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Netvibes vs. Pageflakes - statistics
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Today I will start a new chapter on my blog - Netvibes vs. Pageflakes. I will try to write about these two online RSS readers which I think is very similar to each other but I want to decide which one is better. Every post will be about some features who are in both startpages to be able to compare them.
My first post will be about popularity of these two RSS aggregators. I will use Alexa traffic rankings to show the stats of Netvibes and Pageflakes.
I used one year graph to find out who have better ranking on Alexa. How you can see - today netvibes.com is much more popular then pagefalkes.com and this jump Netvibes made in April this year. Because I’m using Netvibes (and testing Pageflakes) I know that in April they had very important upgrades that maybe is the reason of that jump. And I almost forgot (thank you Ole) - in the middle of April Netvibes become as one of standard choises in feedburner.com. A couple of weeks later Pageflakes was added to Feedburner too. Maybee Later we’ll see pageflakes jump also..
In middle of December when Pageflakes showed up we can see a spike - is that because they are Netvibes clone? Maybe! For me it isn’t a problem to use project which are made on base of other startup - for me most important thing is if the project can give me better and most advanced features than 1st one.
Tagged with: netvibes , pageflakes
Ole Brandenburg Says:
May 3rd, 2006 at 6:04 amSome 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
Maris Says:
May 3rd, 2006 at 6:30 am1)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!
sandra Says:
May 3rd, 2006 at 7:03 amJust let users decide themselves. I think they did, no?
Maris Says:
May 3rd, 2006 at 7:10 amYes, 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 :)
Misho Says:
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:59 pmPageflakes 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.
sandra Says:
May 4th, 2006 at 1:45 amwhatever they do, it is only getting worse for them
(link)
Maris Says:
May 4th, 2006 at 1:57 amSandra - what you mean?
Misho Says:
May 5th, 2006 at 12:58 pmHi 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.
ajaxcoder Says:
January 24th, 2007 at 5:25 amDeveloping clones of netvbies.com and pageflakes.com, feel free to contact me on ICQ 273329698.
Besplatne Stvari Says:
March 1st, 2008 at 6:19 pmwhatever they do, it is only getting worse for them