http://gigaom.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:44:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81209 Christian Becker Sat, 13 Jan 2007 01:33:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81209 <p>I have two friends in LA that just left Wallop also. It seems as though everyone is jumping ship I think because the company has no idea what they are doing and finally realized they got into the social market too late and when it was too saturated. I agree with the Alexa traffic reports, if the company was getting any traction they would be reporting higher numbers. I heard they tried to buy members of after hours club Xenii for a sum over a million dollars. That should tell you something about thier strategy. I got on the site one time and thought it was too slow, too sticky, confusing and had no value to the user whatsoever.</p> I have two friends in LA that just left Wallop also. It seems as though everyone is jumping ship I think because the company has no idea what they are doing and finally realized they got into the social market too late and when it was too saturated. I agree with the Alexa traffic reports, if the company was getting any traction they would be reporting higher numbers. I heard they tried to buy members of after hours club Xenii for a sum over a million dollars. That should tell you something about thier strategy. I got on the site one time and thought it was too slow, too sticky, confusing and had no value to the user whatsoever.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81208 James Tue, 09 Jan 2007 06:06:26 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81208 <p>The comment about declining traffic would be correct if Wallop was a website. Wallop is not a website, it is an application entirely written in flash. What Alexa measures is how many times Alexa users go to the Wallop home page and not even that once they auto login.</p> The comment about declining traffic would be correct if Wallop was a website. Wallop is not a website, it is an application entirely written in flash. What Alexa measures is how many times Alexa users go to the Wallop home page and not even that once they auto login.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81206 Phil Johson Mon, 08 Jan 2007 19:21:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81206 <p>Wallop simply hasn't caught on. A quick peek at the Alexa charts will show you all you need to know. Startups, whether in beta or not, should not have DECLINING traffic.</p> Wallop simply hasn’t caught on. A quick peek at the Alexa charts will show you all you need to know. Startups, whether in beta or not, should not have DECLINING traffic.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81205 Pramit Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:48:24 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81205 <p>MediaVidea has a good story on thw web 2.0 slowdown. http://mediavidea.blogspot.com/2007/01/web-20-gets-pied-piper-in-cheerleaders.html</p> MediaVidea has a good story on thw web 2.0 slowdown. http://mediavidea.blogspot.com/2007/01/web-20-gets-pied-piper-in-cheerleaders.html

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81193 Roy Schestowitz Sat, 06 Jan 2007 19:36:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/05/another-wallop-exec-leaves/#comment-81193 <p>Doesn't sound all that social to me. But it's a rough sector. One must be among the giants to attract enough people to sustain a service.</p> Doesn’t sound all that social to me. But it’s a rough sector. One must be among the giants to attract enough people to sustain a service.

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