Ah...but with Edgeio integrating Microformats....and with a little patience, I think they can actually change the way we post stuff on the net....okay...so maybe they won't make a gazillion dollars, but they will certainly change the landscape and make back their investment in the meantime.
Squidoo = walled garden
Edgeio = not so much
I'd give Edgeio at least a year before we judge it by it's traffic. It needs to spread outwards a bit more. ;)
joe barnes
· 3 years ago
Pete, how about a list of the handful of web 2 companies that you think can survive and even go it alone without acquisiton? Its easy to pick a bunch that won't make it ;-)
Pete Cashmore
· 3 years ago
Tara,
I agree. The thing is, we see things very close up - in the bigger picture, a few months of traffic stagnation doesn't mean much. But, I do think that Squidoo is chronically misaligned right now. Edgeio is well aligned for the future, it's just that people don't "get it" yet.
--
Joe,
Actually, I find it easier to predict success than failure.
Successes (in the sense that they'll either make money or get acquired)...
Slide, Ether, Swicki (although I think they've already been in talks with MS, so maybe that's cheating), Rojo, Feedburner (obviously!), Netvibes, Last.fm (well, duh!), Tagworld (so long as they get out while they can).
In the immediate term, the biggest successes will be Last.fm and Feedburner.
Pete Cashmore
· 3 years ago
BTW: I was trying to avoid the obvious choices, but obviously YouTube and Facebook will see acquisitions soon. Other obvious choices for profitability/acquisition:
--Riya --Digg --SixApart --SecondLife
Jeff Clavier
· 3 years ago
You have expressed in the comments what I was about to suggest: that in no way a few weeks or months of traffic means squat about the success or failure of a company, especially when it tries to be game changing like Edgeio. I am obviously conflicted in the case of that company since it is one of my investments, but that comment applies to all startups: it is unbelievably difficult to build a successful company and teams will have to go through many turnabouts, radical changes and retargetting before finding the right product/market/positionning. That's just the way it is.
Jasmine Wynn
· 2 years ago
hay
Jasmine Wynn
· 2 years ago
hay how r u 2day
Jasmine Wynn
· 2 years ago
wats up bitch dis marcus
storm
· 2 years ago
it is cool
DANIELLE
· 2 years ago
HEY
Alex
· 2 years ago
I'm also a bit sceptical, and also puzzled at the apparent success of the community. I decided to give it a try and see what all the hype is about. Here is a lens I created, http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo_sucks/. Ironically, I haven't been able to get very much traffic to it.
lee
· 2 years ago
hi
Demarkes Williams
· 1 year ago
yo this ya boy markes i just want too say all hatas fall back when you see me comin yea digg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kimberly at Squidoo
· 1 year ago
It's funny to read this today. Just shows you what passion, hard work, and ignoring critics can do. ;) ~Kimberly Squidoo's Community Organizer
All Comments
Squidoo = walled garden
Edgeio = not so much
I'd give Edgeio at least a year before we judge it by it's traffic. It needs to spread outwards a bit more. ;)
I agree. The thing is, we see things very close up - in the bigger picture, a few months of traffic stagnation doesn't mean much. But, I do think that Squidoo is chronically misaligned right now. Edgeio is well aligned for the future, it's just that people don't "get it" yet.
--
Joe,
Actually, I find it easier to predict success than failure.
Successes (in the sense that they'll either make money or get acquired)...
Slide, Ether, Swicki (although I think they've already been in talks with MS, so maybe that's cheating), Rojo, Feedburner (obviously!), Netvibes, Last.fm (well, duh!), Tagworld (so long as they get out while they can).
In the immediate term, the biggest successes will be Last.fm and Feedburner.
--Riya
--Digg
--SixApart
--SecondLife
I am obviously conflicted in the case of that company since it is one of my investments, but that comment applies to all startups: it is unbelievably difficult to build a successful company and teams will have to go through many turnabouts, radical changes and retargetting before finding the right product/market/positionning. That's just the way it is.
~Kimberly
Squidoo's Community Organizer