Live beats google ? .... WTF !!

Now If I hadn't seen this myself I wouldn't have believed it ! Its official according to alexa data Microsoft's answer to google , Live.com beats its nemesis in raw visitor statistics, which also saw the Search Giant dethroned from Rank 2.



Alexa records data for only those people who have Alexa toolbar in their browser which would mean the numbers of Live users could even be higher.

But there isn't much to worry about as Alexa treats each country Google site separately hence if you combine all the Google sites and pitch them against live.com the G would win hands down.

Also the fact many Google powered searches are done from smaller websites.

But Google should be turning some hair gray as Live is starting pose a serious threat .

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NO DATA shown in Alexa Rank Widget

In case you haven't noticed the Alexa Rank/Traffic Widget is not working for the past few days ! First I thought must be temp glitch or some outage for my blog but it so happens that it isn't working for anyone !


The widget wizard at alexa is also showing NO DATA even for Alexa.com



I am yet to receive a reply to the mail I've sent today. The thing that is curious is why hasn't someone form alexa noticed this added this problem to their blog ?

Update:-

I had this quick chat with ryan from Alexa and there seems to be a problem with the widget and their engineers are on it !

Here is the chat

shyam:
the Alexa Rank/Traffic Widget is not working for the past few days ? It is showing NO DATA for the rank/traffic widget ! what is the problem ?
Welcome shyam! Your request has been directed to the Customer Service department. Please wait for our operator to answer your call.
Call accepted by operator Ryan. Currently in room: Ryan, shyam.
Ryan:
hi shyam
shyam:
hey ryan
Ryan:
yes we are away of the widget issue, our engineers are looking into it
Ryan:
(its driving us nuts also)
shyam:
ok ! would be great if you can update the same in your blog or somewhere !
Ryan:
if it persist past this week, I will tell my boss to post a quick blog about it
Ryan:
good idea, thanks
shyam:
ok thnx ! appreciate it !
Ryan:
welcome
Ryan:
take care

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