Comments on: Netvibes vs. Pageflakes – statistics

By: Besplatne Stvari

Besplatne Stvari — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:19:34 +0000

whatever they do, it is only getting worse for them

By: ajaxcoder

ajaxcoder — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:25:23 +0000

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By: Misho

Misho — Fri, 05 May 2006 19:58:28 +0000

Hi Sandra, you seem to be from Netvibes sales!

Let’s admit it, Pageflakes first introduced multiple pages. Netvibes copied it later on. Pageflakes had an open API which is far better than live.com, Google IG and they had it since their begining. Netvibes has just started to provide some API for users. Pageflakes offers an exceptional feature like running modules from own server which allows us like third party content providers to slip stream inside Pageflakes and provide our services to thousands of users. I am sure Netvibes is going to copy this soon also. Calling Pageflakes a Netvibes clone is surely wrong, it should be vice-versa from these 3 occurences. Also look at their amazing 67 modules! THey surely have a superb infrastructure for building modules and extending their system. And now they have pioneered the Start Page conept by introducing the Publish and Share page concept. Surely Netvibes will copy this feature soon also.

By: Maris

Maris — Thu, 04 May 2006 08:57:45 +0000

Sandra – what you mean?

By: sandra

sandra — Thu, 04 May 2006 08:45:29 +0000

whatever they do, it is only getting worse for them

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By: Misho

Misho — Thu, 04 May 2006 06:59:40 +0000

Pageflakes now has Publish and Share feature. This is something brand new. Never seen in any start page so far. Publishing a page makes it public. So, everyone can see that page. You can create pages like “Home”, “About me”, “Contact”, “My posts” etc and make them public. It’s a quick and easy way to make a personal site.

The best thing is the share feature. When a page is shared with friends, together they can work on the same page. Great way to collaborate and keep team todo lists.

By: Maris

Maris — Wed, 03 May 2006 14:10:31 +0000

Yes, I think they did, but I’m also just average user that use both services and want to choose right :) But one advantage I have – my blog, where i can write my opinion :)

By: sandra

sandra — Wed, 03 May 2006 14:03:19 +0000

Just let users decide themselves. I think they did, no?

By: Maris

Maris — Wed, 03 May 2006 13:30:17 +0000

1)I think it makes sense – we can see that netvibes was 1st.
2)I know – that’s why I will compare these modules also. And I think Pageflakes have here big bonus
3)Agree. If you have some other stats maybee you can share?
4)Agree, I forget about this – I will add that information.

And thank you Ole – becouse this is my blog I can’t be 100% objective, but if here will be more people like you I think in the end we will have one nice story!

By: Ole Brandenburg

Ole Brandenburg — Wed, 03 May 2006 13:04:00 +0000

Some background facts:

1) Pageflakes has launched its beta version in February 2006. This the 1 year comparison makes little sense.

2) NV and PF are not just RSS readers. They are personalized start pages that offer other modules. NV offers roughly 20 modules, Pageflakes offers roughly 70 modules.

3) Alexa is biased towards US traffic. Sites that are popular outise the US market are displyed unproportionally low in the graph.

4) NV’s peak in traffic is most likely based on the fact that they have become a standard coice in feedburner.com subscription. PF has also become a standard subscription there – just 2 weeks later.

Any questions – just email me: ole@pageflakes.com

Cheers
Ole