Comments on: Will statistics mess kill Digg acquisition by News Corp? http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Startup Dunia - HT Media acquires DesiMartini - a few thoughts http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-684084 Startup Dunia - HT Media acquires DesiMartini - a few thoughts Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:21:35 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-684084 [...] $10 per user (a higher acquisition price and this valuation would jump even more). Compare this to $21 per user that Fox paid to acquire Myspace (27 million unique visitors at time of deal). Digg, with a user [...] [...] $10 per user (a higher acquisition price and this valuation would jump even more). Compare this to $21 per user that Fox paid to acquire Myspace (27 million unique visitors at time of deal). Digg, with a user [...]

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]]> By: Matt Marshall http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-7505 Matt Marshall Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:47:58 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-7505 Kakarott, Comescore was talking U.S., while Digg was saying worldwide. Though everyone agrees the majority of users/readers are in the US. See update here: http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/28/news-site-digg-raises-85m-more-rejects-evidence-it-has-been-gamed/ Kakarott, Comescore was talking U.S., while Digg was saying worldwide. Though everyone agrees the majority of users/readers are in the US. See update here:
http://venturebeat.com/2006/12/28/news-site-digg-raises-85m-more-rejects-evidence-it-has-been-gamed/

]]> By: Kakarott http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-7495 Kakarott Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:53:08 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-7495 Did you ever find out if it was U.S. or worldwide? Did you ever find out if it was U.S. or worldwide?

]]> By: alice http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-6928 alice Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:42:22 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-6928 I saw this on Wordpress’s top recent posts and I think this a very beneficial article in general. I saw this on Wordpress’s top recent posts and I think this a very beneficial article in general.

]]> By: Daniel http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-6260 Daniel Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:23:04 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-6260 Assuming that del.icio.us was sold for $30 mln, digg's price is grossly overblown. Assuming that del.icio.us was sold for $30 mln,
digg’s price is grossly overblown.

]]> By: Ragu Sivanmalai http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-6250 Ragu Sivanmalai Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:29:07 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-6250 I used to track interesting stories through digg by using it like a search engine.For example If I want to track a latest news about walmart,I will try the following http://www.digg.com/view/world_business/upcoming?s=walmart I used to track interesting stories through digg by using it like a search engine.For example If I want to track a latest news about walmart,I will try the following

http://www.digg.com/view/world_business/upcoming?s=walmart

]]> By: Matt Marshall http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-6241 Matt Marshall Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:00:45 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-6241 Andy, I'm assuming this is world wide, because the sources didn't specify it was u.s only. But it's a good question, and i'll confirm. Andy, I’m assuming this is world wide, because the sources didn’t specify it was u.s only. But it’s a good question, and i’ll confirm.

]]> By: David Evans http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-6239 David Evans Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:31:33 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-6239 Anonymous tracking of OpenID and Cardspace-enabled visitors (they must be logged in) will provide additional metrics useful for tracking visitor stats. Hopefully these services will have rating and reputation features built in to provide additional dimensions of popularity and value. Anonymous tracking of OpenID and Cardspace-enabled visitors (they must be logged in) will provide additional metrics useful for tracking visitor stats. Hopefully these services will have rating and reputation features built in to provide additional dimensions of popularity and value.

]]> By: VentureBeat Wire » eBuddy, instant messaging co., raises 5M Euros in first round http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-6236 VentureBeat Wire » eBuddy, instant messaging co., raises 5M Euros in first round Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:26:41 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-6236 [...] EBuddy says it has more than 35 million users worldwide, including 4 million mobile users. However, as we mentioned yesterday, traffic statistics in this area are unreliable, and it is unclear how eBuddy is doing against competitor Meebo, a Sequoia backed Silicon Valley start-up. The two are essentially neck and neck, depending on which traffic measurement firm you rely on. VentureBeat Community [...] [...] EBuddy says it has more than 35 million users worldwide, including 4 million mobile users. However, as we mentioned yesterday, traffic statistics in this area are unreliable, and it is unclear how eBuddy is doing against competitor Meebo, a Sequoia backed Silicon Valley start-up. The two are essentially neck and neck, depending on which traffic measurement firm you rely on. VentureBeat Community [...]

]]> By: Andy Choi http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-6234 Andy Choi Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:27:45 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-6234 Which unique visitor number are we looking at here? Is it worldwide or US only? Which unique visitor number are we looking at here? Is it worldwide or US only?

]]> By: tomo http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-6226 tomo Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:55:19 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-6226 there have been all sorts of opinions on why news corp got a great deal on myspace so comparing what the multiple is based on the news corp deal to buy myspace is moot...at least it's moot if you believe myspace was undervalued as many do. it was rohan or blodget and a timeline of three years. the point is comparing digg @ $150M sale price is like comparing youtube at $1.6b. digg has revenue and apparently youtube didnt. how do you compare that? why even bother because you can come up with 6 ways to sunday and at the end of the day it becomes a bet no matter how you slice it or dice it. some companies bet with cash and others bet with stock...how do you compare those? did goog make a mistake by paying in stock because today it sure looks like a big cost to shareholders because the 1.6b in stock has more value than 1.6b in cash. the point is that justification of these valuations can't be on revenue or eyeballs or user attributes, its a combination of those(or two of them) and a belief that they can add at least the value that you pay for them even if it is difficult to measure initially. over time it may get easier but its a bet now. there have been all sorts of opinions on why news corp got a great deal on myspace so comparing what the multiple is based on the news corp deal to buy myspace is moot…at least it’s moot if you believe myspace was undervalued as many do. it was rohan or blodget and a timeline of three years. the point is comparing digg @ $150M sale price is like comparing youtube at $1.6b. digg has revenue and apparently youtube didnt. how do you compare that? why even bother because you can come up with 6 ways to sunday and at the end of the day it becomes a bet no matter how you slice it or dice it. some companies bet with cash and others bet with stock…how do you compare those? did goog make a mistake by paying in stock because today it sure looks like a big cost to shareholders because the 1.6b in stock has more value than 1.6b in cash. the point is that justification of these valuations can’t be on revenue or eyeballs or user attributes, its a combination of those(or two of them) and a belief that they can add at least the value that you pay for them even if it is difficult to measure initially. over time it may get easier but its a bet now.

]]> By: dumbfounder http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/comment-page-1/#comment-6221 dumbfounder Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:48:48 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2006/10/25/will-statistics-mess-kill-digg-acquisition-by-news-corp/#comment-6221 presumably NewsCorp has access to better stats than joe blow, I can't see how this is a big problem. Also, if you are waving around a $150m check, you are allowed to ask straight-up "how many users do you guys get" and make sure the deal is null if they are fudging them. presumably NewsCorp has access to better stats than joe blow, I can’t see how this is a big problem. Also, if you are waving around a $150m check, you are allowed to ask straight-up “how many users do you guys get” and make sure the deal is null if they are fudging them.

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