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Vancouver Start-up Index - January 2008

Posted by Greg Andrews on Tue, January 15, 2008 2:20 PM · Filed under Vancouver , Start-up Index · 17 Comments

This second edition of the Vancouver Start-up Index gets more interesting as we get to see some movement through the standings. The index ranks Vancouver-area start-ups based on an average of Alexa and Compete traffic rankings. Criteria and other details are available on the Start-up Index page.

Among the new additions, collaborative writing community Protagonize makes a high debut at #20 and Internet marketing firm WiderFunnel joins at #25. Also new to the list are Scrapboy, Mixx Maker, and Wurldtech.

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

Rank	+	/-	Site	Alexa	Compete	Average
1			Plentyoffish	794	694	744
2			Suite101	6,107	710	3,409
3		1	clubZone	12,597	4,554	8,576
4		1	NowPublic	11,723	10,053	10,888
5			Yotophoto	24,954	83,475	54,215
6		1	DabbleDB	79,109	125,101	102,105
7		1	CounterPath	52,051	160,062	106,057
8		2	everystockphoto	53,432	163,727	108,580
9		1	Techvibes	148,957	194,923	171,940
10		1	Bryght	143,925	274,354	209,140
11		3	Eqo	66,301	370,240	218,271
12			HerFabLife	215,674	265,925	240,800
13		3	GiveMeaning	325,251	206,232	265,742
14		1	Qumana	213,557	357,299	285,428
15		4	Project Opus	238,749	347,109	292,929
16		3	Scribblewiki	192,555	483,591	338,073
17		2	Ubertor	447,896	436,246	442,071
18		5	LingQ	240,756	734,844	487,800
19		1	Jiibe	427,491	556,945	492,218
20	N		Protagonize	503,220	590,923	547,072
21		9	MovieSet	909,778	480,067	694,923
22		2	Sxip	594,639	818,773	706,706
23		16	MailChannels	1,191,712	460,248	825,980
24		3	Audiobaba	919,617	757,060	838,339
25	N		Widerfunnel	1,015,427	706,163	860,765
26		5	Vintage Pixels	1,350,693	706,152	1,028,423
27		10	FanYard	363,673	-	363,673
28		4	MyThankYou	405,138	-	405,138
29		8	NetHooks	510,441	-	510,441
30		5	Lypp	849,064	-	849,064
31		2	Strutta	904,758	-	904,758
32		3	Kinzin	947,842	-	947,842
33		11	Fit Brains	978,769	-	978,769
34		8	MyRealPlace	1,015,196	-	1,015,196
35	N		Scrapboy	1,033,206	-	1,033,206
36		4	Vacant Ready	1,116,182	-	1,116,182
37		9	QuickMobile	1,275,068	-	1,275,068
38		1	Sitemasher	1,366,328	-	1,366,328
39		4	SomethingSimpler	1,463,815	-	1,463,815
40		6	StrangeLoop Networks	1,518,152	-	1,518,152
41		5	Taglocity	1,815,329	-	1,815,329
42		2	LiveVote	2,327,372	-	2,327,372
43		1	xMedia Jobs	2,356,457	-	2,356,457
44	N		Mixx Maker	2,635,087	-	2,635,087
45		7	AdHack	2,971,765	-	2,971,765
46		5	Smart Love	3,241,007	-	3,241,007
47		4	Moneyster	3,981,566	-	3,981,566
48	N		Wurldtech	6,860,133	-	6,860,133

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17 Comments

nick said on Wed, January 16, 2008 at 4:13 PM

Funny, our Alexa rank (for Protagonize.com) jumped up to 432,003 the day after you posted this. :

BTW, I wonder if including Google PageRank in the list would be valuable? (Not necessarily figuring in to the average/rankings, but just listed so we can compare.)

Now on Now Public | James Chutter said on Wed, January 23, 2008 at 9:52 PM

[...] Public, a Vancouver tech start-up, is trying to change the way the news is written by putting the power in the hands of the people. [...]

Nadia said on Fri, January 25, 2008 at 1:29 PM

Can you guys ad peoplevancouver.com to this?!?!

Alexa - http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/peoplevancouver.com

Aston said on Fri, January 25, 2008 at 4:52 PM

Can you add babevsbabe.com to the list? Thanks :)

sexyinvancity.com » Vancouver Launches the Sexy and the Savvy for the Third Time said on Sat, January 26, 2008 at 11:56 PM

[...] their vision. Amoungst them were the likes of Kinzin - These Are My Kids, DailySplice, TeamPages, TechVibes Startup Index, Bean Services, EQO, Sun Microsystems and Layer 7 Technologies. I have to admit that for me Kinzin [...]

VV said on Mon, January 28, 2008 at 8:05 AM

How about www.vancouvervibe.ca? Thanks!

Launch Party Vancouver 3 - January 25 « Maura this, Maura that said on Mon, January 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM

[...] was on hand talking about their Vancouver start-up index and live blogging the [...]

Ross said on Thu, January 31, 2008 at 4:27 PM

Maybe you would consider adding http://gimme20.com to the list. http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/gimme20.com

Fade to Play » Launch Party Vancouver 3: Fun times for all said on Thu, January 31, 2008 at 5:36 PM

[...] with their new site. Techvibes live blogged the event and was on hand talking about their Vancouver start-up index. Layer 7 announced their products will deployed under OpenSolaris Sun Microsystems announced their [...]

Fade to Play » Launch Party Vancouver 3: Fun times for all said on Thu, January 31, 2008 at 5:36 PM

ScribbleWiki: Homegrown Wiki Software said on Fri, February 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM

[...] ScribbleWiki is #16 on the January Vancouver Start-up Index. [...]

Francois said on Thu, February 7, 2008 at 10:42 AM

could you please include Industry Blender to your Start-up Index

thank

Fit Brains gets Smart Investment said on Thu, February 14, 2008 at 8:49 AM

[...] Brains was #33 on our Vancouver Start-up Index for January but promised to shoot-up the ranks once their soft launch goes live next [...]

Eugene said on Fri, February 15, 2008 at 10:39 PM

Hello,

Rob Lewis suggested that I add MPLOYR here. Could you please add our site as well? Thank you.

Company profile:

MPLOYR provides a simple yet powerful solutions for companies looking to hire talents and people looking for employment in Canada. Here at MPLOYR we keep everything simple and focused! No registration required, posting and applying for a job has never been easier. Guess what, it's also free and you can count on that forever, we will never charge you ever because we believe the best things in life are free! Feel free to browse around and make yourself at home.

Alex Agulyansky said on Tue, February 19, 2008 at 12:25 AM

Hello,

I would like to add www.iibspro.com website to the list.

Company profile:

IIB Solutions is a fast growing web site design and web applications development company.

We specialize in Web Based Business Management Systems, website design, hosting services for businesses and individuals. We combine quality design, premium features, great customer support and affordable price to deliver a complete, easy web based solution!

At IIB Solutions we guide you through the complex development process so that your website provides a return on investment, and your goals, budgets and deadlines are attained.

Thank

Paul Prescod said on Mon, March 3, 2008 at 10:10 AM

Hey guys, if you don't count traffic coming through Facebook (which is probably not visible to Alexa and Compete) then some of those sites (including ours) are severely undercounted.

Gary ZHang said on Sat, April 25, 2009 at 9:17 PM

PrimeObjects is a fast growing software company providing on-demand business management software to small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). Founded by a group of experts in enterprise applications, CRM products and SaaS technology, PrimeObjects provides businesses a powerful SaaS-based knowledge management platform helping businesses adopt up-to-date management practice, formalize business process, improve productivity, enhance collaboration, maximize ROI and enhance business wisdom.