Alexa Web Search Platform Beta Launched

Alexa is releasing the Alexa Web Search Platform Beta (websearch.alexa.com), effectively opening up the Alexa Web Crawl and ushering in a new era where anybody can create new search services without having to invest millions of dollars in crawl, storage, processing, search and server technology.

What is the Alexa Web Search Platform?

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.

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Sign up for an account today and start using the Web Search Platform to define, process and publish your own service. Our account managers will walk you through the process and answer any questions you may have

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I READ ALL THESE BUT CAN ANYONE TELL ME THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS

 

Only a limited number of accounts will be made available during the beta period, so don't delay.​

 

I have submited an application. But could you tell more about the service.

 

er he doesn't know anything about them. He plagerized the text there.
https://websearch.alexa.com/welcome.html

Check his other posts and you'll quickly see what his English skills are really like!!!

 

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Ok, I will test this service by myself

 

This potentially opens a new era in the search engine market. Basically, anyone can own their DIY search engine.

However, I think there may be a fee for this service.

 

There are fees for it.

 

THESE ARE THE FEE DETAILS​

$1 per cpu hour ($0.50 for reserved but unused hours)
For every hour that a computer is dedicated to your use, your account will be charged $1. Reserved but unused time will be billed at $0.50 per hour unless 1) the reservation is canceled at least 48 hours prior to the start of the reservation or 2) the reservation has not started and is canceled less than one hour after it was made.

$1 per GB/year of user storage
A multi-terabyte storage system, the 'User Store', is available to store user applications, source code, and data processing output. Your total storage is measured twice hourly and billed at a rate of $1/Gigabtye/year.

$1 per 50 GB processed
Pay $1 for each 50 Gigabytes of internal data transferred to or from your reserved computers. This bandwidth may result from data transferred for processing, output written to the 'User Store', any communication between your reserved compute nodes, and regular system administration activities.

$1 per GB uploaded/downloaded
Pay just $1 for each Gigabyte of data you upload to the Platform or download from the Platform to your home or office network.

$1 for every 4,000 user-published web service requests
Use our self-service publication system to publish new search services. Pay $1 for every 4,000 requests to those services.

 

> $1 per cpu hour ($0.50 for reserved but unused hours)

Does anybody know how many hours are needed to analyze the whole alexa data? How much have I to pay to build the sample application photos.alexa.com?