Comments on: The top 20 music 2.0 sites — July 2007 http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/ favorites | discovery | ventures | valuation Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:48:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Project Playlist raises more than eyebrows « Sampled + Sorted http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-3150 Project Playlist raises more than eyebrows « Sampled + Sorted Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:33:13 +0000 http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-3150 [...] will recognize, Project Playlist has emerged over the last 18 months or so to become arguably the largest music 2.0 web service. I think PP is compelling to consumers for 3 [...] [...] will recognize, Project Playlist has emerged over the last 18 months or so to become arguably the largest music 2.0 web service. I think PP is compelling to consumers for 3 [...]

]]> By: davidporter http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2449 davidporter Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:46:23 +0000 http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2449 Rightsight, I'm not sure on why those up by > 1/3 were so although I do think Virb's role a social network aids its growth. It's also been created by the same guys behind PureVolume, as I understand it, and personally, I think the UI is really compelling. Seeqpod is from some Berkeley grad students so there's probably good WOM out here in SF amongst 'digerati' or whatever; they also do pretty much the same thing as Project Playlist (#1 and pretty clearly illegal) but with a more sophisticated approach to scraping sites. The sudden growth in some of the others was surprising. For example, I like THM and MOG but, in the absense of any new features or partnerships that would explain the bump, it does raise a bit of a red flag about the validity of Compete's figures. OTOH, Compete is supposed to be superior in its approach. Perhaps a comparison with Quantcast and Alexa would be helpful. Rightsight,

I’m not sure on why those up by > 1/3 were so although I do think Virb’s role a social network aids its growth. It’s also been created by the same guys behind PureVolume, as I understand it, and personally, I think the UI is really compelling.

Seeqpod is from some Berkeley grad students so there’s probably good WOM out here in SF amongst ‘digerati’ or whatever; they also do pretty much the same thing as Project Playlist (#1 and pretty clearly illegal) but with a more sophisticated approach to scraping sites.

The sudden growth in some of the others was surprising. For example, I like THM and MOG but, in the absense of any new features or partnerships that would explain the bump, it does raise a bit of a red flag about the validity of Compete’s figures. OTOH, Compete is supposed to be superior in its approach. Perhaps a comparison with Quantcast and Alexa would be helpful.

]]> By: davidporter http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2448 davidporter Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:50:43 +0000 http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2448 Gerd, totally agree, and I'd expect an increasing amount of usage of music 2.0 sites to be happening 'on the edges' on 3rd party websites, socialnet profiles and blogs. I seem to recall reading recently (I think on Fred Wilson's blog) that Comscore or similar will soon be tracking widget activity. It'd be great to be able to compare all sites apples-and-apples, contemplating both on-site and off-site usage. I think best example of the issue you mention is iLike; they're #3 here but supposedly > 1/2 of their total activity happens exclusively on Facebook! Gerd, totally agree, and I’d expect an increasing amount of usage of music 2.0 sites to be happening ‘on the edges’ on 3rd party websites, socialnet profiles and blogs. I seem to recall reading recently (I think on Fred Wilson’s blog) that Comscore or similar will soon be tracking widget activity. It’d be great to be able to compare all sites apples-and-apples, contemplating both on-site and off-site usage.

I think best example of the issue you mention is iLike; they’re #3 here but supposedly > 1/2 of their total activity happens exclusively on Facebook!

]]> By: Tech / tunes links 8.14.07 – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) « The ListeNerd http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2435 Tech / tunes links 8.14.07 – Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) « The ListeNerd Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:17:21 +0000 http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2435 [...] admits it’s censored other bands, before Pearl Jam @ Ooza ‘07. *Sampled + Sorted charts the Top 20 music 2.0 sites for July 2007. Oooh. Pretty colors. *Yanko Design’s combo MP3 [...] [...] admits it’s censored other bands, before Pearl Jam @ Ooza ‘07. *Sampled + Sorted charts the Top 20 music 2.0 sites for July 2007. Oooh. Pretty colors. *Yanko Design’s combo MP3 [...]

]]> By: rightsight http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2424 rightsight Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:17:12 +0000 http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2424 Have you looked at what happened to cause those that were up by over a third to be up so fast? These graphs are great but they leave me asking so many questions! Have you looked at what happened to cause those that were up by over a third to be up so fast? These graphs are great but they leave me asking so many questions!

]]> By: endofcontrol http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2419 endofcontrol Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:33:08 +0000 http://davidporter.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/the-top-20-music-20-sites-july-2007/#comment-2419 David, these are good stats but one crucial thing is missing: there are many music2.0 companies that don't get tracked via compete.com or alexa because their traffic is mainly de-central, i.e. via WIGDETS. Like my own www.Sonific.com ;) Tracking widget traffic and use across all networks will be tough compared to page views and users. David, these are good stats but one crucial thing is missing: there are many music2.0 companies that don’t get tracked via compete.com or alexa because their traffic is mainly de-central, i.e. via WIGDETS. Like my own http://www.Sonific.com ;) Tracking widget traffic and use across all networks will be tough compared to page views and users.

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