Comments on: Geesee to offer cross-site chat by tag http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/ Startup and Technology News Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:56:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Library clips :: Blog chats :: June :: 2006 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-484559 Library clips :: Blog chats :: June :: 2006 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:22:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-484559 [...] [ADDED 07/09/06: Interaction Geesee] [...] [...] [ADDED 07/09/06: Interaction Geesee] [...]

]]> By: Geesee Launches Cross Site Chat » JenIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-422579 Geesee Launches Cross Site Chat » JenIT Tue, 21 Nov 2006 09:09:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-422579 [...] We profiled Geesee prelaunch in September and I wrote that if the company could pull off what it aims to do, it could change the web chat world. Now that the site has gone live, most everything but scalability looks solid. I’ve embedded a Geesee chat window below this post so we can get some idea of the service’s scalability. (Jump on in, there’s an active conversation going on in the TechCrunch room right after I posted this.) [...] [...] We profiled Geesee prelaunch in September and I wrote that if the company could pull off what it aims to do, it could change the web chat world. Now that the site has gone live, most everything but scalability looks solid. I’ve embedded a Geesee chat window below this post so we can get some idea of the service’s scalability. (Jump on in, there’s an active conversation going on in the TechCrunch room right after I posted this.) [...]

]]> By: Geesee Launches Cross Site Chat at BJr http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-354347 Geesee Launches Cross Site Chat at BJr Wed, 08 Nov 2006 05:16:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-354347 [...] We profiled Geesee prelaunch in September and I wrote that if the company could pull off what it aims to do, it could change the web chat world. Now that the site has gone live, most everything but scalability looks solid. I’ve embedded a Geesee chat window below this post so we can get some idea of the service’s scalability. (Jump on in, there’s an active conversation going on in the TechCrunch room right after I posted this. To see how you can enter one conversation from multiple sites, try coming in through Marshallk.com Update: The conversation may have devolved as the hour grew later, our apologies if that’s the case when you try it out.) [...] [...] We profiled Geesee prelaunch in September and I wrote that if the company could pull off what it aims to do, it could change the web chat world. Now that the site has gone live, most everything but scalability looks solid. I’ve embedded a Geesee chat window below this post so we can get some idea of the service’s scalability. (Jump on in, there’s an active conversation going on in the TechCrunch room right after I posted this. To see how you can enter one conversation from multiple sites, try coming in through Marshallk.com Update: The conversation may have devolved as the hour grew later, our apologies if that’s the case when you try it out.) [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Geesee Launches Cross Site Chat http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-330574 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Geesee Launches Cross Site Chat Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:47:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-330574 [...] We profiled Geesee prelaunch in September and I wrote that if the company could pull off what it aims to do, it could change the web chat world. Now that the site has gone live, most everything but scalability looks solid. I’ve embedded a Geesee chat window below this post so we can get some idea of the service’s scalability. [...] [...] We profiled Geesee prelaunch in September and I wrote that if the company could pull off what it aims to do, it could change the web chat world. Now that the site has gone live, most everything but scalability looks solid. I’ve embedded a Geesee chat window below this post so we can get some idea of the service’s scalability. [...]

]]> By: Samer http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-321363 Samer Tue, 31 Oct 2006 15:34:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-321363 you can always try: web1.koolim.com and web2.koolim.com you can always try:

web1.koolim.com

and

web2.koolim.com

]]> By: eBuddy Announces 5 Million Euros from Lowland Capital » JenIT http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-320069 eBuddy Announces 5 Million Euros from Lowland Capital » JenIT Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:13:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-320069 [...] eBuddy’s primary competition is San Francisco’s Meebo, a startup backed by Sequoia Capital. That investment was for $3.5 million based on a pre-money valuation of about $9 million. eBuddy serves web chat sessions in a pop up window, Meebo in the primary browser window or in an embedded frame on other pages via their MeeboMe service. See our previous coverage of eBuddy here and of Meebo here. See also upcoming challenger Geesee. [...] [...] eBuddy’s primary competition is San Francisco’s Meebo, a startup backed by Sequoia Capital. That investment was for $3.5 million based on a pre-money valuation of about $9 million. eBuddy serves web chat sessions in a pop up window, Meebo in the primary browser window or in an embedded frame on other pages via their MeeboMe service. See our previous coverage of eBuddy here and of Meebo here. See also upcoming challenger Geesee. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch en français » eBuddy lève 5 Millions d’Euros avec Lowland Capital http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-305780 TechCrunch en français » eBuddy lève 5 Millions d’Euros avec Lowland Capital Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:17:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-305780 [...] eBuddy fournit un service de messagerie qui opère au sein de votre navigateur et les sessions de chat apparaissent dans des popups. Meebo lui propose des session de chat au sein de la page du service ou sur votre site web grâce au service MeeboMe. Nos précédents billets sur eBuddy sont ici et ceux sur Meebo sont là. Un nouveau concurrent arrive bientôt du nom de Geesee. [...] [...] eBuddy fournit un service de messagerie qui opère au sein de votre navigateur et les sessions de chat apparaissent dans des popups. Meebo lui propose des session de chat au sein de la page du service ou sur votre site web grâce au service MeeboMe. Nos précédents billets sur eBuddy sont ici et ceux sur Meebo sont là. Un nouveau concurrent arrive bientôt du nom de Geesee. [...]

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » eBuddy Announces 5 Million Euros from Lowland Capital http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-304419 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » eBuddy Announces 5 Million Euros from Lowland Capital Thu, 26 Oct 2006 21:56:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-304419 [...] eBuddy’s primary competition is San Francisco’s Meebo, a startup backed by Sequoia Capital. That investment was for $3.5 million based on a pre-money valuation of about $9 million. eBuddy serves web chat sessions in a pop up window, Meebo in the primary browser window or in an embedded frame on other pages via their MeeboMe service. See our previous coverage of eBuddy here and of Meebo here. See also upcoming challenger Geesee. [...] [...] eBuddy’s primary competition is San Francisco’s Meebo, a startup backed by Sequoia Capital. That investment was for $3.5 million based on a pre-money valuation of about $9 million. eBuddy serves web chat sessions in a pop up window, Meebo in the primary browser window or in an embedded frame on other pages via their MeeboMe service. See our previous coverage of eBuddy here and of Meebo here. See also upcoming challenger Geesee. [...]

]]> By: Michelle http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-234903 Michelle Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:03:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-234903 i use to use meebo me, now its blocked, i use koolim. i use to use meebo me, now its blocked, i use koolim.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-234901 Michelle Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:03:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-234901 is geese out of beta? is geese out of beta?

]]> By: Michelle http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-234899 Michelle Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:01:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-234899 check out www.koolim.com, its nice. check out http://www.koolim.com, its nice.

]]> By: katie http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-224451 katie Tue, 26 Sep 2006 23:09:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-224451 im me lol i love this chatting crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im me lol i love this chatting crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: Samer Bazzi http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-206215 Samer Bazzi Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:35:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-206215 it may also be better because the user usually has to only paste one line of code to his/her website, with ajax they may need to do much more depending on what the widget does. I still think ajax is much better at this stage as it keeps overhead and complexity down. it may also be better because the user usually has to only paste one line of code to his/her website, with ajax they may need to do much more depending on what the widget does. I still think ajax is much better at this stage as it keeps overhead and complexity down.

]]> By: Samer Bazzi http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-206210 Samer Bazzi Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:34:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-206210 Meebome is flash based, flash is sometimes better because of cross domain security issues. Meebome is flash based, flash is sometimes better because of cross domain security issues.

]]> By: Geesee Blog » Blog Archive » What is Geesee? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-195697 Geesee Blog » Blog Archive » What is Geesee? Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:21:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-195697 [...] Want to know more? Find out why to use Geesee, what are its benefits for you, have a look at first screenshots of the service or read a techcrunch review of Geesee. [...] [...] Want to know more? Find out why to use Geesee, what are its benefits for you, have a look at first screenshots of the service or read a techcrunch review of Geesee. [...]

]]> By: Tech Industry » Geesee to offer cross-site chat by tag http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-193227 Tech Industry » Geesee to offer cross-site chat by tag Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:56:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-193227 [...] Geesee is an early stage startup from Slovakia that will combine topical web chat, tag search and widgets. If you â??ve seen MeeboMe, imagine instead a widget that connects a network of web chat rooms organized by tags with access points across many blogs and web pages.read more | digg story [...] [...] Geesee is an early stage startup from Slovakia that will combine topical web chat, tag search and widgets. If you â??ve seen MeeboMe, imagine instead a widget that connects a network of web chat rooms organized by tags with access points across many blogs and web pages.read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Geesee: I like to chat « the 60 billion $$ man http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-178100 Geesee: I like to chat « the 60 billion $$ man Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:31:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-178100 [...] Read [Via TechCrunch] [...] [...] Read [Via TechCrunch] [...]

]]> By: Library clips :: Geesee : cross blog chatting :: September :: 2006 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-176929 Library clips :: Geesee : cross blog chatting :: September :: 2006 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:57:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-176929 [...] Now we have Geesee, if I’m correct Geesee will allow you to embed a chat box on your blog or blog posts, like the others your blog visitors can chat…where it shines is in cross blog chatting. Assign tags to your chat box, if your blog post is about “opml” then tag it with this label, blog posts on other blogs may also tag their Geesee chat box with the same label, this allows for people on different blogs to chat in the same topic room. [...] [...] Now we have Geesee, if I’m correct Geesee will allow you to embed a chat box on your blog or blog posts, like the others your blog visitors can chat…where it shines is in cross blog chatting. Assign tags to your chat box, if your blog post is about “opml” then tag it with this label, blog posts on other blogs may also tag their Geesee chat box with the same label, this allows for people on different blogs to chat in the same topic room. [...]

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-176230 Jason Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:56:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-176230 why are all these "embedded" chat apps developed in flash, why not ajax? why are all these “embedded” chat apps developed in flash, why not ajax?

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-176226 Jason Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:54:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-176226 so meebome is IM based and this is chat based? so meebome is IM based and this is chat based?

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-176224 Jason Wed, 06 Sep 2006 18:54:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-176224 Neat app. Neat app.

]]> By: Milan Zigmond http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-175202 Milan Zigmond Wed, 06 Sep 2006 08:44:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-175202 Thanks Nikolay, it's been fixed. Thanks Nikolay, it’s been fixed.

]]> By: Nikolay Kolev http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-174676 Nikolay Kolev Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:43:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-174676 If you try to sign up at http://geesee.com (no "www"), it will error out. But when you do it from http://www.geesee.com, then it works fine. It seems to be a browser security thing. If you try to sign up at http://geesee.com (no “www”), it will error out. But when you do it from http://www.geesee.com, then it works fine. It seems to be a browser security thing.

]]> By: Geesee to offer cross-site chat by tag » News around the World http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-174592 Geesee to offer cross-site chat by tag » News around the World Wed, 06 Sep 2006 00:46:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-174592 [...] Geesee is an early stage startup from Slovakia that will combine topical web chat, tag search and widgets. If you’ve seen MeeboMe, imagine instead a widget that connects a network of web chat rooms organized by tags with access points across many blogs and web pages.read more | digg story [...] [...] Geesee is an early stage startup from Slovakia that will combine topical web chat, tag search and widgets. If you’ve seen MeeboMe, imagine instead a widget that connects a network of web chat rooms organized by tags with access points across many blogs and web pages.read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Jordan Mitchell http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-174159 Jordan Mitchell Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:23:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/04/geesee-to-offer-cross-site-chat-by-tag/#comment-174159 I have a rather strong opinion that "page specific" chat/IM won't reach any sort of a mass market, other than in a customer support context. (I won't detail my reasons, but if you're interested <a href="http://kickstand.typepad.com/metamuse/2006/08/why_chat_onpage.html" rel="nofollow">read them here</a>.) I very much believe there is a market for connecting strangers to each other via IM/Chat and their browser. But to reach a mass market, I think the following approach is necessary: Connect people in the context of their Web browsing, but not on a per-page basis. I am a huge believer in connecting people by tag/interest (whatever you want to call it) ACROSS Web pages, instead. GeeSee takes this clever approach, as does Others Online. Make the "connection" as deep as possible, fully transparent to all parties, and controllable. It helps to know the other interests I share with you, other than "German Shepard", even if it isn't immediately pertinent. Give users a reason to be both information providers and information seekers. Everyone wants promotion, give it to them. I don't see how GeeSee will attract those that have information to give. <a href="http://www.othersonline.com" rel="nofollow">Others Online</a> has a good value prop for the "mavens" of the Web, or for bloggers who write on specific topics and are looking for like-minded readers. Make it easy for users to associate themselves to tags/interests. People are lazy. It looks like with GeeSee, tags are entered explicitly by users. This will hinder the utility of the app. <a href="http://www.othersonline.com" rel="nofollow">Others Online</a> captures this information implicitly, for instance while you're doing a google search, Others Online will show you people associated to those keywords -- you don't have to enter them in. Make it worthwhile for publishers to buy-in. Give them a feature for their users AND a palpable revenue stream. What's the revenue model for GeeSee and is it strong enough so that a rev share means something to a publisher? Others Online offers <a href="http://www.othersonline.com/partners.htm" rel="nofollow">very interesting value props</a> to publishers. Don't require publisher buy-in. For instance, while looking at this TC post I can see 6 users on Others Online connected to me by the keywords "techcrunch, chat, social networking", view the blogs they listed, and chat if online, email if offline. These people are connecting with each other around the keyword "TechCrunch" even though Michael hasn't promoted Others Online. GeeSee could probably do the same thing. Of course, GeeSee has 4 more months before release and a lot can happen in that time. Plus they're going for the widget implementation vs. a toolbar which presents both opportunities and challenges. We'll see! I have a rather strong opinion that “page specific” chat/IM won’t reach any sort of a mass market, other than in a customer support context. (I won’t detail my reasons, but if you’re interested read them here.)

I very much believe there is a market for connecting strangers to each other via IM/Chat and their browser. But to reach a mass market, I think the following approach is necessary:

Connect people in the context of their Web browsing, but not on a per-page basis. I am a huge believer in connecting people by tag/interest (whatever you want to call it) ACROSS Web pages, instead. GeeSee takes this clever approach, as does Others Online.
Make the “connection” as deep as possible, fully transparent to all parties, and controllable. It helps to know the other interests I share with you, other than “German Shepard”, even if it isn’t immediately pertinent.
Give users a reason to be both information providers and information seekers. Everyone wants promotion, give it to them. I don’t see how GeeSee will attract those that have information to give. Others Online has a good value prop for the “mavens” of the Web, or for bloggers who write on specific topics and are looking for like-minded readers.
Make it easy for users to associate themselves to tags/interests. People are lazy. It looks like with GeeSee, tags are entered explicitly by users. This will hinder the utility of the app. Others Online captures this information implicitly, for instance while you’re doing a google search, Others Online will show you people associated to those keywords — you don’t have to enter them in.
Make it worthwhile for publishers to buy-in. Give them a feature for their users AND a palpable revenue stream. What’s the revenue model for GeeSee and is it strong enough so that a rev share means something to a publisher? Others Online offers very interesting value props to publishers.
Don’t require publisher buy-in. For instance, while looking at this TC post I can see 6 users on Others Online connected to me by the keywords “techcrunch, chat, social networking”, view the blogs they listed, and chat if online, email if offline. These people are connecting with each other around the keyword “TechCrunch” even though Michael hasn’t promoted Others Online. GeeSee could probably do the same thing.

Of course, GeeSee has 4 more months before release and a lot can happen in that time. Plus they’re going for the widget implementation vs. a toolbar which presents both opportunities and challenges. We’ll see!

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