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Alexa Web Search Platform Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-that-make-you-api dept.

Philipp Lenssen writes "Amazon's Alexa is releasing their search index (the same that powers the Wayback Machine) to developers via their new Alexa Web Search Platform. The Alexa framework is not for the weak of heart -- expect to learn how to use their C API, and expect to pay micro-amounts for requests and CPU cycles used -- but it also seems to be more powerful than the rival APIs from Yahoo and Google."

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  1. Pay? by op12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    How much is a micro-amount? And are the additional features worth it?

    1. Re:Pay? by Tibor+the+Hun · · Score: 4, Funny

      hi,
      i'll give you a friendly piece of advice.
      You are under no circumstances to read TFA before making at least one post. It's fine to read it, but you must make at least one wildass guess, and pretend to know what it's talking about.

      Second, even if TFA did answer your question, you should again, under no circumstances be apologetic.

      Finally, welcome to /

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      If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
  2. Amazon as a serious concurrent to Google? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If I were Google, I would think about partnering with Amazon, or trying to buy them, I'm sure the idea would strike fear in the heart of many.