I actually like Compete I think it’s quite a bit more accurate than Alexa or other competing services, however when I see comments like this on their blog it makes me question some of their conclusions:
Compete, ComScore Show Off Analytics Services
Compete.com has moved its Search Analytics out of private beta into a ‘pay as you go’ model, while ComScore introduced its Ad Metrix Publisher for advertisments.
Google Analytics & Compete Toolbar Not Playing Nice
I was having a problem with Google Analytics a week or so ago and yesterday Michael Gray was having the same problem. I thought more people might end up sharing our issue with Analytics and figured posting the solution was in order.
Compete Pays Attention To Metrics
Another enhancement to online website metrics from Compete presents an Attention Rank, rating the consumer attention paid to a given domain.
2 New Features from Compete
Compete (of Compete Inc) is set to release 2 new reporting additions to their competitive analysis tools suite. Known as "Attention" and "Velocity" these features will be free of cost to all users.
Interview with Compete Inc. Co-Founder
Late last week I had the pleasure of catching up with Compete, Inc’s CTO and co-Founder, David Cancel. During this time I had the opportunity to chat with David about the history of Compete Inc and got some insightful background on their product Compete.com. Here’s how it went:
Compete.com Improvements
Compete announced today that they rolled out some enhancements to the Compete.com site. Compete is now a site I’m visiting more often to research web publishers and get a different look at data instead of just using Alexa.
Startups: Compete With Your Customers
Before we go too much further, let me explain a bit further what I mean when I say “competing with customers”.
MS Needs More than Whizbang to Compete with Google
The Mercury News takes an in-depth look at the lack of ROI Microsoft is getting from its investment into web technologies, especially search.
Net Video Providers Compete
With streaming video footage on the Internet now becoming a key component in all recent high-profile website successes, Atlas and Doubleclick, two marketing technologies providers, are both offering up competing video platform systems for e-commerce customers.