RBC came out with a very interesting analysis today that looked at how much Facebook…
Entrepreneurship
Every time I read about Yahoo‘s share of the search market I wonder to what sites the Yahoo traffic is actually going. Here is the mystery: depending on the source, Yahoo’s share of the US search market is around 20% give or take (e.g. Compete numbers or ComScore numbers) but when I look at the […]
RBC came out with a very interesting analysis today that looked at how much Facebook…
People search must account for a significant portion of Google search traffic and it is…
Every time I read about Yahoo‘s share of the search market I wonder to what sites the Yahoo traffic is actually going. Here is the mystery: depending on the source, Yahoo’s share of the US search market is around 20% give or take (e.g. Compete numbers or ComScore numbers) but when I look at the actual numbers of our portfolio companies I have never seen a site that gets more than 7% of its search engine traffic from Yahoo with many sites rather being in the 1-2% range. So while the sample might not be perfect, it can definitely not explain this large discrepancy – so here are a few theories that I came up with:
Perhaps it is a combination of these factors but it is such a large discrepancy that I just don’t fully understand what is happening.
Portfolio
It’s hard to believe we’re already three quarters into the year. At V1, we’re all about finishing strong, and Q3 gave us plenty of reasons to be excited about what’s ahead. As always, we’ve rounded up a quick snapshot of the action across our portfolio from the past quarter: Funding announcements We welcomed TRIC Robotics […]
The V1 family kicked off the new year with fresh energy and no shortage of…
Fall is in the air and we are heading into the last quarter of 2023.…