web Information Service API has also been closed on December 8 this year and new subscriptions have been suspended. Existing subscription services can continue to be used until May 1 next year.

Alexa is a world-renowned website ranking service. It was founded in 1996. Its name pays tribute to the famous Alexandria Library. It was acquired by e-commerce giant Amazon in 1999. Alexa also provides paid SEO and competitor analysis services.

Since Alexa ranking is often used as a major indicator of the popularity of a website, it is inevitable that fake websites named after “Alexa” will appear. For example, entering “Alexa ranking” in some search engines will result in a URL that looks closer. The website even uses keywords such as “Alexa ranking” and “Chinese website rankings” to mislead those “outsiders”, but in fact, The real Alexa official website has never provided a Chinese version.