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 …

Facebook Drives 19% of Huffington Post’s Traffic
May 4, 2009 – 7:48 pm | Comments

When I last covered Perez Hilton, it was when he hit 14,000,000 pageviews in a single day – a remarkable feat considering big brands like Huffington Post had topped out at 7,700,000.
An interesting outcome of …

Apple, iPod Touch Shake Up Yahoo Games Homepage
December 12, 2008 – 11:18 am | Comments
Apple, iPod Touch Shake Up Yahoo Games Homepage

A few months ago, Nintendo and YouTube literally shook up the digital ad world with their Experiece the Wii ad/video. It’s awesome. 4,500,000 video views aren’t too shabby either.
Today, Apple did something similar by running …

5+ Keyword Search Queries Account for 19% of All Searches
October 26, 2008 – 9:02 pm | Comments
5+ Keyword Search Queries Account for 19% of All Searches

Jeremy Liew recently wrote (and his must-read blog) that 54% of searches queries have three or more keywords. That got me thinking about a report I pulled together in late 2006 about similar statistics. So …

beRecruited and STACK Media Reaching Targeted, Large Audiences
August 30, 2008 – 9:28 pm | Comments

July’s Comscore numbers for sports networks were released recently and STACK Media made it’s first appearance on the chart with 3.5 million uniques in July and importantly is the #1 platform for “active young men …

Comparing Yahoo Buzz and Digg After Hitting Buzz’s Homepage
August 23, 2008 – 9:27 pm | Comments

In March, I wrote that Yahoo Buzz could pose a threat to Digg because of their ability to drive more traffic – and I assumed that Digg’s product would be markedly better.
Now four days …

Sports Illustrated Moves Fantasy Football onto Facebook; Tries to Catch Up
August 3, 2008 – 4:26 pm | Comments

Like it or not, fantasy football is important. According to the New York Times, 15.5 million people play fantasy football each year – about 86% of which are are male and 63% are under age …

Who is Monetizing the Free iPhone Apps? Google, AdMob, Developers – But Not Apple
July 22, 2008 – 7:23 pm | Comments

I believe that most of the content-based iPhone applications are going to be free over time… and early indications are that this is the case with top free apps include the New York Times, Wordpress, …

Predicting the 2008 Jerry Yang and Yahoo in 2001
June 29, 2008 – 4:53 pm | Comments

While sitting in the 110 degree Las Vegas sun yesterday (en route to the worst sunburn of my life), I read Jeffrey Zygmont’s “The VC Way: Investment Secrets from the Wizards of Venture Capital” (availabone …

Should Facebook Acquire FriendFeed, Twitter and/or Digg?
May 24, 2008 – 1:07 pm | Comments

Over the last few years – in *numerous* settings – I have heard different variations of the following: “Why should we build it internally when we can let it be proven elsewhere… and either build …

April Search Data: Google 61.6% of Market, Yahoo Falls to 20.4%
May 20, 2008 – 9:19 pm | Comments

Much of the news today was around Facebook’s 10% month-over-month decline in unique users – but the search query data out of Comscore is equally interesting (and important, particularly in light of the Microsoft-Yahoo deal). …

Iron Man’s Opening Weekend Box Office? $201mm Worldwide
May 5, 2008 – 5:49 pm | Comments

Much of the talk over the weekend was about how Yahoo’s stock would react now that Microsoft’s offer was retracted (down 15% and ~$24)… but it was a magnificent weekend on a different front: Marvel …