Why are there no more MajesticSEO methods?

[eyecatchup]

I was asked several times what happened to the MajesticSEO sub-module. Short answer: I removed it as of request per MajesticSEO's CEO. His Email with some more detailed reasons can be found below. Hope this answers the question. Cheers.

Hello,

I am writing to you because you are listed as author of software called
SEOstats that we believe was used today to conduct a DDoS attack on our site
majesticseo.com with millions of requests generated over very short period
of time. This caused downtime on our end and our team was forced to work on
weekend - and further work will be required in order to prevent this from
happening again.

Due to this attack we have had to restrict access to our data from thousands
of internet users who have come to appreciatte our site explorer tool.

We are currently taking steps to identify actual attackers who appear to
have used your software and may take appropriate legal action, however given
that they appear to have used your software it seemed logical to send you an
email as well.

I'd like to inform you that in addition to your software apparently being
used in large scale attack on our site, it also uses an unauthorised method
to obtain data from our site that is expressly forbidden by our Terms and
Conditions of service, specifically: "Users are not permitted to query the
Majestic-12 database or servers using any automated tools without getting
prior written permission from us to do so." Source:
https://www.majesticseo.com/support/terms

The software that you have written violates our terms because it is not a
recognised search engine and it does not use approved API and we have never
given you written permission to obtain data the way you've implemented. The
reason I mention it is because there is a possibility that attackers might
claim that they have merely used your software assuming that you had
permission to run such queries against our database. For the avoidance of
any doubt I'd like to state categorically that you DID NOT and DO NOT have
any such permission.

As we continue to investigate this attack we might be forced in near future
to contact you again asking to provide all details (such as list of IP
addresses) you may have on those who've downloaded your software in order to
help us trace actual attackers.

I would appreciate if you could get back to us as soon as possible - we have
suffered real losses today and we intend to take determined effort to ensure
this does not happen again.

We do not know if other providers of SEO information have been affected by
similar attacks over the weekend. You may consider, however, if it is
appropriatte for software which enables unauthorised use of remote computer
systems to continue to be freely available whilst you consider your reponse.


Best regards,

Alex Chudnovsky
Managing Director

Email :  [strip]
Web   :  http://www.majesticseo.com

Majestic-12 Ltd (t/a Majestic-SEO)
Faraday Wharf, Holt Street
Birmingham Science Park, Aston
Birmingham, B7 4BB

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Another official comment can be found here: #1