Compete.com
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| Type | Subsidiary |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder(s) | Bill Gross |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
| Area served | U.S. Internet Users |
| Industry | Online Competitive Intelligence |
| Products | MyCompete (free), Compete Pro Standard, Compete Pro Advanced, Compete Pro Enterprise |
| Services | Site Profile, Search Analytics, Referral Analytics, Ranked Lists, Category Profile, Compete Blog |
| Owner | Kantar Group (WPP) |
| Website | http://www.compete.com |
| Alexa rank |  1,029 (February 2012[update])[1] |
| Type of site | web traffic and ranking |
| Available in | English |
| Current status | active |
Compete.com is a web traffic analysis service of Compete, Inc. which operates in the United States and publishes the approximate number of global visitors to the top 1,000,000 web sites in the world. This number is computed from sources including internet service providers, opt-in panels, application providers, and users of the Compete toolbar.
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[edit] Validity
Compete’s panel measures US, but not international users. Compete has worked diligently to develop what it believes is the largest and most diverse panel of online consumers in the United States.
[edit] Services
Compete.com provides two categories of information:
- Site Analytics, a free service, where the user can enter up to five domain names and receive Traffic Volume for the entered Websites.
- Search Analytics, a paid service that shows the user which keywords are sending traffic to the user's website and its competitors.[2]
[edit] Company history
Compete.com is a service of Compete, Inc., which was launched in 2000 by Bill Gross, an entrepreneur who started the search engine GoTo.[3] In March 2008, London market research company TNS purchased Compete, Inc. for $150 million.[4]
Compete.com has more than 2 million members as of 2008.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Compete.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/Compete.com. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ McGill University CMIS 530 Web Analytics Blog Web Analytics blog
- ^ "Compete: FAQ". http://www.compete.com/help. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ^ http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/08/21/tripadvisor-takes-flipkey-majority-stake/
- ^ Compete Takes On Alexa - Launches SnapShot and Social Search - ReadWriteWeb
