Joining Polaris Ventures Partners
August 2, 2009 – 5:28 pm | Comments

I am excited to announce that, starting Monday, I will be joining Polaris Venture Partners and will work out of the Dog Patch Lab on Pier 38. Over the last few years, I have had …

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January 2010: Facebook Passes Google in Visits; Yahoo in Uniques
February 24, 2010 – 4:06 pm | Comments
January 2010: Facebook Passes Google in Visits; Yahoo in Uniques

According to Compete, January marked the month where Facebook passed Google in visits and Yahoo in Uniques… both are major accomplishments. Even if Compete’s data is not directly tracked – this is important directionally. In …

ComScore Announces Self Service Model – Coming After Quantcast?
September 9, 2008 – 7:43 am | Comments

At the poorly-attended breakfast session at TechCrunch 50 (maybe because its 8am) – ComScore has announced quietly that they are releasing a self-service model “in the next few days”. A publisher will be able to …

Dunkin’ Donuts Aren’t in California… Yet?
July 5, 2008 – 2:30 pm | Comments

It’s July 4th weekend and I’m in Cape Cod… which means that I’ve now enjoyed several Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffees and wondered why the only DD coffee I can enjoy in California is brewed at …

Long Tail Analytics with Quantcast, Google Trends & Compete – Who Wins?
June 21, 2008 – 11:28 pm | Comments

Google entered the public web analytics game yesterday by expanding Google Trends beyond search queries and into web traffic. Just a couple years ago, we had two options for web data:
- Comscore provided detailed analytics …

Google Trends Launches – Apparently I’m Techmeme’s 3rd Most Overlapped Site? (No Way!)
June 20, 2008 – 12:45 pm | Comments

Google today announced that they are moving Google Trends closer towards Quantcast and Compete’s territories… This is potentially big news – but it depends on how transparent Google decides to be and how well integrated …

Using Compete.com to ‘Understand’ Techmeme and Its Audience
May 19, 2008 – 9:48 pm | Comments

If you’ve read this blog often enough, you’re aware that I’m a big fan of Quantcast. I’m also a fan of analytics software / providers and was excited to try out Compete’s new pay-per-usage analytics …

Ron Paul Dominating the Web According to Compete.com
January 29, 2008 – 10:38 pm | Comments

Last week I posted about using Quantcast to predict the 2008 election – and suggested that Obama and Romney were favorites based on a combination of aggregate numbers and acceleration of traffic.
That post resulted in …