Seattle 2.0 Blog

TUE 31 JUL 2007

SSI: Seattle Startup Index (July edition) By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    Another month is complete and we have the new Seattle Startup Index (SSI), a list of Seattle Web 2.0 startups ordered by their Alexa Ranking.

 

    The list has reached a new record with 157 companies, 6 more than last month and I'm sure we are missing a few companies. If you know any send it to me (it has to be a Web 2.0 startup from Seattle). But that is not the only record being broken this time, Versionate has moved 53 positions (!!!) on the rank to number 66, the biggest move since I started the SSI.

 

    The other notable mentions in growth are Down2night moving 19 spots to number 55, Wishpot moving 14 positions to rank number 47 and Ripl moving 13 positions to number 89. And the newcomer of the month is They're Beautiful (by Jackson Fish Market) that debuts at number 49.

 

     But not everything is rosy on Seattle-startup-land. Quite a few companies lost a lot of their ranking. Maybe July is not a good month for Web 2.0 companies overall. At the worst drop we have Vizrea, down 35 positions to number 102, XoomPad down 28 to #83, and Beigo down 17 positions to number 122.

 

    The SSI50 index, which is the average Alexa ranking of the top 50 Seattle startups has moved up again, not as fast as last month when it gained 3,619 positions:

 

SSI50: 54,788 (51 )

 

 

#	Company	Alexa Rank	Rank Change	Index Change
1	Zillow	1,927	-172	-
2	iLike	1,973	-89	-
3	43 Things (Robot Co-op)	2,599	-306	-
4	Newsvine	3,932	-174	-
5	BuddyTV	4,825	-225	-
6	Wetpaint	5,980	+299	-
7	BlueDot	12,164	-397	-
8	Jobster	12,488	-668	-
9	PayScale	13,809	-1,037	-
10	Redfin	14,296	+1,851	+1
11	ProgrammableWeb	16,246	-1,060	-1
12	Mpire	19,557	-275	+1
13	Farecast	21,029	+118	+1
14	Judy's Book	21,110	-2,570	-2
15	SnapVine	24,117	-893	-
16	Picnik	24,201	+2,269	+1
17	Twango	25,854	+9,274	+4
18	GarageBand.com	26,458	+532	-
19	43 Places (Robot Co-op)	26,853	-516	-3
20	ImageKind	29,127	-1,972	-1
21	Trailfire	34,427	-6,297	-1
22	Bag Borrow or Steal	35,660	+870	-
23	Mixxer	38,371	+1,596	+1
24	Sampa	46,465	-1,655	+1
25	Avvo	49,302	+8,865	+3
26	Urban Spoon	50,155	+4,003	+1
27	Trumba	55,929	-16,370	-4
28	Shelfari	57,049	+13,493	+6
29	Yapta	60,015	+5,599	+2
30	Findory	62,615	-3,472	-1
31	Popshops	62,861	+27,624	+9
32	ReelTime	63,003	+26,857	+7
33	JamGlue	72,181	+4,745	+3
34	Jott Network	72,813	-24,611	-8
35	Menuism	73,971	-8,007	-3
36	Lists Of Bests (Robot Co-Op)	77,442	-10,783	-3
37	Earth Class Mail	78,972	-4,927	-2
38	NewsCloud	91,537	-4,254	-
39	Atomic Moguls	94,699	+5,550	+4
40	All Consuming (Robot Co-Op)	96,342	-3,962	+1
41	Biznik	98,809	+15,450	+4
42	BeRecruited	99,336	+21,199	+4
43	Zoji	100,501	-23,392	-6
44	Broadband Sports	105,393	-11,278	-2
45	Pluggd	107,176	-2,252	-1
46	ZooDango	121,722	-59,764	-16
47	Wishpot	123,195	+127,323	+14
48	MegaBuzz	124,146	+5,030	-1
49	They're Beautiful	131,506	-	(new)
50	goChongo	145,276	+60,460	+8
51	PhoneSherpa	151,050	+12,130	+1
52	LexBlog	152,958	-15,850	-4
53	RealSelf	160,971	-	(new)
54	Cozi	177,787	-32,489	-5
55	Down2night	178,344	+182,962	+19
56	BigOven	178,906	-17,938	-5
57	EyeJot	180,883	-24,636	-7
58	Linebuzz	190,395	+11,118	-1
59	Healia	190,659	+52,313	+1
60	TalentSprint	194,673	+13,103	-1
61	SmartSheet	200,610	-24,630	-7
62	TripHub	204,474	-6,956	-6
63	RescueTime	218,930	+48,635	+1
64	MixPo	249,725	-78,790	-11
65	PixPulse	266,301	+29,631	-
66	Versionate	286,109	+2,486,552	+53
67	Jackson Fish Market	292,072	+122,048	+10
68	Robot Co-op (43 Things)	296,792	-40,410	-5
69	Jookster	319,244	+12,327	+1
70	Etelos	320,397	-64,710	-8
71	Investment Yogi	328,713	+90,692	+8
72	Instacalc	335,838	+13,639	+1
73	Mercent	354,430	-32,851	-7
74	ZenZui	358,736	-	(new)
75	Openomy	364,828	-18,213	-3
76	Thrift Books	367,756	+39,871	-
77	Treemo	370,212	+53,259	+3
78	Others Online	380,218	-54,740	-10
79	AdReady	380,924	-	(new)
80	Should Do This (Robot Co-Op)	400,549	-71,585	-11
81	PrestoGifto	403,229	-8,603	-6
82	Estately	438,009	-	-
83	XoomPad	438,152	-254,231	-28
84	Musicmobs	472,489	-41,786	-3
85	ShackPrices.com	499,314	-161,190	-14
86	HomeMovie	511,098	-96,921	-8
87	SecondSpace	522,534	+341,770	+10
88	Medio Systems	551,942	-58,507	-6
89	Ripl	564,475	+460,104	+13
90	GridNetworks	582,877	+42,822	-2
91	SnapTune	599,075	+13,527	-4
92	MobIncentive	639,272	+174,190	+4
93	HelpShare	681,149	-88,605	-8
94	Bus Monster	685,486	-154,375	-11
95	Inrix	692,093	-93,552	-9
96	FlowPlay	708,729	+18,338	-5
97	Tesly	709,918	+211,322	+2
98	Synapse	710,784	-161,092	-14
99	Pelago	753,885	-22,842	-7
100	Melodeo	771,254	-126,035	-11
101	TrenchMice	840,257	-125,691	-11
102	Vizrea	864,448	-539,557	-35
103	Weedshare	894,282	-160,523	-10
104	Trusera	1,021,797	+373,788	+2
105	Overcast Media	1,042,147	-	(new)
106	Cdigix	1,046,869	-121,981	-6
107	Yodio	1,063,187	+220,839	-3
108	PeerWisdom	1,072,142	-310,258	-14
109	Peppers and Pollywogs	1,144,607	-267,972	-11
110	GeoJoey	1,262,285	-475,958	-15
111	SongSlide	1,327,632	-380,364	-10
112	Limeade	1,451,532	-23,161	-5
113	Ontela	1,491,780	-437,244	-10
114	Conenza	1,540,594	+22,771	-6
115	Trendi	1,610,058	+269,056	-5
116	Catch the Best	1,716,149	+1,655,789	+6
117	Positive Motion	1,955,417	+8,042	-6
118	LiveMocha	1,972,246	-199,088	-9
119	Noonhat	1,997,569	+596,136	-4
120	CampusChai	2,062,744	+1,363,609	+3
121	Style du Jour	2,261,569	+377,725	-4
122	Biego	2,298,512	-987,010	-17
123	Digini	2,525,224	-161,804	-9
124	Zeebits	2,602,355	-285,212	-11
125	Altus Networks	2,616,217	-557,509	-13
126	SchoolSoft	2,649,129	-	-
127	Thinglefin	2,729,744	-	(new)
128	Lilipip	3,016,861	+269,759	-8
129	Blist	3,105,196	-357,088	-11
130	GoGoMo	3,250,547	-644,308	-14
131	TrustedWord	3,329,752	+22,232	-10
132	ClayValet	3,475,321	+176,524	-8
133	NimbleBee	4,228,665	+35,284	-8
134	Human Proxy	4,241,762	+27,961	-8
135	Phrasetrain	4,909,545	+2,308,141	-2
136	Accelerated Pictures	5,152,065	+14,820	-8
137	Icebraker	5,290,531	+35,796	-7
138	Bill Monk	5,764,983	+770,509	-6
139	Knouen	5,826,384	+197,438	-8
140	SiteScout	6,327,427	-1,510,696	-13
141	Super Oyester	7,395,229	-2,218,849	-12
142	TextPayMe	8,491,505	-32,237	-8
143	ExtraHop Networks	Unknown	-	-
144	DigWorks	Unknown	-	-
145	Beet Inc.	Unknown	-	-
146	Collab-O-Matic	Unknown	-	-
147	Pheromone Trail	Unknown	-	-
148	Limber Media	Unknown	-	-
149	Grouped.com	Unknown	-	-
150	Grads Wanted	Unknown	-	-
151	Illumita	Unknown	-	-
152	Joingle	Unknown	-	-
153	SyngerG Software	Unknown	-	-
154	VoxPixel	Unknown	-	-
155	Fremont Forward	Unknown	-	-
156	GimmeNow	Unknown	-	-
157	SwitchGear	Unknown	-	-

THU 2 AUG 2007

9 new startups in 48 hours! By Marcelo Calbucci

 

    Every month, just after we publish the Seattle Startup Index, there is a few email of people congratulating on the list, on the blog or asking to add their company to the list. This month is not just a few. On the last 48 hours I received about 50 emails. All kinds of suggestions, ideas, congratulation messages, people that just want to say hi, and, of course companies requesting to appear on the list.

 

    We received 10 requests and 9 were approved (we declined one because the company was 6 years old. Not a startup on our criteria). The companies added on the last 48 hours are: MyTypes, Fyreball, nPost, Postacrima, imaPodHead, PeepCode, Intelius and Zumende.

 

    Of all of those, Intelius was our (err, mine) biggest oversight. They will debut next month in third place on the list. They are pretty big. It just seems they are not heard as much on the blogosphere because they are doing some, well, quite boring (yet useful) on the people background check space. It doesn't sound as exciting as Zillow and Redfin on real-estate, or iLike and BuddyTV with media, but hey they do get quite a bit of traffic with all the scare about people stealings other's identity, but I'm pretty sure much of their business comes from large corporations HR's.

 

   

THU 2 AUG 2007

Alexa vs. Compete vs. the truth By Marcelo Calbucci

    Every month that we publish the Seattle Startup Index I get a few emails asking why do we use Alexa and not Compete, or not Comscore, why do we do this if the data is unreliable, that this list is worthless, yada, yada, yada.

    Here is a deep philosophical question that I believe Plato asked 2,000 years ago: Which food is more healthy: McDonald's or KFC?

    Ok, maybe Plato didn't ask that, and maybe McDonald's is better than KFC or vice-verse, the point is both are pretty bad to your health and people that go to those fast-food chains are not looking for healthy.

    Alexa or Compete? Neither. This list is for fun purpose. It has no value for investors, for customers or for their business itself (excepting for bragging rights). Take a look at the list. We compare media, with real estate, with social media, with e-commerce -- Nonsense.

    If each company on the list would provide me with their full monthly logs, we could create a serious and valuable result, but I don't think they are willing to do that (and I don't have the terabytes of space to store all that). Or they can give me their Google Analytics data.

    Now, don't miss next month's list -- we'll be taking it seriously and we will start accepting bets.