Comments on: Former MySpace Execs Get Funding For New Venture; Some Details Leak

By: MySpaceの元役員たちがBlue Rover Labsをもうすぐお披露目, 目下求人中

MySpaceの元役員たちがBlue Rover Labsをもうすぐお披露目, 目下求人中 — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:22:35 +0000

[...] 今年の初め、MySpaceの上級役員たち3人が、同社の大きな組織再編のわずか2か月前に辞めた。その後音沙汰はなかったが、August CapitalとRedpoint Venturesから$10M（1000万ドル）を調達したという話があったあと、彼らの周辺はまた静かになった。そして今日（米国時間6/4）、詳しい情報が入ってきた。新会社の名前はBlue Rover Labsで、すでにホームページがある。 [...]

By: Is Blogging Dead?

Is Blogging Dead? — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:25:10 +0000

[...] said, blogging is one of those constants just like message boards. Speaking of message boards, the ex-COO of MySpace just recieved 10 million in funding for his new project. TechCrunch reports: What do we know so far about the company? Not a whole lot [...]

By: Antiguos ejecutivos de MySpace ya tienen el dinero para nuevo proyecto | Un Poco Geek

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:09:27 +0000

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By: Roundup: YouTube must pay songwriters, Queen Rania loves Twitter, and more » VentureBeat

Thu, 21 May 2009 08:01:14 +0000

[...] funding for new venture — The company hasn’t even announced its name yet, but there are a few details available. Pandora gets a pay product and a desktop application with Pandora One — The music [...]

By: TechDozer » Roundup: YouTube must pay songwriters, Queen Rania loves Twitter, and more

Thu, 21 May 2009 07:59:49 +0000

By: Inversión para 3 ex-ejecutivos de Myspace | GAby Menta

Inversión para 3 ex-ejecutivos de Myspace | GAby Menta — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:36:55 +0000

[...] ejecutivos de Myspace que abandonaron la compañía el pasado mes de marzo han recibido una ronda de financiación para su nueva empresa antes incluso de haber escogido un nombre para la [...]

By: Scott Germaise

Thu, 21 May 2009 00:10:25 +0000

There’s a ton of value in forum content. Terabytes of real niche information and highly engaged users generating more every day. For a start-up like this though – if the info is correct – one has to wait and see. I don’t like to count out anyone with a great new idea, though this is one crowded space. So they’d better have something great.

If they’re doing some search, there are several key players out there doing search in forums. BoardReader.com, Omgili.com and sort of Boardtracker. (That last one hasn’t updated much the past several years.) Sadly, a really great new way to get at this stuff folded last year. Twing.com was part of ill-fated parent company Accoona. All that’s left of it is some screen shots on my blog now. (Yes, I worked there so I know from our own research what kind of value continues to grow in forums; though a lot of it is migrating to newer social media tools.)

http://worldpoi...l-screen-shots/

What these guys might not know is that there’s others who see value in forums as well and there’s likely a couple of other start-ups trying to do more in that space. Moreover, as some major and alternative engines start to use more dis-disambiguation tools, (either by topic or info category), forum content is surfaced in these existing products as well. (Exalead.com for example, even Google has a “Show Options” link in web results that let’s you scope to forums.)

If they’re doing a forum specific ad network, well… Good luck guys! If you can help these forum owners make some $$$, that would be a good thing.

Scott

By: Billbo

Billbo — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:18:12 +0000

I was talking about sites that track boards/forums and used a general term “board tracker” without thinking of your company. I did not mean to insinuate that your company “steals” content and I’m sorry if it came out that way. If I could edit the post of my error I would do so. You guys allow people to block your service which is great. Thanks.

That being said I’d suggest that real “search engines” don’t get indexed by other search engines with content from the sites they index. They are a tool that people to go to find data. What percentage of people ENTER your site via the homepage and do a search for a topic verses entering via a keyword search from Google or other search engine hitting on content you’ve indexed?

If you these forum/ board tracking services (not a specific company) were not indexed by search engines then I don’t think many of us would have an issue with it. However when they are we are forced to compete with someone who is using our own content to compete with us.

Once again, I know you guys provide a way to opt out and I appreciate it. I just wish it was an opt in system to being with.

Thanks.

By: Paid Content : Former MySpace Trio Raise $10 Million For New Startup

Paid Content : Former MySpace Trio Raise $10 Million For New Startup — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:46:54 +0000

[...] One big detail about former MySpace COO Amit Kapur’s new startup has emerged: the company has just raised $10 million in its first round of funding. Redpoint Ventures and August Capital jointly led the round, and the investment has come before Kapur and fellow MySpace execs Steve Pearman and Jim Benedetto have settled on a final name, according to TechCrunch. [...]

By: Bob Cortez

Bob Cortez — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:19:20 +0000

“the end of digital media innovation is here”

Yeah right.

By: Half-geek Links - May 20, 2009 - Jeromakay

Half-geek Links - May 20, 2009 - Jeromakay — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:38:40 +0000

[...] former MySpace execs move out to build their own house [...]

By: BoardTracker

BoardTracker — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:06:54 +0000

Billbo, BoardTracker doesn’t steal anyones content – we are a forum search engine and we index posts/threads. We show snippets of the posts in search results and link directly to the original post. We don’t even show a cached version on our site, unlike Google for example.

We constantly strive to bring more traffic to the boards in various ways and raise awareness of the boardscape as a whole.

By: rates

rates — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:24:38 +0000

That’s a nice chunk of change for an un-named company with a secret business plan! Can’t wait to hear what they’ve got up their sleeves.

By: Billbo

Billbo — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:53:48 +0000

So… they are starting a scraper site? Sounds like another boardtracker. They steal our content, get indexed in the search engines for it, and then sell ads against it.

Hopefully it’s easy to block

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:49:36 +0000

Are they going to build it again based on ColdFusion!!

By: Buh-bye MySpace: Ex exec’s to start new company - ZooLoo - Are you Ready To ZooLoo?

Wed, 20 May 2009 18:13:24 +0000

[...] According to TechCrunch, they’re raising the funds from August Capital and Redpoint Ventures. “The company is supposedly targeting the message board/Internet forum space with technology that aggregates content and serves advertising against it.” [...]

By: cease

cease — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:59:18 +0000

these 3 did such a great job before leaving myspace…. they only lost a huge lead to facebook, reduced innovation to nothing, releasing fine products that should lead the way for next gen web such as myspace email, and a branded citysearch and on top of all that got, the founders of the company fired.
I personally look forward to seeing what they do next.

By: silicon valley dropout

silicon valley dropout — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:22:04 +0000

great idea. i was working on something like this i guess the old saying is true if you have an idea there are probably others that do as well.

By: Peter Urban

Peter Urban — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:15:53 +0000

“Real time search (bingo! fundable!)…”

looooooool

Funniest line in a long time – sad part that this is how VC works. Whatever.

By: Sanjay Sabnani

Sanjay Sabnani — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:35:40 +0000

FInally, someone from the establishment recognizes what a huge opportunity the forum space is. While my company has less capital, my hope is that this attention will benefit us since we are already in this space and unlike Amit and his team…we come from forums.

Sanjay Sabnani
CEO, CrowdGather, Inc.
(OTCBB:CRWG)

By: Finance Geek » Ex-MySpace Guys Get $10 Million For Startup

Finance Geek » Ex-MySpace Guys Get $10 Million For Startup — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:15:18 +0000

[...] And now he has raised $10 million in financing for his new company, according to TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington. [...]

By: Dan Bishop

Wed, 20 May 2009 16:05:01 +0000

very interested to know what the new venture is

By: jenkins

jenkins — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:54:01 +0000

I hope for their sake that you’re wrong about their idea because it sounds like a bonafide loser.

By: Details "leaked" when Sleepy VC Wannabee Picked Up Phone and Called You.

Details "leaked" when Sleepy VC Wannabee Picked Up Phone and Called You. — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:47:58 +0000

When did the details leak?

When the guy picked up the phone to tell you about it?

Reason #25,467 why blogger sites suck and cannot be relied upon.

By: g00se

g00se — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:33:30 +0000

well FB exec went to MS. So when it doesnt work out, and the FB exec that went to MS start their own company, does that count as following precedence? hehe