If you tried to check your website’s latest ranking on Alexa, the popular website ranking site on December 9, 2021, you would have gotten the memo that Alexa is closing shop come May, 1 2022.
In a blog post, Alexa, owned by Amazon, said it is retiring in 2022.
Twenty-five years ago, we founded Alexa Internet. After two decades of helping you find, reach, and convert your digital audience, we’ve made the difficult decision to retire Alexa.com on May 1, 2022. Thank you for making us your go-to resource for content research, competitive analysis, keyword research, and so much more.
We have been proud to serve you as customers.
Alexa has been a got to source for many websites that seek to know how they are performing and what their competitor is up to.
Users can export their data and delete their accounts, the blogpost said.
The Verge reports that Alexa.com’s rankings have always been simultaneously popular and contentious — not surprising given the importance of establishing traffic metrics in many online businesses. Over the years, there have been many accusations that the service’s Alexa Rank could be gamed, but it nevertheless remained the most familiar name in the web-ranking world. A number of alternate services exist, including SimilarWeb, Tranco, and ComScore.
Meanwhile, The Nigerian Xpress reported that a team of Nigerian tech entrepreneurs based both locally and in the diaspora has released a new app designed to support preventive healthcare in Nigeria.
The newly introduced Axocheck is a subscription-based app that provides concierge healthcare professionals that carry out in-home basic health checks on your loved ones back in Nigeria regularly.
he idea came to light when these Nigerians who understand the pain of constantly having to worry about the health of their loved ones back home or in other states, decided to do something about it.
Speaking on the launch, co-founder and CEO, Kazeem Lawal gave an insight into Axocheck: “I have always been about leveraging technology to solve problems, particularly when you think of Africa as a continent. What gave birth to Axocheck was an incident that happened years ago. My father who has always been healthy was suddenly rushed to the hospital after he slumped. It dawned on me that we could have lost him or he could have been disabled.