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Toronto Start-up Index - April 2008

Posted by Greg on April 16th, 2008 · Filed under Start-up Index, Toronto

The index ranks Toronto area tech start-ups based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic rankings. Criteria and other details are available on the Start-up Index page.

If you have any suggestions for companies to add to the index, please post them in the comments for this post.

Rank + /- Name Alexa Compete Average
1 1 b5media 34,389 22,237 28,313
2 1 iBegin 47,874 14,484 31,179
3     ProductWiki 46,655 31,026 38,841
4     FreshBooks 42,290 35,784 39,037
5     ZipLocal 78,076 78,414 78,245
6 N   CoverItLive 120,178   41,397   80,788  
7 2 Carpages 125,440 87,924 106,682
8 1 AideRSS 98,263 119,945 109,104
9 3 WildApricot 121,175 105,110 113,143
10 1 Sneakerplay 77,919 181,168 129,544
11 3 SharedReviews 117,830 197,604 157,717
12     ConceptShare 170,642 186,942 178,792
13 1 Awareness 294,546 164,312 229,429
14 2 Onaswarm 264,631 202,934 233,783
15 5 FileMobile 206,261 276,902 241,582
16 2 PokerSpace 162,953 320,539 241,746
17 8 Zerofootprint 326,010 168,511 247,261
18 5 OfficeZilla 256,615 241,875 249,245
19 9 Omnidate 343,382 214,497 278,940
20 6 MadWhips 274,679 298,667 286,673
21 2 HomeStars 424,262 209,895 317,079
22 7 Quotiki 403,761 290,780 347,271
23 6 Groovle 83,723 652,015 367,869
24 5 Cozimo 167,271 660,824 414,048
25 3 Well.ca 523,011 314,803 418,907
26 6 GigPark 295,088 553,194 424,141
27 6 JobLoft 412,973 551,994 482,484
28 2 Ipartee 480,840 518,972 499,906
29 5 BumpTop 417,272 662,676 539,974
30 9 FlashcardDB 656,865 529,928 593,397
31 2 mDialog 891,814 466,501 679,158
32 5 Domainer 573,309 788,113 680,711
33 8 CellClients 1,229,672 855,080 1,042,376
34 8 Wellocities 1,645,967 672,451 1,159,209
35 1 CastRoller 2,045,484 495,306 1,270,395
36     Banzza 374,513 -   374,513
37     Semacode 469,184 -   469,184
38     myhood.ca 669,489 -   669,489
39 10 Octopz 747,624 - 747,624
40 9 YowTRIP 920,100 - 920,100
41 1 ViaVol 1,026,461 -   1,026,461
42 3 ParkingSpots.com 1,527,267 -   1,527,267
43 11 Cytoscape 1,597,547 - 1,597,547
44 1 Ogrant 1,602,574 -   1,602,574
45 1 SlashID 1,777,156 -   1,777,156
46     Clay Tablet 2,185,861 -   2,185,861
47 12 FeelingBullish 2,477,890 - 2,477,890
48     Addictive Mobility 2,503,195 -   2,503,195
49 2 EasyPost.ca 2,933,426 -   2,933,426
50 1 NexJ Systems 2,956,538 -   2,956,538
51     xkoto 4,778,352 -   4,778,352
52 2 Realosophy 4,825,015 -   4,825,015
53 1 Pursudo 5,090,902 -   5,090,902
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28 comments

  • Tris Hussey said on Apr 16, 2008 at 7:12 pm:

    We’re #1! Woo hoo! :D.

  • Erik Kalviainen said on Apr 17, 2008 at 5:57 am:

    Kind of a funny coincidence. Alexa overhauled how they calculate rankings a few hours after this post. I think it would affect a few rankings.

    http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/16/alexa-overhauls-ranking-system/

  • Jeremy Wright said on Apr 17, 2008 at 8:36 am:

    Yep, #1 again. W00t ;-)

    Erik: For us v the rest of the list, we gained 30K rank positions in Alexa, iBegin stayed fairly flat.

  • AhmedF said on Apr 17, 2008 at 9:40 am:

    What skullduggery is this!

    I am confused. If you visit Alexa, it has ‘B5media.com has a rank of: 40,923′ and ‘Ibegin.com has a traffic rank of: 33,593′

    So where did 34000 and 48000 come from? :-S

  • Jeremy Wright said on Apr 17, 2008 at 9:44 am:

    Ahmed: See Erik’s link.

    Or, see this: http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/b5media.com?site0=ibegin.com&site1=b5media.com&y=t&z=3&h=400&w=700&u%5B%5D=ibegin.com&u%5B%5D=b5media.com&x=2008-04-17T17%3A47%3A11.000Z&check=www.alexa.com&signature=luwFQfSS%2FOPDB3f5RiXdnC7%2FNhM%3D&range=3m&size=Large

  • AhmedF said on Apr 17, 2008 at 10:18 am:

    So we stick with older less accurate #s? :)

  • Jeremy Wright said on Apr 17, 2008 at 10:25 am:

    *sigh* the new numbers are inaccurate as well. Until the numbers settle in (which takes 3 months), it’s all inaccurate on Alexa.

  • Greg said on Apr 17, 2008 at 10:47 am:

    The numbers were recorded on Sunday as I would be busy Mon-Tues at the Open Web conference. This Alexa change was a surprise to us too. It’s nice to see them innovate.

    We won’t revise this list for this month, but we’ll see the changes next month. As Jeremy said, the rank is based on a three month average so we probably won’t see any rapid major fluctuations.

    Another suggestion was that we incorporate Quantcast numbers. I was previously leery of their numbers as they seemed US centric and deviated heavily from Alexa and Compete’s numbers. However, it looks like they’re getting better so I’ll ponder it.

  • AhmedF said on Apr 17, 2008 at 11:10 am:

    Right - didn’t realize Alexa had new numbers.

    Jeremy - those new numbers are accurate. Alexa has the new tracking in place for 9 months, so the new 3 month average in place.

    Quantcast is just as US-centric as Compete is - which is why I had earlier mentioned maybe factoring in Alexa’s specific ‘Canada’ rank also.

    All good fun, though beating Jeremy is always most satisfying :)

  • Jeremy Wright said on Apr 17, 2008 at 11:16 am:

    Don’t worry Ahmed, while we’ll beat you in Alexa next month, bringing in Quantcast (which is a good call) will put you above us.

    Though, as always, the only part of “us” you’re beating is really just our corporate homepage :-D

  • Secret Merger Talks Between Technorati And b5media Blow Up said on Apr 17, 2008 at 11:06 pm:

    [...] talks with Toronto-based b5media (they’re big in Canada) indicate that it is taking the blog roll-up idea more seriously than we previously thought. If the [...]

  • Steve Hulford said on Apr 18, 2008 at 7:39 am:

    While it is an honor to be included in this report… it is important to note that Filemobile is not a consumer product, but a set of tools that help media companies, brands, and agencies create social media applications for their clients. We are probably getting reported on ALEXA from users to our BETA test/r&d product which is Filemobile.com, and something not supported since July 2006. Our core product is Mediafactory (mediafactory.filemobile.com).
    Congrats to all the Toronto startups!

  • Wesley Moxam said on Apr 18, 2008 at 9:19 am:

    Could you add learnhub.com ?

    Alexa: 331,291
    Compete: 245,090
    ————–
    Average: 288,190

    We launched March 4th, so these numbers should improve rapidly over the next couple of months :D

  • b5media Not Merging with Technorati said on Apr 18, 2008 at 9:29 am:

    [...] was #1 on our Toronto Start-Up Index for April which came out yesterday and CEO Jeremy Wright has been active in the comment thread. I’d [...]

  • TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Technorati とb5medisの極秘の経営統合話が吹き飛ぶ said on Apr 18, 2008 at 1:08 pm:

    [...] トロントに本拠地を置くb5media（同社はカナダでは大手 ）との交渉が、彼らのロールアップ経営統合の話が我々が思っていたよりも、現実味の有る事だと認識させることになった。もし、b5mediaとの経営統合が現実になった場合、Technorati は340ものブログネットワークを手に入れることになる。Technoratiが（上記の）潜在的な投資家たちに示した売り込み用のスライドには、彼等のロールアップ経営統合が、いかにしてブログと広告ネットワークを繋げるかの概略が示されていた。それによると、Technoratiは同社のブログ検索エンジンを使い、同社が所有、運営するブログを宣伝していく計画だった。これにより、他社の広告ネットワークではなく、自社の営業チームによる広告販売を行うことが可能になり”即座に30-50％の増収が見込め”、かつネットワーク中に販売することが可能とのことだった。 [...]

  • links for 2008-04-19 | Libin Pan said on Apr 18, 2008 at 10:37 pm:

    [...] Toronto Start-up Index - April 2008 The index ranks Toronto area tech start-ups based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic rankings. (tags: startup toronto) [...]

  • Robin Ward said on Apr 21, 2008 at 6:46 am:

    Forumwarz.com is a toronto start up and we’ve got:

    alexa: 42,013
    complete: 114,723
    average: 78,368

    For place #6 :P

  • CIX Fan said on Apr 21, 2008 at 2:26 pm:

    How about these CIX presenting companies??

    http://www.bigdealgames.com
    http://www.blueprintsys.com
    http://www.brainpark.com
    http://www.cellwand.com
    http://www.dthree.com
    http://www.homezilla.ca
    http://www.planeteye.com
    http://www.spatialview.com

  • Rob said on Apr 22, 2008 at 1:43 pm:

    You’ve missed a couple:

    http://www.sweetspot.ca
    http://www.ontogenix.com
    http://www.ondah.com

  • Greg said on Apr 22, 2008 at 3:21 pm:

    @Steve: Alexa and Compete both count by second level domain only, so anything under “filemobile.com” has the same rank. I’ll update the link though, thanks.

  • 3 New Start-Up Indexes Coming in May said on Apr 22, 2008 at 3:26 pm:

    [...] Over the past five months, start-ups in the Kitchener/Waterloo area have been included on the Toronto index but starting May 15th they’ll have their own [...]

  • Alex said on May 1, 2008 at 2:50 pm:

    http://www.clutterme.com is Toronto-based.

  • Ryan Maule said on May 3, 2008 at 12:38 pm:

    http://www.keywordenvy.com is a Toronto startup that tracks SEO rankings.

  • Lauren said on May 4, 2008 at 1:47 pm:

    Hello-

    How about adding TalentEgg.ca? :-D

  • Start-Up Index Leaders Heading to Banff | Techvibes Blog said on May 15, 2008 at 10:03 am:

    [...] Indexes confirm that nextMEDIA has indeed got the hottest digital media players on the panel - b5media is currently #1 for Toronto, Nexopia is #1 for Alberta, and PlentyOfFish.com was #1 for Vancouver until somebody suggested we [...]

  • Tim said on May 16, 2008 at 7:26 am:

    Could you please add http://www.ourfaves.com

  • » links for 2008-04-19 | Paul Cowles said on Jun 2, 2008 at 4:14 pm:

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  • KeyCanada said on Jun 17, 2008 at 7:31 am:

    Launched earlier this month http://www.keycanada.com

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