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Alexa Internet Make integrationAutomate Alexa Internet with Make.

Need site data from Alexa Internet inside your other tools? The Alexa Internet Make integration gives you 6 modules: 4 actions and 2 searches. This guide helps marketers and ops people connect the account and build a first working scenario.

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What you can automate

What can the Alexa Internet Make integration do for you?

The Alexa Internet Make integration lets a Make scenario, the automation you build in Make, ask Alexa Internet about websites and pass the answers to your next steps. Each module is one brick of that scenario, and your connection is your Alexa Internet account linked to Make once, then reused by all six modules.

Enrich a prospect list. When a new company lands in your pipeline, Get URL Info looks up its domain and Get Traffic History adds the history Alexa Internet holds for it. Each result is a bundle, one item handed from one module to the next.

Map a market niche. Get a Category Browse opens a category and List Category Listings returns the sites filed under it, which gives a research team a starting list without copy and paste.

Check who links to a site. List Site Linkings returns the sites that point to a domain, useful for a partnership or outreach review.

What Make does not do here: the app has no trigger, so Alexa Internet never starts a scenario by itself. You start it on a schedule or from another app, and the app has no generic API module either. If you are still weighing tools, read the n8n vs Make comparison, and the Make pricing page explains how operations are counted. For hands-on learning, see Make training.

Connect

How do you connect Alexa Internet to Make?

  1. 01

    Add an Alexa Internet module

    In your scenario, click the +, search for Alexa Internet and pick any of its modules. The first time, Make asks for a connection: click Create a connection. You need an Alexa Internet account before this step.

  2. 02

    Name the connection

    Giving the connection a name is optional, but it pays off once you manage several accounts. A label such as the team or the client helps you pick the right one later in any module of the app.

  3. 03

    Authorize and save

    Follow what Make displays: either approve access on the Alexa Internet page that opens, or paste the key your Alexa Internet account gives you. Then click Save. The connection is now shared by every Alexa Internet module.

First scenario

Your first scenario with Alexa Internet

GoalWhen a new domain reaches your list, Make fetches its Alexa Internet profile and its traffic history.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    Open the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module: the app where your domains live, for instance the tool that stores your prospects.

  2. 02

    Add Get URL Info

    Click the + on the right of that first module, search for Alexa Internet and choose Get URL Info. Create the connection if Make asks, then map the domain coming from the previous module.

  3. 03

    Chain Get Traffic History

    Add one more module with the + and pick Get Traffic History. Map the same domain again, so both lookups describe the same site within a single run.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make runs the scenario one time; open the bubble above each module to read the bundles it received and check that the data matches the domain you expected.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Click the clock on the first module to set the schedule, every 15 minutes by default, then switch the scenario on. From then on, each new domain is looked up without you.

Modules

What the Alexa Internet modules do

Alexa Internet gives you 6 modules in 3 groups. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Get

3 modules
Alexa Internet1

Get URL Info

ActionIn the docs only

You hand it one web address. Back comes what Alexa Internet knows about that site, packed in a single bundle you can map into the next module.

When to use it
the moment a new domain enters your CRM or sheet and you want a profile of the site next to it.
Watch out
it is an action on one site at a time, so a list of many domains means one operation per domain on your plan.
Alexa Internet2

Get Traffic History

ActionIn the docs only

As its name says, this one returns the traffic history Alexa Internet holds for a site, so you can look at a trend rather than a single snapshot.

When to use it
right after Get URL Info, when a sales or content team wants context on how a site has evolved before contacting it.
Watch out
the documentation gives no field list or period, so run it once and read the bundle before mapping anything.
Alexa Internet3

Get a Category Browse

ActionIn the docs only

Judging by its name, this module opens one category of the Alexa Internet directory and shows how it is organized, a handy entry point before you list the sites inside it.

When to use it
at the start of a market study, to confirm you are looking at the right branch of the directory.
Watch out
it describes the category itself; to get the sites filed under it, add List Category Listings after it.

List

2 modules
Alexa Internet4

List Category Listings

SearchIn the docs only

Here you receive the sites filed under a category, each one arriving as its own bundle, which turns a directory branch into a list you can work through.

When to use it
when a research team needs a first list of players in a niche to qualify later.
Watch out
as a search, it can return zero, one or many bundles, and every module placed after it runs once per bundle.
Alexa Internet5

List Site Linkings

SearchIn the docs only

It gives you the sites that link to a domain, one bundle per linking site, so you can see which pages already point to a brand or a competitor.

When to use it
when you prepare a partnership or backlink review and want the list without manual searching.
Watch out
the documentation does not say what comes back, and a search can return nothing at all; add a filter so the rest of the scenario does not stop on nothing.

Make an API Call

1 module
Alexa Internet6

Example - Get details from the Site

ActionIn the docs only

This module sits in the documentation under the API call group and is presented as an example that fetches details about a site, returned as one bundle.

When to use it
when the other five modules do not return what you need and you want to see what this example gives for the same domain.
Watch out
the documentation says nothing more about it, so test it with Run once before relying on it in a live scenario.
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FAQ

Questions about the Alexa Internet Make integration

01Is the Alexa Internet Make integration free?
Yes, on the Make side. Alexa Internet is a standard app, available from the Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, a minimum of 15 minutes between two scheduled runs, 5 minutes of execution per run, files up to 5 MB and 512 MB of data transfer. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) lower the interval to 1 minute and count usage in operations, called credits, per month. Your Alexa Internet account itself is separate, and this page gives no price for it.
02What do you need to connect Alexa Internet to Make?
An Alexa Internet account, which the Make documentation names as the only prerequisite. The documentation gives no specific connection steps, so you follow the general Make flow: add an Alexa Internet module, click Create a connection, optionally name it, authorize access or paste the key your account provides, then click Save. That single connection then serves all six modules of the app, so you set it up only once per account.
03Does Alexa Internet trigger a Make scenario in real time?
No, because the app has no trigger at all. Alexa Internet never starts a scenario on its own. You start it in one of two ways: a schedule set on the first module, every 15 minutes by default and 1 minute at the lowest on paid plans, or a trigger from another app placed first, such as the tool where new domains appear. The Alexa Internet modules then run as steps inside that flow.
04What if an Alexa Internet module is missing in Make?
It depends on what you need. The app has six modules and no generic Make an API Call module, so you cannot write your own request to Alexa Internet from Make. First try Example - Get details from the Site and read its bundle with Run once. If the data still is not there, look for another app that covers your need, or ask the team for help designing the scenario. The documentation lists no numbered limits for this app.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Alexa Internet?
It depends on your criteria rather than on a winner. In Make, Alexa Internet offers six modules, four actions and two searches, with no trigger and no generic API module. Many apps also have an n8n node, so check whether n8n offers one for Alexa Internet and which operations it covers. Then compare on the tool your team already runs, how you want to start scenarios, and the kind of lookups you need.
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