Comments on: Dispatch From the Web 2.0 Launch Pad

By: foreclosure marketing

foreclosure marketing — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:01:02 +0000

I have been searching for an article gives the details of web 2.0.Thanks.

By: Criteo Raises $10 Million From Index Ventures

Criteo Raises $10 Million From Index Ventures — Sat, 17 May 2008 07:42:45 +0000

[...] software to e-commerce and content sites. Competitors include Aggregate Knowledge, CleverSet, and ChoiceStream. Discovery is hot right now. For instance, Kleiner-backed Aggregate Knowledge has [...]

By: ATG Buys CleverSet For $10 Million

ATG Buys CleverSet For $10 Million — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:51:14 +0000

[...] October, at the Web 2.0 Launch Pad, the startup voted “Most Likely to Exit First” was CleverSet. Now three months later, [...]

By: ATG Buys CleverSet For $10 Million

ATG Buys CleverSet For $10 Million — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:28:37 +0000

[...] October, at the Web 2.0 Launch Pad, the startup voted “Most Likely to Exit First” was CleverSet. Now three months later, [...]

By: ATG Buys CleverSet For $10 Million : New Web 2.0 Magazine

ATG Buys CleverSet For $10 Million : New Web 2.0 Magazine — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:41:19 +0000

[...] October, at the Web 2.0 Launch Pad, the startup voted “Most Likely to Exit First” was CleverSet. Now three months later, [...]

By: Elisa

Elisa — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:43:46 +0000

I am with David. Companies can do alot more with online advertising and embracing Web 2.0 ideologies is what they have to do to be successful ( http://www.inte...p;doc_id=136486 )

I think Myspace does this well and I think the Presidential races this year will probably tap into it brilliantly aswell. We’ll just have to wait and see if companies follow suit.

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:14:46 +0000

“until the ad bubble pops” – Erick, I couldn’t disagree with your thinking on this more. While web 1.0 experienced a bubble burst, especially in online advertising, a second burst will only occur if there is a more general economic downturn. It just makes good sense these days to advertise online. In fact, most businesses are not generating nearly the business they could be by better optimizing internet advertising.

By: chuck

chuck — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:27:03 +0000

Erick and I just discussed the misunderstanding that he had with Realius. Guess the price of a home and we score you immediately based on how you compare to the Realius price which is a combination of the Listing Price and the average of other guesses. We can compare your guess every day as the guesses roll in. When the home finally sells, we will send you an email to let you know how you did against the real market.

When you play the game you’ll see, as many have found, that it is addictive.

By: Billy

Billy — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:24:56 +0000

http://g.ho.st doesn’t even work. Blank black wavy graphic on 3 platforms and 3 different browsers. Prob couldn’t handle bandwidth. Immature…Why do sites like this get to be hyped up?

By: David

David — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:06:23 +0000

A web operating system…oh, I think we’ve heard that one before…next.

By: Ashu Bhatnagar

Ashu Bhatnagar — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:21:59 +0000

Thanks for listing the rest of semi-finalists including GoXDML.com – a Wall Street Web 2.0 startup – in your post who were in the Top 16 at Launch Pad 2007 and potentially worth watching.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:55:30 +0000

Re: CleverSet: Having worked on the retailer side of the hyper-competitive recommendation engine space, I am inclined to share some of Reed Hastings’ healthy skepticism about improving statistical models to get wild gains in sales. Recommendation algorithms can only get to a certain point before the recs are about as good as they’re going to get. It remains an interesting academic question, but it’s not really make-or-break for the business clients.

CleverSet’s 18-30% number is undoubtedly very optimistic, as these sales-lift figures always are. (Heck, I’ve seen vendors like this throw around three-figure sales increase percentage boasts with a straight face — yeah, right.) However, recommendations add a lot to a site, and if you’re comparing CleverSet or AgKnow to either no recs or really terrible in-house recs, you’re going to see some sales lift. Put differently, if you’re an online retailer who doesn’t have recs on your site, you need some. But these bake-off situations are probably more trouble than they’re worth.

The rec engine space is brutally, kick-em-while-they’re-down competitive right now. As far as pure, on-site recommendations go, these firms need to compete on things like ease of deployment, quality/reliability of service, reporting tools for clients, and perhaps above all else, pricing.

That said, I don’t know as much about CleverSet, but Aggregate Knowledge has some very ambitious and cool ideas for their “discovery” technology, and it will be really exciting to see where those ideas go.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:31:09 +0000

Why does SpiceWorks keep popping up everywhere I surf? It’s bad enough every 14th stumble I make is a sponsored one for Spiceworks :’(

By: ROSEM

ROSEM — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:02:19 +0000

HEY, THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA USEFUL INFOS FROM YOUR SITE. I SEE. THANKS ANYWAY !

By: 42mb

42mb — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:52:22 +0000

Thanks for the info, I will take a look on SpiceWorks that seems a hub for IT professionals.