Comments on: TopTenSources Raises $3.5 Million, Acquires Blogniscient http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:36:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Yahoo Acquires BuzzTracker « Kevin Burton’s NEW FeedBlog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-1619858 Yahoo Acquires BuzzTracker « Kevin Burton’s NEW FeedBlog Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:00:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-1619858 [...] makes for the 4th memetracker acquisition including Newroo, The Personal Bee, Blogniscient, and now [...] [...] makes for the 4th memetracker acquisition including Newroo, The Personal Bee, Blogniscient, and now [...]

]]> By: The Hubcap » Blog Archive » Hub startups Top 10 Sources, Gather ring up venture rounds http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-492864 The Hubcap » Blog Archive » Hub startups Top 10 Sources, Gather ring up venture rounds Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:47:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-492864 [...] Cambridge based Top 10 Media, parent compan of human-edited blog aggregator Top 10 Sources announced a $3.5M round led by Highland Capital. The company also announced the acquisition of blog aggregator Blogniscient. We previously covered Top 10 in October. [...] [...] Cambridge based Top 10 Media, parent compan of human-edited blog aggregator Top 10 Sources announced a $3.5M round led by Highland Capital. The company also announced the acquisition of blog aggregator Blogniscient. We previously covered Top 10 in October. [...]

]]> By: already exists at feedbite http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-318460 already exists at feedbite Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:45:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-318460 "Overall, we aim to make the sharing and consuption of rich, new media content simple and easy for everyone." it's called a 'news blog' at feedbite. “Overall, we aim to make the sharing and consuption of rich, new media content simple and easy for everyone.”

it’s called a ‘news blog’ at feedbite.

]]> By: Ben Ruedlinger http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-318131 Ben Ruedlinger Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:58:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-318131 First, thank you to Mike for the mention. Our goal at Top 10 Sources is to: a) provide our readers with easy access to the best content on a particular topic whether it comes from a blog, video, podcast, or the mainstream news, and b) provide the tools to enable the "Citizen Editor" to easily assemble this best-of-breed content with minimal effort We currently have pages on hundreds of topics providing our readers with timely, relevant content on subjects ranging from Social Networks ( http://www.toptensources.com/topten/Social-Networks/ ) to the battle for Congressional Control ( http://www.toptensources.com/topten/member/2006-Elections/ ). Bringing together hand-selected content from a variety of sources allows our readers to get a more complete picture of what is happening in the topic areas they care about most. In the coming weeks, we will be making some major announcments with regard to our Citizen Editor platform (currently in private beta). We believe that there is a major opportunity to provide a next-generation set of publishing capabilities for people who want to share their expertise and passion with others without having to spend the time to write lengthy blog posts multiple times a day. Overall, we aim to make the sharing and consuption of rich, new media content simple and easy for everyone. Ben Ruedlinger CTO, Top Ten Media, Inc. First, thank you to Mike for the mention.

Our goal at Top 10 Sources is to:

a) provide our readers with easy access to the best content on a particular topic whether it comes from a blog, video, podcast, or the mainstream news, and

b) provide the tools to enable the “Citizen Editor” to easily assemble this best-of-breed content with minimal effort

We currently have pages on hundreds of topics providing our readers with timely, relevant content on subjects ranging from Social Networks ( http://www.toptensources.com/t.....-Networks/ ) to the battle for Congressional Control ( http://www.toptensources.com/t.....Elections/ ). Bringing together hand-selected content from a variety of sources allows our readers to get a more complete picture of what is happening in the topic areas they care about most.

In the coming weeks, we will be making some major announcments with regard to our Citizen Editor platform (currently in private beta). We believe that there is a major opportunity to provide a next-generation set of publishing capabilities for people who want to share their expertise and passion with others without having to spend the time to write lengthy blog posts multiple times a day. Overall, we aim to make the sharing and consuption of rich, new media content simple and easy for everyone.

Ben Ruedlinger
CTO, Top Ten Media, Inc.

]]> By: Blog Aggregator Blogniscient Acquired | Marketing Pilgrim http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-317994 Blog Aggregator Blogniscient Acquired | Marketing Pilgrim Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:09:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-317994 [...] Hat-tip to the TC guys. [...] [...] Hat-tip to the TC guys. [...]

]]> By: Halley Suitt http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-317878 Halley Suitt Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:17:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-317878 Hi everyone = Just a quick note to mention I've been the CEO of TopTen most of this year, but have been thrilled to hand over that responsibility to Ashton Peery, our new President, as I move over to CMO. He's got tons more experience than me in management and technology, has worked with Lucent Ventures, been involved in every part of building, selling, merging businesses and we're lucky to have him guiding this ship. As we were discussing at The Blog Business Summit this past week in Seattle, RSS is such a rich area we're playing in, and as John Batelle said at the conference, whoever cracks the code and leverages the power of this awesome technology really will be the next big story in technology. Our CTO, Ben Ruedlinger, who invented Blogniscient can tell you more about that cool engine. I'm asking him to add a comment here. He's one of those MIT brainiacs, so I don't pretend to know how the stuff actually works behind the curtain, I yield the floor to him. Cheers -- Halley Suitt CMO, TopTenSources + StyleFeeder Hi everyone = Just a quick note to mention I’ve been the CEO of TopTen most of this year, but have been thrilled to hand over that responsibility to Ashton Peery, our new President, as I move over to CMO. He’s got tons more experience than me in management and technology, has worked with Lucent Ventures, been involved in every part of building, selling, merging businesses and we’re lucky to have him guiding this ship.

As we were discussing at The Blog Business Summit this past week in Seattle, RSS is such a rich area we’re playing in, and as John Batelle said at the conference, whoever cracks the code and leverages the power of this awesome technology really will be the next big story in technology.

Our CTO, Ben Ruedlinger, who invented Blogniscient can tell you more about that cool engine. I’m asking him to add a comment here. He’s one of those MIT brainiacs, so I don’t pretend to know how the stuff actually works behind the curtain, I yield the floor to him.

Cheers — Halley Suitt

CMO, TopTenSources + StyleFeeder

]]> By: Blaze http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316932 Blaze Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:09:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316932 I actually really like this idea for a business or a website. Weather it's worth $3.5M though can't be worked out from alexa data or anything like that (unless of course it IS a youtube or a myspace). This is a great idea that they will have compiled a list of the best 10 blogs for a certain topic. I could see this being bought out by someone else once the community builds up (which I can actually see it will). For instance from the looks of this, if i wanted to look for information on the Google Youtube buyout, then in theory I could find the first/best posts on that (as opposed to any of the thousands of tech bloggers that post their stupid opinions and badly thought out posts) and I'd probably end up at techcrunch or gigaom or something with that calibre. Surely something with this authority has the ability to survive in the current world of human driven networks (digg etc)? I actually really like this idea for a business or a website. Weather it’s worth $3.5M though can’t be worked out from alexa data or anything like that (unless of course it IS a youtube or a myspace).

This is a great idea that they will have compiled a list of the best 10 blogs for a certain topic. I could see this being bought out by someone else once the community builds up (which I can actually see it will).

For instance from the looks of this, if i wanted to look for information on the Google Youtube buyout, then in theory I could find the first/best posts on that (as opposed to any of the thousands of tech bloggers that post their stupid opinions and badly thought out posts) and I’d probably end up at techcrunch or gigaom or something with that calibre. Surely something with this authority has the ability to survive in the current world of human driven networks (digg etc)?

]]> By: Kevin Burton http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316879 Kevin Burton Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:35:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316879 "Does anyone track companies they think are doomed to failure, in advance of that fact? Any site with traffic this miniscule that’s in receipt of that much money should be right at the top of the list." Of course not. VCs don't invest in companies that are ALREADY successful. They're investing because of the potential of success. The earlier you get in the higher your return. “Does anyone track companies they think are doomed to failure, in advance of that fact? Any site with traffic this miniscule that’s in receipt of that much money should be right at the top of the list.”

Of course not. VCs don’t invest in companies that are ALREADY successful. They’re investing because of the potential of success. The earlier you get in the higher your return.

]]> By: Emre Sokullu http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316859 Emre Sokullu Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:26:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316859 You didn't read their business plan, you don't know what they have in mind.. It's hard to judge this investment without these data. You didn’t read their business plan, you don’t know what they have in mind.. It’s hard to judge this investment without these data.

]]> By: Kashif http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316492 Kashif Mon, 30 Oct 2006 06:29:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316492 It seems that every joe, dick and harry gets funded these days. I wonder when this VC craze will reach my part of the world. It seems that every joe, dick and harry gets funded these days. I wonder when this VC craze will reach my part of the world.

]]> By: jake http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316317 jake Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:21:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316317 I don't like to comment negatively on a start-ups and funding... but this is just lame. They dont have any traction, their is no interesting technology and their vision doesn't seem compelling at all. Anyone know who funded them? I don’t like to comment negatively on a start-ups and funding… but this is just lame. They dont have any traction, their is no interesting technology and their vision doesn’t seem compelling at all. Anyone know who funded them?

]]> By: Marcel http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316238 Marcel Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:41:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316238 maybe no officially but for something... http://top10sources.blogspot.com/2006/02/this-week-in-toptensources-world.html maybe no officially but for something… http://top10sources.blogspot.c.....world.html

]]> By: Marcel http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316236 Marcel Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:39:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316236 @Startups.in/India I didn't want to mention the word Bubble. And are they previously using blogspot !! :) Seems like they were. Can someone confirm this ? @Startups.in/India

I didn’t want to mention the word Bubble. And are they previously using blogspot !! :) Seems like they were. Can someone confirm this ?

]]> By: Dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316232 Dave Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:38:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316232 A fool and their money ... A fool and their money …

]]> By: Christopher Mims http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316229 Christopher Mims Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:28:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316229 Does anyone track companies they think are doomed to failure, in advance of that fact? Any site with traffic this miniscule that's in receipt of that much money should be right at the top of the list. Etoys.com, anyone? The upshot: if you can't get funding for your blogtacular startup in this climate, you have got to be some kind of fool. Does anyone track companies they think are doomed to failure, in advance of that fact? Any site with traffic this miniscule that’s in receipt of that much money should be right at the top of the list. Etoys.com, anyone?

The upshot: if you can’t get funding for your blogtacular startup in this climate, you have got to be some kind of fool.

]]> By: Otis Gospodnetic http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316159 Otis Gospodnetic Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:45:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316159 I was going to ask about their readership, but Jonas was faster. So, instead, I'll ask how Blogscient is different Discover feature? (see http://www.technorati.com/discover ). Thanks. I was going to ask about their readership, but Jonas was faster.

So, instead, I’ll ask how Blogscient is different Discover feature? (see http://www.technorati.com/discover ). Thanks.

]]> By: Kyle » Blog Archive » TopTenSources Raises $3.5 Million, Acquires Blogniscient http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316135 Kyle » Blog Archive » TopTenSources Raises $3.5 Million, Acquires Blogniscient Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:32:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316135 [...] Top10Media, parent company to Massachusetts based TopTenSources, a human edited blog aggregator, has raised $3.5 million in a venture round led by Highland Capital. They are also announcing their acquisition of Blogniscient, a TechMeme-style blog news aggregator.read more | digg story [...] [...] Top10Media, parent company to Massachusetts based TopTenSources, a human edited blog aggregator, has raised $3.5 million in a venture round led by Highland Capital. They are also announcing their acquisition of Blogniscient, a TechMeme-style blog news aggregator.read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Dave http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316084 Dave Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:19:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316084 It isn't even humans choosing the entries: Humans just choose their favorite feeds. Ten of them. We are truly in a bubble. It isn’t even humans choosing the entries: Humans just choose their favorite feeds. Ten of them. We are truly in a bubble.

]]> By: Jonah http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316082 Jonah Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:18:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316082 Their readership seems pretty low for this sort of an investment, at least judging by the available <a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.toptensources.com%2F&url=toptensources.com" rel="nofollow">Alexa data</a> Their readership seems pretty low for this sort of an investment, at least judging by the available Alexa data

]]> By: Startups.in/India http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316061 Startups.in/India Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:10:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316061 $3.5 million for a "human" edited blog aggregator!!! I just hope this isn't a sign of bubble. $3.5 million for a “human” edited blog aggregator!!! I just hope this isn’t a sign of bubble.

]]> By: shadilac http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316005 shadilac Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:49:37 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/29/toptensources-raises-35-million-acquires-blogniscient/#comment-316005 How big is their readership? Seems interesting, but with new tools available on some sites it's very easy for anyone to create their own news blog and compete. How much of their editing is done by staff and how much is done by "citizen editors"? How big is their readership? Seems interesting, but with new tools available on some sites it’s very easy for anyone to create their own news blog and compete. How much of their editing is done by staff and how much is done by “citizen editors”?

]]>