Uploading .txt files

  • Unknown's avatar

    Alexa and A9 is Amazon.com. Their search engine is A9 and their “Data mining operation” (for lack of a better term) is Alexa.

  • Unknown's avatar

    I found the reply and I’m going to post it here to get it out of my inbox:

    > Thank you for contacting Alexa Internet.
    >
    > Right, we can see how the info.txt method would be problematic in this
    > circumstance.
    >
    > So, as a workaround, you could send us a message with the URL of your
    > site, the information you would like to have us update, and a link to
    > somewhere on your site that our editors can visit to verify the
    > legitimacy of the request (somewhere that has your contact information
    > and lists this e-mail address, for example–to be sure nobody’s trying
    > to change your information without permission), and we’d be happy to
    > make the changes manually.
    >
    > For clarity, please use the info.txt format below. Also, you only need
    > fill in whatever information you’d like posted. (And in response to your
    > comment on the thread–we don’t need to have any of it, save as a way to
    > provide as much information possible to our users, as a courtesy. But
    > you should only post that information which you’re comfortable having
    > online and public.)
    >
    > url:
    > site_owner:
    > address1:
    > address2:
    > city:
    > state:
    > country:
    > postal_code:
    > phone_number:
    > display_email:
    > site_name:
    > site_description:
    >
    > We appreciate your interest in Alexa.
    >
    > Best regards,
    > Alexa Internet Customer Service

  • Unknown's avatar

    But isn’t only all that personal information listed only when someone hosts their own site or whoever runs the company?

  • Unknown's avatar

    Alexa runs a service I think where one can lookup the information for the website in question. It’s a lot like a WHOIS lookup for a domain.

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