Comments on: When Will We See a Real Apples to Apples Comparison Engine? http://www.centernetworks.com/will-we-ever-see-a-web-comparison-engine Web 2 and Social Media News and Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:50:56 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Darren http://www.centernetworks.com/will-we-ever-see-a-web-comparison-engine/comment-page-#comment-16528 Darren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-16528 Comscore. It's good for measuring site level traffic and audience but what about distributed content? The measurement systems are on the way but it's going to take a bit of time for them to really emerge. Comscore. It’s good for measuring site level traffic and audience but what about distributed content? The measurement systems are on the way but it’s going to take a bit of time for them to really emerge.

]]> By: Marc Andreessen http://www.centernetworks.com/will-we-ever-see-a-web-comparison-engine/comment-page-#comment-16551 Marc Andreessen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-16551 Hi Allen -- thanks for the post! My understanding is in fact that Comscore is repudiating their Flux numbers after the Techcrunch post. I am not sure if they have completely wrapped their head around the widget issue, but yes, you are right, that little share button was almost certainly generating fake uniques for Flux -- every page anywhere on the web (including Techcrunch) with that little button was loading a script from flux.com, which sampling-based services like Comscore would register as (fake) uniques. Re Kickapps -- actually, quite a few Ning networks do not have the Ning URL in them. So it's not true that "KA isn't hosted on kickapps.com whereas Ning hosts all of their social networks on ning.com". I'm not sure why they keep claiming that's the case when they know it's not. All the best, Marc Hi Allen — thanks for the post!

My understanding is in fact that Comscore is repudiating their Flux numbers after the Techcrunch post. I am not sure if they have completely wrapped their head around the widget issue, but yes, you are right, that little share button was almost certainly generating fake uniques for Flux — every page anywhere on the web (including Techcrunch) with that little button was loading a script from flux.com, which sampling-based services like Comscore would register as (fake) uniques.

Re Kickapps — actually, quite a few Ning networks do not have the Ning URL in them. So it’s not true that “KA isn’t hosted on kickapps.com whereas Ning hosts all of their social networks on ning.com”. I’m not sure why they keep claiming that’s the case when they know it’s not.

All the best,
Marc

]]> By: Darren http://www.centernetworks.com/will-we-ever-see-a-web-comparison-engine/comment-page-#comment-16684 Darren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-16684 You know google and or yahoo should get into this market as they most likely have the most toolbars out there. You know google and or yahoo should get into this market as they most likely have the most toolbars out there.

]]> By: Darren http://www.centernetworks.com/will-we-ever-see-a-web-comparison-engine/comment-page-#comment-16685 Darren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-16685 also google could measure the amount of clicks from its search results to give an estimated traffic figure. also google could measure the amount of clicks from its search results to give an estimated traffic figure.

]]> By: Ahmed http://www.centernetworks.com/will-we-ever-see-a-web-comparison-engine/comment-page-#comment-17437 Ahmed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-17437 Well .. those ideas are interesting .. But what I really believe in is that it's not that easy to create something successful and sustained in terms of reputation and trust. Well .. those ideas are interesting ..

But what I really believe in is that it’s not that easy to create something successful and sustained in terms of reputation and trust.

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