Geekfishing Blog

Hat tip to Bob who notes John Cooks piece on the 63 (!!!) Web 2.0 companies in Seattle alone which Greg then resorted into Alexa order. The one we all know is Zillow, but the other ones are interesting, like how high Newsvine is and yes I'm about to get logins on all of them and in case you are wondering, the stats are:

• Of the top ten in Seattle, I already had logons to the eight of them. Of course, two are Ignition companeis, so there is a little cheating there.
• Of these 63 or so, most have a lower page rank than tongfamily.com, so they are clearly very, very new :-)
• I did add the Alexa hotlinks too, but haven't figured out an easy way to make this a nice sortable database.

1. Zillow, Alexa rank: 976. Predictive online real estate technology. Rich does it again!
2. 43Things/Robot Co-op, Alexa rank: 2233. Social networking through sites such as 43things and 43people.
3. Newsvine, Alexa rank: 3492. Blogging and social media. Reminds me I should call Slade again sometime.
4. Judy's Book, Alexa rank: 7590. Local search and social networking. Our buddies Andy & Co, go guys.
5. Wetpaint, Alexa rank: 10987. Wikis. Some of the founders of Blue Nile do it again. Nice site. We did look at this deal. See me
6. Trumba, Alexa rank: 11146. Online calendars. Good luck Jeremy.
7. Jobster, Alexa rank: 13034. Job search and social networking. Rock'n Roll, this was seeded by Ignition
8. PayScale, Alexa rank: 14497. Predictive salary technology. Kind of fun and I can see how like Zillow this will be sticky, doesn't work so well for venture capitalists though :-)
9. Mpire, Alexa rank: 14660. Comparison shopping search engine. Go Matt, Dave and Greg!
10. GarageBand.com, Alexa rank: 15247. Social networking music service. The Partovi brothers.
11. Farecast, Alexa rank: 17716. Predictive airfare technology. Madrona deal we looked at. Growing fast, nice service
12. Findory, Alexa rank: 19248. Personalized news service. Ex-Amazon guys, some great work they've done.
13. HouseValues/HomePages, Alexa rank: 21720. Online real estate. Listing service, cool UI
14. Redfin, Alexa rank: 22117. Online real estate. Definitely a zillow clone, looked at in seed stage
15. BuddyTV, Alexa rank: 23795. Social networking TV community. I tried it but actually don't get the point.
16. Blue Dot, Alexa rank: 38110. Social networking recommendation service. Delicious clone.
17. Mixxer, Alexa rank: 41301. Mobile music and social networking. Hmm, look slike a ringtone site.
18. Bag Borrow or Steal, Alexa rank: 44630. Luxury goods borrowing service. Michelle looked at
19. PixPo, Alexa rank: 57770. Online video broadcasting. Looked at this deal, it is P2P sharing network.
20. Vizrea, Alexa rank: 58137. Digital media distribution and social networking. Good luck guys!
21. "Broadband Sports" Alexa rank: 62649. Online video
22. PixPulse, Alexa rank: 63524. Mobile media publishing and social networking.
23. TripHub, Alexa rank: 88059. Online group travel community.
24. Pluggd, Alexa rank: 111033. Podcasting.

1. HomeMovie.com, Alexa rank: 138783
   Online video.

1. Melodeo, Alexa rank: 186463
   Podcasting.

1. Musicmobs, Alexa rank: 193467
   Sharing and discovery online music service.

1. PhoneSherpa, Alexa rank: 276364
   User generated ringtones and graphics.

1. Snapvine, Alexa rank: 301367
   Audio comments for blogs and social networking sites.

1. Weedshare, Alexa rank: 302232
   Online music swapping service.

1. Jookster, Alexa rank: 308432
   Social search.

1. Cdigix, Alexa rank: 328498
   Digital media distribution.

1. Super Oyster, Alexa rank: 349830
   Ticket buying marketplace that allows people to buy out others on an online waiting list.

1. Sampa, Alexa rank: 378389
   Web site building tools and storage.

1. Inrix, Alexa rank: 389879
   Real time and predictive traffic technology.

1. Healia, Alexa rank: 404933
   Personalized health search engine.

1. Curious Office, Alexa rank: 409317
   Internet incubator.

1. Avvo, Alexa rank: 411395
   Consumer-oriented online legal service. (Stealth)

1. Cozi, Alexa rank: 486398
   Digital home technology.

1. GoGoMo, Alexa rank: 490065
   Digital media distribution and storage

1. Pelago, Alexa rank: 561566
   Mobile social networking. (Stealth)

1. SecondSpace, Alexa rank: 562914
   Online consumer service. (Stealth)

1. Yodio, Alexa rank: 633350
   Podcasting.

1. NewsCloud, Alexa rank: 640911
   Social media.

1. PrestoGifto, Alexa rank: 689970
   Customized T-shirts, coffee mugs and other products for online merchants.

1. SnapTune, Alexa rank: 741315
   Online radio service.

1. GridNetworks, Alexa rank: 851439
   Digital media delivery.

1. Ontela, Alexa rank: 981609
   Mobile software platform.

1. SmartSheet, Alexa rank: 1359158
   Collaboration tools for small business owners.

1. Pheromone Trail, Alexa rank: 1415162
   Social search.

1. Bill Monk, Alexa rank: 1438348
   Mobile bill paying and online trading service.

1. Positive Motion, Alexa rank: 1484923
   User-generated flash cards on mobile phones.

1. Peppers and Pollywogs, Alexa rank: 1847159
   Online party planning service.

1. TextPayMe, Alexa rank: 2311186
   Mobile bill paying.

1. ImageKind, Alexa rank: 2372741
   Online art community.

1. GimmeNow.com, Alexa rank: 3609578
   Online shopping service.

1. SwitchGear, Alexa rank: 4312922
   Digital home software. (Stealth)

1. Joingle, Alexa rank: 999999999
   Unknown.

1. DigWorks, Alexa rank: 999999999
   Digital media.