Canada Top Start-ups … according to Google
20 Aug2008
I have found the TechVibes Top Start-ups list entertaining, and while looking over all the stats Google is now sharing, thought how the top 10 would play out:
| Plenty of Fish | 620 K | 2.4% |
| Metro Lyrics | 560 K | 2.2% |
| Nexopia | 430 K | 1.7% |
| Zip Local | 220 K | 0.9% |
| Suite 101/td> | 200 K | 0.8% |
| iBegin | 180 K | 0.7% |
| Shop To It | 85 K | 0.3% |
| b5 Media | 39 K | 0.2% |
| Abe Books | 43 K | 0.2% |
| Cellphones | 47 K | 0.2% |
Please note that it just so happened that anything not in the top 10% had a reach of 0.1% or lower.
This was of course a one-time shot – hopefully TechVibes can add Google and Quantcast to their numbers for even more number-griping 
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7 Responses to Canada Top Start-ups … according to Google
Hany
August 20th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Has Enthropia always been a Canadian company, Ahmed?
Greg
August 21st, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Yes, we would like to integrate Google and Quantcast numbers, if not for this month then the next.
Question though: how did you get the numbers? I don’t see any export option or any place that they’re shown numerically.
Ahmed
August 21st, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Hany – yep. We incorporated in March 2003
Greg – umm top right area. Eg: http://www.quantcast.com/plentyoffish.com – rank of 343. I don’t see any bulk export but I’m sure if you contact their biz dev they would work with you.
Hany
August 22nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
How’s Metro Lyrics a legal startup? Aren’t music lyrics technically copyrighted by the music companies? How are these lyric sites still in business is what I am wondering
Ahmed
August 22nd, 2008 at 12:24 pm
You can legally subscribe that information – http://www.techvibes.com/blog/metrolyrics-get-authorized/
Hany
August 22nd, 2008 at 5:34 pm
I believe MetroLyrics is one of the rare sites that do that legally, though. So many more popular sites don’t have these licenses.
Any clue on how much a typical Gracenote “partnership” or “legal license” will cost?
Greg
September 9th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Quantcast numbers, I saw. Durr, thought you were displaying the Google numbers. Yes, we’d like to start pulling in Quantcast soon.