Huh.. when did this happen? — CA$ stronger than US$

October 21st, 2007

Wow!


Web 2.0 Start-Up Field Guide

October 20th, 2007

A 30 slide primer about how to plan for a Web2.0 venture:


YouTube seems to be *thriving* under Google’s watch…

October 18th, 2007
GoogleTube

Exactly one year ago I asked:

Will YouTube break the Top 10 within 12 months (~50 million visitors)? I think it is more likely that YouTube will hit that milestone than not. We’ll just have to wait and watch.

YouTube did it, and in record time. Faster than MySpace, Digg and Facebook. In June 2007 (within 8 months of my post) they broke into the top 10 with just over 50 million unique visitors.

Take a look at the chart below:

Now let’s take a look at how some of their other key metrics have performed under Google’s watch:

YouTube Traffic Progress Summary

Nothing but good news here. Today, more people are visiting YouTube, they come back to the site more often, spend more time on the site each time they visit, and view more videos. All in all, Google is doing well with YouTube, and is managing to hold on to a good thing. However, I hope they keep doing more.


Compete.com 2007 MITX Award Finalist

October 5th, 2007

MITX 2007 Awards

The 2007 MITX awards finalists have just been announced — and I’m proud that Compete.com is a finalist yet again this year!

Last year Compete’s blog won the award for “Best Community/Blogs”, and this time around Compete’s new Search Analytics product is a finalist under the “Applied Technology” category and going up against VistaPrint, Outsight Interactive/FootJoy, John Handcock and MarketSight.

MITX Awards Ceremony is on:
Thursday, November 8, 2007
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Boston Marriott Copley Place
110 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA

Hope to see you there!


If YouTube Comments Met Real Life Situations

September 19th, 2007

Another Connected Ventures special: