According to Alexa rankings, saidit.net is now in the top 10,000 most-visited American websites

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why the same name? I just noticed that.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I think the Alexa ranking thing came first, and Amazon's alexa came second.

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but why would amazon name it that?

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Lol I don't know honestly, it seems like a very bizarre marketing decision to have two completely separate products named the same thing.

Amazon bought the ranking service in 1999: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet

And they named the device that in about 2014: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Alexa

So 15 years later, they named their new device after a separate company they already bought, apparently? Seems like an odd choice tbh

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woah didn't know they owned the Alexa ranking thing. Maybe they're using (or hoping to use) the Alexa device to help rank stuff?

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I am wondering if it's some way to covertly embed the Alexa ranking toolbar inside the Alexa voice chat system. Technically they disclosed Alexa is in there, just not which Alexa...

Or it could just be that someone high-up in Amazon really liked the name Alexa.