Type of business Subsidiary Area served U.S. Internet Users Founder Bill Gross | Available in English Owner TNS (WPP) Founded 2000 | |
Type of site Web traffic and ranking Industry Online Competitive Intelligence Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, United States Parent organization TNS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | ||
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Compete.com was a web traffic analysis service of Compete, Inc. which operated in the United States and published the approximate number of U.S. visitors to the top 1,000,000 web sites. This number was computed from sources including internet service providers, proprietary opt-in panels, and application service providers. Compete.com ceased operations as of December 31, 2016.
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- Video 4c how to use compete com quantcast com and alexa co
- Services
- Compete Toolbar
- Company history
- References
Services
Compete.com provided two categories of information:
Compete’s panel measures U.S., but not international users. Compete has worked diligently to develop what it believes is the largest and most diverse panel of online consumers in the United States.
Compete Toolbar
The Compete Toolbar allows users to view the Compete Trust Scores and the U.S. Internet ranks of websites they visit. This is done by sending the URLs that users visit to Compete.com. Compete.com then sends back the trust scores and internet ranks from its database to the users.
Additionally, users of the Compete Toolbar have the option of participating in Community Share. By participating in Community Share, users will be assigned a user number, and that number will be submitted along with the URLs of the websites that these users visit. This information will be used to roughly determine how many users visit each website.
Although no personally identifiable information is submitted to Compete.com, the server receives the originating IP address.
Company history
Compete.com was a service of Compete, Inc., which was launched in 2000 by Bill Gross, an entrepreneur who started the search engine GoTo. In March 2008, London market research company TNS purchased Compete, Inc. for $150 million. The site and service closed its doors on the last day of 2016.