Comments on: German Geni Clone Verwandt Raises Second Funding Round http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/ Startup and Technology News Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Joseph http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1910357 Joseph Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:58:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1910357 On a user point of view I still like more Genoom (http://www.genoom.com), it's cute, has all the languages, Gedcom imp/exp and even more features... Don't know about the money they raised... On a user point of view I still like more Genoom (http://www.genoom.com), it’s cute, has all the languages, Gedcom imp/exp and even more features… Don’t know about the money they raised…

]]> By: Frerdna http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1909776 Frerdna Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:54:25 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1909776 You never talked about the French leader : http://www.genealogie.com This website claims on its homepage : 3.227.274 members 2.537.009 family trees 57.633.994 profiles You never talked about the French leader :
http://www.genealogie.com

This website claims on its homepage :
3.227.274 members
2.537.009 family trees
57.633.994 profiles

]]> By: Eric Marcoullier http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908751 Eric Marcoullier Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:36:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908751 MyBlogLog wants it's logo back :) MyBlogLog wants it’s logo back :)

]]> By: Sven Schmidt http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908705 Sven Schmidt Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:16:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908705 Hi Frank (#4)! We currently have 12 profiles per tree. Please note that most of our trees are very "young", since our rapid growth started approx. 2.5 months ago. "Older" trees have more profiles. If I recall Geni.com´s number correctly, they have about the same ratio. All players have the goal to grow that number, us included. Our trees originate from PR, word of mouth, SEO as well as some from online marketing. We are making use of all "distribution channels". You are right: Some people only check the site out. We must offer more and better features to make them come back on a regular basis. Hence, we are rolling out our "Facebook-for-Families-Feature-Initiative"! Disclosure: I am the co-founder of verwandt.de! Best, Sven from verwandt.de-Team Hi Frank (#4)!

We currently have 12 profiles per tree. Please note that most of our trees are very “young”, since our rapid growth started approx. 2.5 months ago. “Older” trees have more profiles.

If I recall Geni.com´s number correctly, they have about the same ratio. All players have the goal to grow that number, us included.

Our trees originate from PR, word of mouth, SEO as well as some from online marketing. We are making use of all “distribution channels”.

You are right: Some people only check the site out. We must offer more and better features to make them come back on a regular basis. Hence, we are rolling out our “Facebook-for-Families-Feature-Initiative”!

Disclosure: I am the co-founder of verwandt.de!

Best, Sven from verwandt.de-Team

]]> By: Frank http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908631 Frank Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:53:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908631 Hey Sven, Where did those 1.4 Million tree starters come from? Is this traffic bought? Since your average family tree only has 10 profiles in it, looks like people are checking the site out, then leaving. Hey Sven,

Where did those 1.4 Million tree starters come from? Is this traffic bought? Since your average family tree only has 10 profiles in it, looks like people are checking the site out, then leaving.

]]> By: Cormac http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908424 Cormac Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:44:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908424 Didn't Geni have a $100M valuation? What happened to the cash they injected a year ago. Tesla sports cars?!? Didn’t Geni have a $100M valuation? What happened to the cash they injected a year ago. Tesla sports cars?!?

]]> By: Sven Schmidt http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908406 Sven Schmidt Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:38:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908406 Hi Nick, hi Techcrunch-Team! Disclosure: I am the co-founder of verwandt.de. Appreciate the post. Just two minor "additions": * We operate in each market under an own domain! Hence, one needs to look at different Alexa charts. E.g. German/ verwandt.de (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/verwandt.de), Polish/ moikrewni.pl (ttp://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/moikrewni.pl), or Spanish/ miparentela.com (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/miparentela.com). Germany makes up approx. a third of our total traffic * In addition, please note that Gedcom imports make up less than 5 percent of our total profiles. We have over 16 million profiles that were generated on our website by users themselves Best, Sven from verwandt.de Hi Nick, hi Techcrunch-Team!

Disclosure: I am the co-founder of verwandt.de.

Appreciate the post. Just two minor “additions”:

* We operate in each market under an own domain! Hence, one needs to look at different Alexa charts. E.g. German/ verwandt.de (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/verwandt.de), Polish/ moikrewni.pl (ttp://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/moikrewni.pl), or Spanish/ miparentela.com (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/miparentela.com). Germany makes up approx. a third of our total traffic

* In addition, please note that Gedcom imports make up less than 5 percent of our total profiles. We have over 16 million profiles that were generated on our website by users themselves

Best, Sven from verwandt.de

]]> By: Greg White http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908367 Greg White Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:20:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/08/german-geni-clone-verwandt-raises-second-funding-round/#comment-1908367 Geni was fun for a bit but my family gets more use out of the communication-focused FamSpam. Geni was fun for a bit but my family gets more use out of the communication-focused FamSpam.

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