Cognitive Labs

Imperial bystanders watch coglabs traffic take off...


It's going to be a great 1st quarter 2008 for Cognitive Labs, with new highs in every area (what's new?). March 2008 is by far our biggest month yet, with a 10% increase in page views over last month, and more than a 10% increase in visitors over last month, despite the fact that we're not sending out any newsletters (we'll resume pretty soon, most likely).

More stats later....

I'm writing this from a little cafe right around the corner from Facebook, e,g., University Ave. and Ramona, where I just had a quick meeting - that is, at the cafe. Free wifi rocks.

Facebook is in a building that used to house a company called neuron data. I'm also real close to where bamboo.com had an office, pre-IPO, and a block or so from photobucket.

Labels: bamboo.com, cognitive, ipo, photobucket

Private Equity investors are moving in on a traditional Internet company CNET, offering a new board and outside capital in an attempt to raise the stock or gain control of the company so changes can be effected.

SFGate points to the divestiture of Webshots as symptomatic. Webshots was trumped by Photobucket, started by 2 guys in a basement in Colorado in 2004-but presciently with unlimited bandwidth, a core part of their early strategy. They then moved west, raised capital, and were acquired by Fox for some $300 million.

The growth rate of CNET in terms of viewers had stalled, so it has become a target for JANA Capital and Alex Interactive Media.

The lesson: Don't impede growth and keep things simple for the user

Labels: cnet, photobucket

MySpace vs. photobucket

The number one community on the web vs. the no. 1 up and comer....

Labels: myspace, photobucket