Comments on: Ex-Yahoo Exec now Pageflakes CEO

By: Clock Ticking On Pageflakes? - GigaOM

Clock Ticking On Pageflakes? - GigaOM — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:30:10 +0000

[...] CEO Dan Cohen, formerly of Yahoo denied that the company was running out of cash. He invited me to a fancy lunch and offered to pay [...]

By: GigaOM NetVibes, now with one less CEO «

GigaOM NetVibes, now with one less CEO « — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:10:04 +0000

[...] and other personalized page start-ups are entering a tenuous phase, where they face not only increased competition from each other, but also face increasingly energized large companies, that are preparing their one [...]

By: Omar Al Zabir

Omar Al Zabir — Tue, 15 May 2007 06:41:49 +0000

Pageflakes is the number one in the world. Netvibes suck, Live.com suck, google suck. pageflakes is the best.

By: NewTeeVee » Where to Find Fresh Video: Pageflakes

NewTeeVee » Where to Find Fresh Video: Pageflakes — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:19:24 +0000

[...] has funding from Benchmark Capital and recently brought on the former head of My Yahoo, Dan Cohen, as its CEO. Share/E-mail Sphere Topic: Software, Online [...]

By: Vincent Garry

Vincent Garry — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:01:09 +0000

It's way too early to declare a winner in this market. I bet most average users have never heard of neither Netvibes nor Pageflakes - yet. I think they both have a bright future. If you try Pageflakes and compare it with, say, Google's homepage you'll know what I mean!

By: BlogReader

BlogReader — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:52:29 +0000

Why would anyone leave Google for Yahoo? I give this guy 6 months before he leaves or is kicked out.

By: Vincent Abry

Vincent Abry — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:39:02 +0000

Pageflakes is a very good startpage but Netvibes is definitely the winner of personalized homepages This company should be bought soon I guess..

By: Jeremy Goodrich

Jeremy Goodrich — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:46:15 +0000

There are so many Yahoo's that have left to become director, VP, SVP, or C level officers at other companies, it's a might long list if you put it all together. I left Yahoo in 2006 to start a consulting practice, and while I love many people that I used to work with there, it seems at least 50% or more of the real talent I knew has moved on.

I wish David well with PageFlakes - that data issue re: the inflation of their numbers (either intentional or not) probably got them a good amount of intention…as they say, any PR is good PR :)

Still, the model for these things isn't there (imho) because it presupposes that you can't get or don't want a certain service as your start page.

By: Gopi

Gopi — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:01:12 +0000

FYI, less than 20% of my.yahoo.com users actually personalize the page. I highly doubt that these AJAX startpages will ever adopted by the mainstream public!.

By: Robert Yeager

Robert Yeager — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:23:29 +0000

Protopage is my start page of choice. Protopage allows collapsed windows to be opened with an efficient mouse over on the title bar, while the last time I tried Netvibes and Pageflakes they required clicks to toggle a window's collapsed state.

Actually, I think there is a large business opportunity…start pages are tremendous productivity tools.

By combining tabs, RSS readers, widgets, and web clippings, I can't imagine having to live without Protopage. It is much better than browser tabs alone, b/c my entire "desktop" is virtual and accessible from anywhere.

I use my Protopage desktop far more than my Windows desktop…a true sign of the irrelevance of a desktop operating system nowadays.

I believe start pages have a bright future ahead.