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Alexa Sites

Alexa Sites in Residential

 

 

Sites in Residential

 

 

 

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Sites in Residential

 

 

 

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Ian Watt - Century 21 In Town Realty
Specialized in the urban condo market. Includes listings, news and an MLS search.
www.ianwatt.ca
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

Bruce Ward Realty
Focused on residential investment properties. Includes bios, listings, photo gallery, and mortgage calculator.
www.bruceward.com
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

Jay Banks - RE/MAX
Realtor for local and surrounding area. Tips for buyers and sellers, current listings and regional info.
www.jaybanks.ca
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas Meyer - Downtown Suites
Offers furnished apartment rentals in 4 downtown Vancouver locations including
Robson Street
, the West End, Coal Harbour , and Gastown.
www.downtownsuites.com
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

Myrealty.ca
A limited service realtor offering 0.5% commissions for people who want to control the sale of their home through the MLS.
www.myrealty.ca
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

Reid Dewson and Ed Gramauskas - Dexter Associates
Specializes in lofts for sale and rent in Vancouver . Includes listings, a search and recent sales.
www.loftsvancouver.com
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

Lorne Goldman -MacDonald Realtors
Realtor with over 20 years of experience in the Vancouver market. Features current listings, testimonials, and information about the area.
www.vancouverresidence.com
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

Royal Pacific Realty Group
Independent real estate firm serving buyers and sellers from three Vancouver locations. Site provides company information, listings and professional resources.
www.royalpacific.com
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Hasman
Serving the Westside since 1993. Includes listings, buyer and seller information, a blog, agent's profile, a mortgage calculator and a market evaluation request form.
www.andrewhasman.com
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

Larry Rahn - MrRealEstate.com
Offering apartments and townhomes. Includes listings, an agent's profile and assignments.
www.mrrealestate.com
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

Cam Foster - Century 21
Provides listings, area profiles, market analysis, real estate resources and contact information.
condoplace.com
- Site info 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexa History

 

 

 

1996

 

 

 

Founded in April 1996, Alexa Internet grew out of a vision of Web navigation that is intelligent and constantly improving with the participation of its users.

 

 

 

 

 

1997

 

 

 

September of 1997 the Alexa Toolbar version 1.0 was released. The toolbar featured Site Information, Related Links, access to archived pages, access to Encyclopaedia Britannica content, and an instant messaging feature.

 

 

 

 

 

1998

 

 

 

In 1998, Netscape built Alexa into the 4.0 version of the Netscape Navigator browser as the centerpiece of the "Smart Browsing" feature set. Meanwhile, the Alexa toolbar had clocked over 1 Million downloads. Alexa began a long partnership with the Library of Congress, donating a copy of Alexa's crawl of the web to the new digital library.

 

 

 

 

 

1999

 

 

 

In 1999, following Netscape's lead, Microsoft built Alexa into the browser. Alexa popularity was reaching an all-time high with over 3 Million downloads. In June of 1999, Amazon.com purchased Alexa Internet.

 

 

 

 

 

2000

 

 

 

In 2000, Alexa released the version 5.0 toolbar, incorporating shopping features and search functions. Total downloads exceeded 7 million. Alexa's donations of crawl to the Internet Archive 8 Terabytes in size (about 6 million floppy disks.)

 

 

 

 

 

2001

 

 

 

In 2001, Alexa released Alexa Toolbar 6.0, incorporating a new sleeker design, and the Wayback button. Alexa's crawl donations to the Internet Archive surpassed the 100 terabyte mark. All pages were fully indexed and made available in the Wayback Machine, which is now the largest database in the World. The Wayback Machine, built by Alexa Internet for the Internet Archive, was named the site of the year by Yahoo Internet Life magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

2002

 

 

 

In May of 2002 Alexa released Alexa Web Search and Alexa Toolbar version 6.5. By partnering with Google, Alexa has built a new kind of search engine, one that helps users find detailed information about sites on the Internet. Alexa's crawl donations to the Internet Archive have now surpassed the 200 terabyte mark.

 

 

 

 

 

2004

 

 

 

July 2004, the Alexa crawl increases in size to over 100 Terabytes covering 4.5 Billion pages.

 

 

 

 

 

In October of 2004 the Alexa Web Information Service beta was released on the Amazon.com Web Services platform. Now developers can build a whole new generation of useful tools based on Alexa's extensive information about the web. The services include URL Information, Browse Category, Web Search, Web Map and Crawl Meta Data. Learn More.

 

 

 

 

 

2005

 

 

 

In November 2005 the Alexa Web Information Service version 1.0 was released on the Amazon.com Web Services platform. Alexa Web Information Service.

 

 

 

 

 

In December 2005 the Alexa Web Search Platform was released in limited beta, allowing developers to have direct access to access to Alexa's infrastructure to create wholly new services based on Alexa vast repository of Web data. Alexa Web Search Platform.

 

 

 

 

 

About Alexa Internet

 

 

 

Founded in April 1996, Alexa Internet grew out of a vision of Web navigation that is intelligent and constantly improving with the participation of its users. Along the way Alexa has developed an installed based of millions of toolbars, one of the largest Web crawls and an infrastructure to process and serve massive amounts of data. For users of Alexa's Toolbar and web site this has resulted in products that have revolutionized Web navigation and intelligence. For developers this has resulted in a set of tools unprecedented in scope allowing whole new services to be created on the Alexa data and platform.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New! The Alexa Web Search Platform - Beta

 

 

 

The Alexa Web Search Platform provides public access to the vast web crawl collected by Alexa Internet. Users can search and process billions of documents - even create their own search engines - using Alexa's search and publication tools. Alexa provides compute and storage resources that allow users to quickly process and store large amounts of web data. Users can view the results of their processes interactively, transfer the results to their home machine, or publish them as a new web service.

 

 

 

 

 

The Alexa Web Search Platform is in limited Beta. Apply now for an account.

 

 

 

 

 

About the Alexa Toolbar

 

 

 

Alexa could not exist without the participation of the Alexa Toolbar community. Each member of the community, in addition to getting a useful tool, is giving back. Simply by using the toolbar each member contributes valuable information about the web, how it is used, what is important and what is not. This information is returned to the community as Related Links, Traffic Rankings and more.

 

 

 

 

 

Want to help? Install the Alexa Toolbar, and tell your friends. The more people use Alexa, the more useful it will be.

 

 

 

 

 

Alexa Products and Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alexa Web Search Platform Beta - NEW

 

 

 

In December 2005 Alexa released the Alexa Web Search Platform Beta. Leverage Alexa's infrastructure and vast repository of Web content to create wholly new services. Alexa Web Search Platform Beta .

 

 

 

 

 

Alexa Web Information Service

 

 

 

In November 2005, Alexa released Alexa Web Information Service V 1.0 on the Amazon.com Web Services platform. Gain access to Alexa's processed information about the Web, including traffic details, related links and more. Alexa Web Information Service.

 

 

 

 

 

Alexa Toolbar

 

 

 

 

 

The first Alexa toolbar was released in 1997. Now , over 10 million downloads later, the Alexa toolbar is global and more popular than ever. Plug this essential tool into your browser and see what the world is talking about. Sign up!

 

 

 

 

 

Alexa.com

 

 

 

Alexa's Web site is built on the notion that timely and relevant information is essential to a vital web experience.

 

 

 

 

 

Alexa Search and Browse - Alexa has taken search and browse to the next level and made it more complete, more relevant and more useful. Some key features include thumbnail images of sites and site information balloons, both of which help you to make quick decisions about which results are useful to you and which are not. Try Search and Browse.

 

 

 

 

 

Alexa Site Information - Alexa has built an unparalleled database of information about sites that includes statistics, related links and more. All of this information can be found on Alexa's Site Overview pages, Traffic Detail pages and Related Links pages. To access thes pages, simply type the URL of any site into the Alexa Search box.

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to the features mentioned above, Alexa also has Movers & Shakers (sites jumping in traffic) Hot Searches (what people search for) and lists of Top Sites in available by language or categories.

 

 

 

 

 

Webmaster Services

 

 

 

Alexa has created a series of tools specifically for web site owners. These tools can help to drive traffic, make money, find broken links and more! Go to Webmaster Services.

 

 

 

 

 

Data Services

 

 

 

In December 2005 Alexa launched Alexa Web Search Platform Beta. Developers have unfettered access to Alexa's vast repository of Web content to build a new breed of exciting and useful Web applications. Go to Alexa Data Services.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technology

 

 

 

Alexa is gathering Web information and learning from content and paths to create the Alexa Service.

 

 

 

 

 

How and Why We Crawl the Web

 

 

 

Alexa is continually crawling all publicly available web sites to create a series of snapshots of the Web. We use the data we collect to create features and services:

 

 

 

 

 

Site Information: Traffic rankings, pictures of sites, links pointing to sites and more

 

 

 

Related Links: Sites that are similar to the one you are currently viewing

 

 

 

Alexa has been crawling the Web since early 1996, and we have continually increased the amount of information that we gather. We are currently gathering approximately 1.6 Terabytes (1600 gigabytes) of Web content per day. After each snapshot of the Web, which takes approximately two months to complete, Alexa has gathered 4.5 Billion pages from over 16 million sites.

 

 

 

 

 

To access Alexa's vast information about the Web, please visit Alexa Web Information Service. To keep Alexa from crawling your site, please visit this page.

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering Web Usage Information

 

 

 

In addition to the Alexa Crawl, which can tell us what is on the Web, Alexa utilizes web usage information, which tells us what is being seen on the web. This information comes from the community of Alexa Toolbar users. Each member of the community, in addition to getting a useful tool, is giving back. Simply by using the toolbar each member contributes valuable information about the web, how it is used, what is important and what is not. This information is returned to the community with improved Related Links, Traffic Rankings and more.

 

 

 

 

 

Finding Patterns in Data

 

 

 

The Alexa services are derived from our uniquely powerful combination of Web content and usage information.

 

 

 

 

 

Site Stats

 

 

 

Alexa gathers Site Stats from a variety of sources to provide key statistics about each site on the web. These include: Traffic Rank and Speed which are derived from Web usage information, and Other sites that link to this site, and Online Since, both of which come from Web content. For an example of Site Stats, see the Alexa Overview page for Schwab.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Info

 

 

 

Alexa provides contact information for Web sites by mining for Web content gathered in the crawl. This information includes Site Owner, Address, Phone Number and contact e-mail address. See Contact Info for Schwab.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Traffic Details

 

 

 

Web usage information is utilized to provide information about the number of page views and number of users that Web sites receive. This data is also the basis for the Alexa traffic rank and traffic history graphs. See Traffic Details for Schwab.com

 

 

 

 

 

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