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Very cool :) Presumably though if you add quantcast tracking code they could look to quantcast which seems to be taking over from alexa these days?
how does quantcast get their data?
-OR-
You insert some js in your pages, and it's "quantified". They actually have some pretty cool stats, and exact numbers unlike alexa.
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how does quantcast get their data?
From panels/ISPs, -OR- You insert some js in your pages, and it's "quantified". They actually have some pretty cool stats, and exact numbers unlike alexa.
problem 2: phones don't have panels
problem 3: phones don't connect to isp's they connect to carrier wap gateways.
One attempt to track mobile is from Opera but it's highly skewed to the type of people that have Opera on their phones and the activity that's significant for them: http://www.opera.com/mobile_report/
cool but destined to the same fate as meebo. the major IM players will never backdoor each other with out-of-agreement access to each others' users. if they wanted to, they could have all been doing that years ago, on mobile too. don't try to out-reason things, just accept that even though X and Y could interract trivially with open-source access libs, they would rather sit in a room for six months and do a one-off d…
cool but destined to the same fate as meebo. the major IM players will never backdoor each other with out-of-agreement access to each others' users. if they wanted to, they could have all been doing that years ago, on mobile too. don't try to out-reason things, just accept that even though X and Y could interract trivially with open-source access libs, they would rather sit in a room for six months and do a one-off d…
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From panels/ISPs, -OR- You insert some js in your pages, and it's "quantified". They actually have some pretty cool stats, and exact numbers unlike alexa.
problem 1: phones don't do js problem 2: phones don't have panels problem 3: phones don't connect to isp's they connect to carrier wap gateways. One attempt to track mobile is from Opera but it's highly skewed to the type of people that have Opera on their phones and the activity that's significant for them: http://www.opera.com/mobile_report/
cool but destined to the same fate as meebo. the major IM players will never backdoor each other with out-of-agreement access to each others' users. if they wanted to, they could have all been doing that years ago, on mobile too. don't try to out-reason things, just accept that even though X and Y could interract trivially with open-source access libs, they would rather sit in a room for six months and do a one-off d…
Immune to acquisition from major IM networks. That still leaves the options of a) everyone else. b) hitting revenue and creating a viable long-term business.
On a high level IM is becoming a commodity. I'm not bullish on the long-term survival of MSN Messenger in it's current form. Facebook has just launched a much more relevant IM service than MSN or AIM will ever be.
The fundamental problem with IM remains, it's hard to monetize. As is social networking. With a built-in micropayment system the chances of succeeding there increases. That's why mobile makes a massive difference.
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problem 1: phones don't do js problem 2: phones don't have panels problem 3: phones don't connect to isp's they connect to carrier wap gateways. One attempt to track mobile is from Opera but it's highly skewed to the type of people that have Opera on their phones and the activity that's significant for them: http://www.opera.com/mobile_report/
Ah presumably most of the usage is via WAP then?