Epinions Makes Wash Post (Page 1 of Business)

[Joubert[$]]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep24.html

'We are at the nexis of two big trends," said Nirav Tolia, chief operating officer of Shopping.com. "One is the migration toward direct marketing, or performance-based advertising online. The other is continued growth of e-commerce, which is huge."

and

While eBay drew 42 million visitors last month, Amazon drew 26 million, Yahoo Shopping pulled 15 million and DealTime attracted 12 million, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. Visitors to the former DealTime.com are now automatically redirected to Shopping.com.

"Given their traffic level, I think Shopping.com has a legitimate shot at creating a leading Web shopping destination," said Rob Leathern, a senior analyst at Nielsen/Net Ratings.

DealTime and Epinions turned a profit last year based on combined revenue of nearly $38 million, Tolia said.

[nicholmere]

What is a "nexis"?

[Magick1]

DealTime and Epinions turned a profit last year based on combined revenue of nearly $38 million, Tolia said.

I want a bigger share in my I/S

Thanks for the link. It is a very nice article!

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

nicholmere said

What is a "nexis"?

the offspring of Nirav and Alexis?

[sleeper54]

Magick1 said

DealTime and Epinions turned a profit last year based on combined revenue of nearly $38 million, Tolia said.

I want a bigger share in my I/S

Thanks for the link. It is a very nice article!

'Profit' could range from one lonely centavo to . . .??


...tom...

[sleeper54]

nicholmere said

What is a "nexis"?

closest I could find at dictionary.com:

"nexus

n 1: the means of connection between things linked in series [syn: link]
2: a connected series or group
"


And it is interesting that the emphasis of the opening paragraphs is the 'search' function. Something Epinions is so dismal at successfully implementing a user-friendly function.


...tom...

[Joubert[$]]

I am not blaming Nirav for bad copy-editing at The Washington Post. Of course, he meant nexus, but I almost choked when I read MJ's post.

As for the money, do not forget that the revenues were from the combined operation. And as Tom points out, revenue is fine, but who knows what actual profit is. As a private company, they do not and probably should not disclose such things. By the way, the folks in Brisbane should be proud of building a business from scratch, but don't get too excited about $38 million in annual revenues. It's not like anyone is giving out Ferraris at the holiday party, ya know?

[nicholmere]

Joubert said

Of course, he meant nexus, but I almost choked when I read MJ's post.

I didn't even think of that. I really did think it had something to do with Alexis. My only excuse is that I'd not had my daily quota of coffee.

[Joubert[$]]

You know, I was thinking about the traffic numbers, and 12 million monthly uniques just rocks.


(but still pondering that Alexis offspring thing)

[sleeper54]

Joubert said

--snip--

By the way, the folks in Brisbane should be proud of building a business from scratch, but don't get too excited about $38 million in annual revenues. It's not like anyone is giving out Ferraris at the holiday party, ya know?

Well maybe all those little 'Eps people/dolls' they apparently throw around like confetti at these 'meet-n-greets' are dragging the bottom line down...


...tom...

[Magick1]

Tom, I thought Iowans had a much sunnier disposition?

sleeper54 said

Well maybe all those little 'Eps people/dolls' they apparently throw around like confetti at these 'meet-n-greets' are dragging the bottom line down...


...tom...

[mjfrombuffalo[$]]

sleeper54 said

Well maybe all those little 'Eps people/dolls' they apparently throw around like confetti at these 'meet-n-greets' are dragging the bottom line down...


...tom...

Jealousy will get you nowhere

[sleeper54]

Magick1 said

Tom, I thought Iowans had a much sunnier disposition?

I'll let you carry me for last night, OK Kim...??

Besides, I have my own little eps person, still in the box...


...tom...
' hey it's Friday, but it is still cloudy here in Iowa . . . '

[sleeper54]

mjfrombuffalo said

Jealousy will get you nowhere

See my reply above.


...tom...
' the grumpy, jealous Iowan . . . '

[hadassahchana[$]]

Magick1 said

Tom, I thought Iowans had a much sunnier disposition?

"Oh, there's nothing halfway
about the Iowa way to treat you
when we treat you
which we may not do at all.

There's an Iowa kind of special
chip-on-the-shoulder attitude
We've never been without
that we recall




Cindy

[Magick1]

Chuckle!

hadassahchana said

"Oh, there's nothing halfway
about the Iowa way to treat you
when we treat you
which we may not do at all.

There's an Iowa kind of special
chip-on-the-shoulder attitude
We've never been without
that we recall




Cindy

[sleeper54]

Magick1 said

Chuckle!

Please. Do not encourage her.


... ...


...tom...

[Magick1]

Wow, this one hit my Google alerts today out of the blue...remember those days?

I don't.