Vancouver Start-up Index - December 2007
Inspired by the Seattle Start-up Index, we’ve compiled a Vancouver Start-up Index, now “final” for this month. Sites are ranked based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic data. Thanks to everyone made suggestions and corrections of our beta index. If there are any other sites we’ve missed, please leave a suggestion in the comments of this post and we’ll incorporate it into the next index.
The criteria for companies to appear on the list:
- Located within Metro Vancouver
- Less than five years old
- Not a public company
- Is a tech company (either hardware, software, web application/service, or mobile)
The Index is intended as a jovial comparison of local companies. Comprehensive traffic data is difficult to obtain, and neither Alexa or Compete’s numbers are perfect; we average them to smooth out bias. Starting with next month’s index, it will be interesting to see trends over time. The next index will be published on January 15 and regularly on the 15th of each month.
| Rank | Site | Alexa | Compete | Average |
| 1 | Plentyoffish | 780 | 746 | 763 |
| 2 | Suite101 | 5,579 | 642 | 3,111 |
| 3 | NowPublic | 12,593 | 10,553 | 11,573 |
| 4 | clubZone | 13,811 | 9,576 | 11,694 |
| 5 | Yotophoto | 22,841 | 69,088 | 45,965 |
| 6 | everystockphoto | 45,815 | 108,686 | 77,251 |
| 7 | DabbleDB | 65,812 | 96,502 | 81,157 |
| 8 | CounterPath | 47,384 | 207,612 | 127,498 |
| 9 | Bryght | 122,846 | 194,145 | 158,496 |
| 10 | Techvibes | 147,680 | 221,976 | 184,828 |
| 11 | Project Opus | 225,677 | 149,561 | 187,619 |
| 12 | HerFabLife | 144,566 | 314,649 | 229,608 |
| 13 | Scribblewiki | 219,045 | 482,072 | 350,559 |
| 14 | Eqo | 131,528 | 574,818 | 353,173 |
| 15 | Qumana | 182,692 | 525,561 | 354,127 |
| 16 | GiveMeaning | 347,700 | 411,049 | 379,375 |
| 17 | FanYard | 437,427 | 338,046 | 387,737 |
| 18 | Jiibe | 457,185 | 397,372 | 427,279 |
| 19 | Ubertor | 412,938 | 571,524 | 492,231 |
| 20 | Sxip | 548,852 | 521,978 | 535,415 |
| 21 | NetHooks | 566,348 | 898,048 | 732,198 |
| 22 | Fit Brains | 1,077,573 | 796,838 | 937,206 |
| 23 | LingQ | 176,518 | - | 176,518 |
| 24 | MyThankYou | 492,766 | - | 492,766 |
| 25 | Lypp | 520,504 | - | 520,504 |
| 26 | MyRealPlace | 631,517 | - | 631,517 |
| 27 | Audiobaba | 797,512 | - | 797,512 |
| 28 | QuickMobile | 832,293 | - | 832,293 |
| 29 | Kinzin | 850,046 | - | 850,046 |
| 30 | MovieSet | 956,547 | - | 956,547 |
| 31 | Vintage Pixels | 1,052,089 | - | 1,052,089 |
| 32 | Vacant Ready | 1,114,854 | - | 1,114,854 |
| 33 | Strutta | 1,179,179 | - | 1,179,179 |
| 34 | StrangeLoop Networks | 1,267,889 | - | 1,267,889 |
| 35 | SomethingSimpler | 1,419,080 | - | 1,419,080 |
| 36 | Taglocity | 1,594,772 | - | 1,594,772 |
| 37 | Sitemasher | 1,821,097 | - | 1,821,097 |
| 38 | AdHack | 2,064,524 | - | 2,064,524 |
| 39 | MailChannels | 2,637,427 | - | 2,637,427 |
| 40 | LiveVote | 2,871,638 | - | 2,871,638 |
| 41 | Smart Love | 3,190,316 | - | 3,190,316 |
| 42 | xMedia Jobs | 3,705,465 | - | 3,705,465 |
| 43 | Moneyster | 7,903,025 | - | 7,903,025 |
Related Link:
- Vancouver Start-up Index - December (beta)
- Vancouver Start-up Index - May 2008
- Vancouver Start-up Index - March 2008
- Vancouver Start-up Index - April 2008
9 comments
Healthy J said on Dec 19, 2007 at 11:24 am:
Ooops - Healthpricer.com is a public company - better take them off.
Steve said on Dec 19, 2007 at 11:26 am:
How about http://www.adzilla.com?
Alberta Start-up Index - January 2008 (beta) said on Jan 4, 2008 at 3:30 pm:
[...] publishing the Toronto and Vancouver Start-up Indexes last month, we received requests to produce lists for other cities. For January, [...]
Portland Start-up Index - January 2008 (beta) said on Jan 4, 2008 at 5:16 pm:
[...] publishing the Toronto and Vancouver Start-up Indexes last month, we received requests to produce lists for other cities. For January, [...]
ScrapBoy said on Jan 8, 2008 at 7:34 pm:
http://www.scrapboy.com
Steve said on Jan 12, 2008 at 10:49 pm:
How about http://www.wurldtech.com?
Alex said on Jan 13, 2008 at 1:52 pm:
I think there should also be a Canada Startup Index to rank all internet start-ups in Canada. Which city or province will produce the most top 10 listings? Can you guys do that?
Greg said on Jan 14, 2008 at 2:44 pm:
@Alex: We’d like to in the future, it will take some work to ensure we have a comprehensive nationwide list. More immediately, we are working on lists for other Canadian cities.
Chris Goward said on Jan 14, 2008 at 3:24 pm:
http://www.widerfunnel.com
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