Comments on: Exposed KillerStartups Stats Facts and Figures http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/03/exposed-killerstartups-stats-facts-and-figures/ International technology news, business & culture Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:31:22 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steven Carroll http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/03/exposed-killerstartups-stats-facts-and-figures/#comment-369775 Steven Carroll Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:24:20 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6417#comment-369775 Pepe I'm glade you are making money and investing in new 'stock' at 'mid 6 figures', but like it or not Killerstartups has turned into a sort of traffic parasite (in that the traffic is generated from people actually looking for other (new) companies who don't yet rank) which would be fine if you added some value but the 'reviews' on the site make for mundane reading (at best). With Startups.com I really hope you set about to trully add some sort of value to the startup community! And as regards traffic, your willy is bigger than mine too. Feels good ha... Pepe I’m glade you are making money and investing in new ‘stock’ at ‘mid 6 figures’, but like it or not Killerstartups has turned into a sort of traffic parasite (in that the traffic is generated from people actually looking for other (new) companies who don’t yet rank) which would be fine if you added some value but the ‘reviews’ on the site make for mundane reading (at best).

With Startups.com I really hope you set about to trully add some sort of value to the startup community!

And as regards traffic, your willy is bigger than mine too. Feels good ha…

]]> By: Mircea http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/03/exposed-killerstartups-stats-facts-and-figures/#comment-369774 Mircea Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:03:58 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6417#comment-369774 For the last month KillerStartups had 517,000 visitors (according to Compete http://siteanalytics.compete.com/KillerStartups.com/?metric=uv ). This measures only US visitors. Even if you double that you don't get 1,5 million visitors/month which they claimed. The fact that they hide under a password the stats they posted for free (after this article) shows that there's something rotten in Denmark :)... For me it looks like their entries are quite standard...like they have a pattern of describing companies. Quite boring after a while (Crunchbase has it more elaborate). Not to mention that I found a lot of spammy comnents where which the company didn't bother to clean them up. For the last month KillerStartups had 517,000 visitors (according to Compete http://siteanalytics.compete.com/KillerStartups.com/?metric=uv ). This measures only US visitors. Even if you double that you don’t get 1,5 million visitors/month which they claimed.

The fact that they hide under a password the stats they posted for free (after this article) shows that there’s something rotten in Denmark :)…

For me it looks like their entries are quite standard…like they have a pattern of describing companies. Quite boring after a while (Crunchbase has it more elaborate). Not to mention that I found a lot of spammy comnents where which the company didn’t bother to clean them up.

]]> By: Pepe Amorin http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/03/exposed-killerstartups-stats-facts-and-figures/#comment-369773 Pepe Amorin Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:37:37 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6417#comment-369773 Here are some more stats (compared to TheNextWeb.org for reference): http://tinyurl.com/6r2q9t Here are some more stats (compared to TheNextWeb.org for reference):

http://tinyurl.com/6r2q9t

]]> By: Pepe Amorin http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/03/exposed-killerstartups-stats-facts-and-figures/#comment-369772 Pepe Amorin Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:31:34 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6417#comment-369772 Hi Steven, I am Pepe Amorin, VP Marketing for Startups.com. A friend of mine told me about this blog post, which is full of assumptions and...well, BS. The good news is we acquired that domain with money from our cash flow, we keep growing, and we're about to launch a few very interesting websites, and we'll keep you posted. Hi Steven,

I am Pepe Amorin, VP Marketing for Startups.com. A friend of mine told me about this blog post, which is full of assumptions and…well, BS.

The good news is we acquired that domain with money from our cash flow, we keep growing, and we’re about to launch a few very interesting websites, and we’ll keep you posted.

]]> By: Capital y Código » Blog Archive » Killer Startups y StartUps.com reciben una pequeña paliza verbal…… http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/03/exposed-killerstartups-stats-facts-and-figures/#comment-369771 Capital y Código » Blog Archive » Killer Startups y StartUps.com reciben una pequeña paliza verbal…… Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:27:07 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6417#comment-369771 [...] El post fue escrito por Steven Carrol, aqui esta. [...] [...] El post fue escrito por Steven Carrol, aqui esta. [...]

]]> By: Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/03/exposed-killerstartups-stats-facts-and-figures/#comment-369770 Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:01:05 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6417#comment-369770 Yep, that was fast... Yep, that was fast…

]]> By: Wouter http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/03/exposed-killerstartups-stats-facts-and-figures/#comment-369769 Wouter Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:53:10 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6417#comment-369769 Statistics are now password protected? Statistics are now password protected?

]]> By: Bartholomew http://thenextweb.com/2008/11/03/exposed-killerstartups-stats-facts-and-figures/#comment-369768 Bartholomew Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:50:43 +0000 http://thenextweb.org/?p=6417#comment-369768 Boy, you're bitter. Boy, you’re bitter.

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