The Web is speeding up and Gnip wants to help push it along. Today, the API aggregation platform is releasing its own Push API which lets any site patch together its own version of Friendfeed or Twitter-like data stream. Gnip will be speaking at TechCrunch’s Real-Time Stream CrunchUp tomorrow on the Real-Time Business panel.
Gnip lets data-consuming services like Plaxo that take data from other services (like Twitter, Facebook Friendfeed, Digg, Delicious, etc.) collect data from requested users pushed to them. Data consumers using Gnip’s platform can get public data streams for over 30 social media networks and sites, including Twitter, Digg, Delicious, YouTube, WordPress, Flickr, Six Apart and others without ever visiting those sites or accessing their individual APIs.
The new push service lets companies filter and white-label the stream so the technology is fully integrated into the business’ infrastructure. Companies list out the most common data requests that are made on their APIs and websites and Gnip will collect the relevant data and deliver it in real-time to any approved third-party. For example, a travel website like Expedia or Kayak may use Gnip’s service to track and deliver real-time information on how customers are interacting with airline deals to the vendors that are listing flights on their site, like American Airlines or Delta. The real-time capabilities would let a travel site analyze real-time data and syndicate changes in fare sales immediately.
Gnip is also launching a early-stage startup partner program that will let startups access to all of Gnip’s service features and data services. The program is aimed towards software development startups that have been in business for less than 3 years and generating less than $200,000 in revenue. Of course, Gnip requires that partners pay a fee of $1000 but says the services that they will receive are valued at $10,000 per month. Dipity, Toobla and Klout are all pilot partners of the new program.
this is interesting but i would hardly call this a business data feed.
Jim,
Gnip can work with both social data and business data, so it really depend on the content partner that decides to use Gnip as another channel for their data.
We work with all kinds of data providers, some public, and some private. The new Push API Service is expected to be used by companies that are looking to add a real-time push capability to their existing infrastructure. A lot of this is business data in terms of information companies need to share to suppliers, partners and affiliates so they can run their daily business.
Cheers,
Shane
VP, Products
Gnip, Inc.
gnip’s tech shortcuts so much of the work involved in dealing with all these different api’s and that should not be under estimated.
The $1000 a year for the amount of data you can consume is great value too.
Great to see you’re generating stories out of comments.
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Now if you guys could only catch a clue as to the actual tech…
Just a note that Spinn3r has been providing the same level of service to early stage startups for more than three years now.
If you’re a startup and in the early stages you can use Spinn3r data (which is more comprehensive than Gnip and with a improved feature set) at a fraction of the price.
Our goal is to get you up and running and with product ASAP…
Kevin,
Obviously both our companies provide access to data. While there is a bit of overlap in some areas what each of our companies do from a core competence is pretty different. Also, we have been supporting startups in many ways since we started the company and from those experiences we decided to create this formal program.
We would happily add Spinn3r as a data partner at anytime.
Cheers,
Shane
VP, Products
Gnip, Inc.
Thanks for the note Shane.
We can talk about it more at the conference tomorrow…. should be fun.
You stay classy there, Kevin
I also forgot to note that if you’re a research group who needs access to data we will provide you Spinn3r data (including all of our archives … up to 100TB) for free:
We’re currently providing data to more than 100 PhDs world wide:
http://blog.spi...-discounts.html