Alexa Web Search Platform Released

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."

Pay?

[op12]

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

Amazon as a serious concurrent to Google?

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Pay?

[Tibor the Hun]

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 /