How important is Netscape 4.5 as a new distribution channels for Alexa?
Netscape 4.5 is the first widespread deployment of a surf engine. Were very happy that 16M users will be out there using Alexa functionality. Its also the first of a new breed a Web service without a Web site. How does the Netscape 4.5 deal compare with your Internet Explorer plugin? With IE, we dont have a distribution arrangement; you have to come to the Alexa site to get the plugin. With Netscape, you get the Related Sites functionality as you download the Navigator itself. The IE plugin is pretty cool though: you get the whole Alexa toolbar within the plugin. Its all done in HTML, which is very flexible for the future. Why didnt you build full Alexa functionality into Netscape as you did with your IE plugin? We need Netscape 5.0 for that kind of integration Netscape is more mature, plus we have source code. Do you envision users of Netscape 4.5 downloading the full Alexa product? Sidebar metadata is where everywhere is going. Populating a sidebar with history and bookmark informati
