Comments on: iLike Growing Quickly, Still Massively Trailing Last.fm http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:19:00 -0800 hourly 1 By: Ebusiness Case Study: Web 2.0 and Last FM | Ebusiness Technology http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-3001107 Ebusiness Case Study: Web 2.0 and Last FM | Ebusiness Technology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:48:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-3001107 [...] Arrington, Techcrunch (2007) iLike Growing Quickly, Still Massively Trailing Last.fm [online] http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/ (accessed 24 May [...] [...] Arrington, Techcrunch (2007) iLike Growing Quickly, Still Massively Trailing Last.fm [online] http://www.tech...railing-lastfm/ (accessed 24 May [...]

]]> By: chitsb http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-2650061 chitsb Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:52:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-2650061 I used to love Pandora - and I say 'used to' cos it is only open to American residents. And that's terribly unfair :( I used to love Pandora – and I say ‘used to’ cos it is only open to American residents. And that’s terribly unfair

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]]> By: edgar http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-2506350 edgar Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:29:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-2506350 last fm its better last fm its better

]]> By: iLike’s Wonderful Facebook Problem http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1503761 iLike’s Wonderful Facebook Problem Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:10:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1503761 [...] months since they’ve gathered 3.5 million users (the orange stats in the picture), up from half a million in February. Not bad. But what’s really impressive is the fact that in less than two months [...] [...] months since they’ve gathered 3.5 million users (the orange stats in the picture), up from half a million in February. Not bad. But what’s really impressive is the fact that in less than two months [...]

]]> By: Steven http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1240188 Steven Sun, 18 Mar 2007 08:03:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1240188 I love this forum because people so often ask the questions that I would. With this post, however, I actually agree that I’m not as worried about the revenue. So many companies these days play what I call the “YouTube Lottery.” Everyone knows about the crazy money YouTube got, but not much is written (even on TechCrunch) about the 100s of companies that made it nowhere, They didn’t win the lottery the way that YouTube did.http://www.buydownload.net I love this forum because people so often ask the questions that I would. With this post, however, I actually agree that I’m not as worried about the revenue. So many companies these days play what I call the “YouTube Lottery.” Everyone knows about the crazy money YouTube got, but not much is written (even on TechCrunch) about the 100s of companies that made it nowhere, They didn’t win the lottery the way that YouTube did.http://www.buydownload.net

]]> By: C26000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1215106 C26000 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:01:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1215106 I love last.fm, it has help me to discover a lot of new artists, I tried MOG once but I think it's very social oriented to be interesting for me , but I do find it interesting as a last.fm/myspace hybrid many people may enjoy it. About Ilike I really don't see anything new about it, It's uglier, less useful and less social than last.fm. Now here comes the spam :) , I hope you don't delete it because it's a useful spam :) --> As an Gift for the last.fm community I made a software that allow you enhance your stats experience in last.fm, try it here --> http://www.last.fm/user/C26000/journal/2006/07/30/195693/ , something that I'm sure that is not avaliable in the others sites... one more point for last.fm :) I love last.fm, it has help me to discover a lot of new artists, I tried MOG once but I think it’s very social oriented to be interesting for me , but I do find it interesting as a last.fm/myspace hybrid many people may enjoy it. About Ilike I really don’t see anything new about it, It’s uglier, less useful and less social than last.fm. Now here comes the spam :) , I hope you don’t delete it because it’s a useful spam :) –>

As an Gift for the last.fm community I made a software that allow you enhance your stats experience in last.fm, try it here –> http://www.last...6/07/30/195693/ , something that I’m sure that is not avaliable in the others sites…

one more point for last.fm :)

]]> By: giulivo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1115844 giulivo Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:27:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1115844 I think Last.fm uses a better layout and fill the pages with more useful data, in order they are the only one that makes stats data available for free via a web service and finally also the player (so the submits) is released with a free license, leaving to users more freedom about the use of their products this is for me absolutley the best way to do what they are promising with "social music revolution" I think Last.fm uses a better layout and fill the pages with more useful data, in order they are the only one that makes stats data available for free via a web service and finally also the player (so the submits) is released with a free license, leaving to users more freedom about the use of their products

this is for me absolutley the best way to do what they are promising with “social music revolution”

]]> By: colin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1104229 colin Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:22:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1104229 Seems like some healthy competition occurring between Last.fm and Mog, with iLike nipping at their heels. Honestly though, the number of recommendation services seems to be proliferating crazily - I'm trying to keep up with them with this <a href="http://musicinterfaces.com/overview-music-recommendations/" rel="nofollow">overview</a> at my site. My problem with iLike - at least on the Mac - is its drawer interface. I just don't like having it squash up my iTunes window. Anyway, thanks for the continuing reports on this area. Seems like some healthy competition occurring between Last.fm and Mog, with iLike nipping at their heels. Honestly though, the number of recommendation services seems to be proliferating crazily – I’m trying to keep up with them with this overview at my site. My problem with iLike – at least on the Mac – is its drawer interface. I just don’t like having it squash up my iTunes window. Anyway, thanks for the continuing reports on this area.

]]> By: David H http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1097098 David H Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:05:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1097098 I find it funny that iTunes supports Windows 2000 (which I use), but iLike only supports Windows XP. I find it funny that iTunes supports Windows 2000 (which I use), but iLike only supports Windows XP.

]]> By: Joe http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1095552 Joe Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:46:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1095552 Since most of these sites (practically anything thats web 2.0) seem geared towards people under 25, I'll stick with Pandora for a while longer...... Kind of a shame, too.... there's lots of us old dinosaurs on the net that have been here for years and still enjoy the experience..... I wish 'em luck though! Since most of these sites (practically anything thats web 2.0) seem geared towards people under 25, I’ll stick with Pandora for a while longer……

Kind of a shame, too…. there’s lots of us old dinosaurs on the net that have been here for years and still enjoy the experience…..

I wish ‘em luck though!

]]> By: Ted Purkowitz http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1094761 Ted Purkowitz Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:05:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1094761 Shock Ed, I'm not seeing the same problem you're seeing in terms of email address privacy. I've been using iLike for a while and never seen that. If it was a problem, maybe it was brief or they fixed it. My favorite thing about iLike compared to last.FM is that iLike works much better with itunes, and it's simply faster (thanks to AJAX) and has better uptime. this past summer lastfm's scrobbling was down for a month. yux Shock Ed, I’m not seeing the same problem you’re seeing in terms of email address privacy. I’ve been using iLike for a while and never seen that. If it was a problem, maybe it was brief or they fixed it.

My favorite thing about iLike compared to last.FM is that iLike works much better with itunes, and it’s simply faster (thanks to AJAX) and has better uptime. this past summer lastfm’s scrobbling was down for a month. yux

]]> By: joey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1090846 joey Thu, 01 Mar 2007 15:03:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1090846 I use The Filter which so far is the only product that seems to actually work with what I own to give me playlists rather than what everyone else is listening to. I don't think I really like being told that certain acts sound like other acts I like and The Filter is more about working with your library but you can get new music if you want. Highly recommend it for those of you who like me take your ipod everywhere. I use The Filter which so far is the only product that seems to actually work with what I own to give me playlists rather than what everyone else is listening to. I don’t think I really like being told that certain acts sound like other acts I like and The Filter is more about working with your library but you can get new music if you want.

Highly recommend it for those of you who like me take your ipod everywhere.

]]> By: charlieO http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1088667 charlieO Thu, 01 Mar 2007 10:16:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1088667 I tried last.fm but hated the fact that it could not look backwards over the thousands of song plays I have had in the past. Ideally I wanted something hat would look at history and my ratings for each song - it's taken me five years to get to this point - I don't want to chuck it away. So then I tried ilike. this DOES look at my history. thank goodness. sadly not my starred ratings, but certainly the history. that's why I think it's way better than last.fm. Oh, and as sopmone else said, they have great links for every song you play to free MP3s from unsigned artists. I tried last.fm but hated the fact that it could not look backwards over the thousands of song plays I have had in the past. Ideally I wanted something hat would look at history and my ratings for each song – it’s taken me five years to get to this point – I don’t want to chuck it away.

So then I tried ilike. this DOES look at my history. thank goodness. sadly not my starred ratings, but certainly the history. that’s why I think it’s way better than last.fm.

Oh, and as sopmone else said, they have great links for every song you play to free MP3s from unsigned artists.

]]> By: JaneE http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1086953 JaneE Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:00:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1086953 Last fm is really an enjoyable experience although it seems off sometimes on the connections- like the vocal minority connecting indie to anything. I'll have to give iLike a go. I am really liking the music I have found, free and otherwise on Goombah - but it takes a bit to get used to the UI. The math seems very good and the tracks are not always predictable. The recommendations come from nearest neighbors and they claim to have 6 million tracks. Last fm is really an enjoyable experience although it seems off sometimes on the connections- like the vocal minority connecting indie to anything. I’ll have to give iLike a go. I am really liking the music I have found, free and otherwise on Goombah – but it takes a bit to get used to the UI. The math seems very good and the tracks are not always predictable. The recommendations come from nearest neighbors and they claim to have 6 million tracks.

]]> By: Shock Ed http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1086426 Shock Ed Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:34:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1086426 Yes, but does last.fm hand out their member's e-mail addresses to everyone on the Internet list iLike does? No, really, go check it out on the Help:Contact Us page. Hit reload a few times and watch everyone's e-mail address and name show up. Then reconsider whether you want to give them your address... Yes, but does last.fm hand out their member’s e-mail addresses to everyone on the Internet list iLike does? No, really, go check it out on the Help:Contact Us page. Hit reload a few times and watch everyone’s e-mail address and name show up. Then reconsider whether you want to give them your address…

]]> By: How to start a clothing line from scratch http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1084987 How to start a clothing line from scratch Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:25:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1084987 I might have to give Last.fm a try...have yet to do so I might have to give Last.fm a try…have yet to do so

]]> By: Josh http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1084628 Josh Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:30:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1084628 @ drmusic - The information that last.fm gives you isn't of an all around importance to anyone other than the user them self. If you go three months with the scrobbler turned on and never once visit the site, maintaining your usual music listening habits, i guarantee that you will find something new about the music you like when you go look at your charts. And for the record, a scrobble takes place (at least, how i've seen it) at around 1/2 way through the song. So if my song is 12 minutes long it will mark that i listened to the song at the 6 minute mark. I enjoy last.fm immensely. I could almost go as far as to say that i'm addicted to it. If i listen to music in my car or am at a friends house i always feel retarded because my last.fm can't scrobble that stuff. At first i thought both MOG and iLike were copy-cats, but it seems to me that iLike is almost an exact rip-off of last.fm with poorly executed features and an equally poorly executed look and feel. MOG comes off as more of a brainchild of someone who looked at last.fm and wanted to improve on some missing features, while ignoring the ones that make last.fm so contagious. Final Words - pay attention to MOG and forget iLike, love last.fm @ drmusic – The information that last.fm gives you isn’t of an all around importance to anyone other than the user them self. If you go three months with the scrobbler turned on and never once visit the site, maintaining your usual music listening habits, i guarantee that you will find something new about the music you like when you go look at your charts. And for the record, a scrobble takes place (at least, how i’ve seen it) at around 1/2 way through the song. So if my song is 12 minutes long it will mark that i listened to the song at the 6 minute mark.

I enjoy last.fm immensely. I could almost go as far as to say that i’m addicted to it. If i listen to music in my car or am at a friends house i always feel retarded because my last.fm can’t scrobble that stuff. At first i thought both MOG and iLike were copy-cats, but it seems to me that iLike is almost an exact rip-off of last.fm with poorly executed features and an equally poorly executed look and feel. MOG comes off as more of a brainchild of someone who looked at last.fm and wanted to improve on some missing features, while ignoring the ones that make last.fm so contagious.

Final Words – pay attention to MOG and forget iLike, love last.fm

]]> By: Mr. Darkwolf http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1084529 Mr. Darkwolf Wed, 28 Feb 2007 22:11:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1084529 Pandora is STILL the best for discovering new music.Cleanest,simplest interface without all the foolish blogging/social networking crap,and no relation to "itunes",thank God.The Music Genome project is nothing short of brilliant.I'll be sticking with Pandora,period. Pandora is STILL the best for discovering new music.Cleanest,simplest interface without all the foolish blogging/social networking crap,and no relation to “itunes”,thank God.The Music Genome project is nothing short of brilliant.I’ll be sticking with Pandora,period.

]]> By: drmusic http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1084125 drmusic Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:03:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1084125 I really question last.fm strenght in math. They claim to have >40m tracks. Do your own math using this simple example: http://www.last.fm/explore/search/?m=&q=born+to+run&x=0&y=0. I also wonder how useful are all the data they have been collecting when they don't really now if a "scrobble" is an actual play or a skip. I wonder what would happen if Viacom was technology-savvy enough to do the right math. I really question last.fm strenght in math. They claim to have >40m tracks. Do your own math using this simple example: http://www.last...amp;x=0&y=0. I also wonder how useful are all the data they have been collecting when they don’t really now if a “scrobble” is an actual play or a skip. I wonder what would happen if Viacom was technology-savvy enough to do the right math.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1083677 Ryan Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:53:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1083677 I'm addicted to the iLike site! Not only is the interface clean and easy to use, but the breadth of free open mp3 downloads of amazing indie artists has my music collection beefed up by close to 5,000 new tracks... As a fan I appreciate the 'hip factor' of discovering new music that nobody else is listening to... At least yet ;) I think it's critical for true music fans to support the indie artists out there and iLike is the best solution for finding and acquiring these artists music. I’m addicted to the iLike site!

Not only is the interface clean and easy to use, but the breadth of free open mp3 downloads of amazing indie artists has my music collection beefed up by close to 5,000 new tracks…

As a fan I appreciate the ‘hip factor’ of discovering new music that nobody else is listening to… At least yet ;)

I think it’s critical for true music fans to support the indie artists out there and iLike is the best solution for finding and acquiring these artists music.

]]> By: david hyman http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1083330 david hyman Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:39:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1083330 Hey All. David Hyman from MOG here. This seemed like a good place to share some thoughts and tease you with some upcoming news. First of all, music isn't just about the notes, the bpm, or even the songs. The music you listen to is a form of self expression. Content, community AND music recommendations are critical to provide the ultimate experience to music lovers. MOG's early adopters know that all too well and have created one of the most impressive music-focused editorial destinations/raging music scenes on the web. We're very proud of that. But now we have to make that content (editorial, MP3's, video) more accessible. That's all I'll say now, but know we've got some major improvements lined up for all y'all. We hope you'll be stopping by MOG in the coming weeks to see some significant new features. Hey All. David Hyman from MOG here. This seemed like a good place to share some thoughts and tease you with some upcoming news. First of all, music isn’t just about the notes, the bpm, or even the songs. The music you listen to is a form of self expression. Content, community AND music recommendations are critical to provide the ultimate experience to music lovers. MOG’s early adopters know that all too well and have created one of the most impressive music-focused editorial destinations/raging music scenes on the web. We’re very proud of that. But now we have to make that content (editorial, MP3’s, video) more accessible. That’s all I’ll say now, but know we’ve got some major improvements lined up for all y’all. We hope you’ll be stopping by MOG in the coming weeks to see some significant new features.

]]> By: Jane http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1083320 Jane Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:38:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1083320 It's not often you come across a website giving away free money http://www.erstelin.com I'm not sure if these guys are real or not, but I'm in. It’s not often you come across a website giving away free money http://www.erstelin.com I’m not sure if these guys are real or not, but I’m in.

]]> By: Jordan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1082924 Jordan Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:33:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1082924 I have never tried either of these services. Will have to give them a look. J I have never tried either of these services. Will have to give them a look.

J

]]> By: rack pallet http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1082763 rack pallet Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:06:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1082763 Most defintley interesting that - its growing so fast. With (3) companies growing so fast, it validates the size of the market. Maybe room for another? - Rbowles Most defintley interesting that – its growing so fast. With (3) companies growing so fast, it validates the size of the market. Maybe room for another?

- Rbowles

]]> By: Taylor http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/comment-page-1/#comment-1082655 Taylor Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:45:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/02/27/ilike-growing-quickly-still-massively-trailing-lastfm/#comment-1082655 Brooke good catch on the windows media player. Parker i checked out http://www.isportif.com and I see what you mean it does a lot of aggregation of sports news and youtube feeds for teams across the leagues Great catch on this will pass this on in my blog. Brooke good catch on the windows media player.

Parker i checked out http://www.isportif.com and I see what you mean it does a lot of aggregation of sports news and youtube feeds for teams across the leagues Great catch on this will pass this on in my blog.

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