Comments on: eBaum’s World Finds a Buyer http://gigaom.com/video/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:12:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Long eBaum’s World Saga Comes to a Close with Layoffs « NewTeeVee http://gigaom.com/video/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449068 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:00:55 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/08/02/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449068 [...] Entertainment/ZVUE, a maker of media players and a conglomeration of various web sites, bought eBaum’s World for $15 million in cash, $2.5 million in stock and a potential earn-out of $50 [...]

]]> By: Public Markets: No Place for Online Video « NewTeeVee http://gigaom.com/video/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449067 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:55:28 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/08/02/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449067 [...] The holding company runs a variety of online entertainment sites, including eBaum’s World (our story on its $15 million-plus-earnouts acquisition) and Putfile (our story on its $7.1 million [...]

]]> By: Jon http://gigaom.com/video/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449066 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:48:25 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/08/02/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449066 Hi Liz,

To add to what Mary said, HandHeld Entertainment sources Google Analytics on the news release that went out about the announcement. That’s where the PR guy (since it was me) got the information he sent you.

We agree, the discrepancies are confusing at best, but as Mary said, Google Analytics attached directly to the site is the most accurate tool to gauge traffic on the Web site.

Jon

]]> By: Liz Gannes http://gigaom.com/video/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449065 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:25:52 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/08/02/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449065 That’s really interesting, Mary. But I wish there could be one truth.

]]> By: mary hodder http://gigaom.com/video/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449064 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:58:52 +0000 http://newteevee.com/2007/08/02/ebaums-world-finds-a-buyer/#comment-449064 Hi Liz,
Actually I wouldn’t be surprised if both numbers were “true”. The problem with comScore is that they are estimating based on what piece of the internet they “see” as is Alexa or Compete.

The only way I think to really know, without coding up a massive system to weed out bot traffic and “page views” is to use Google Analytics. And the data there is private to the site owner.

Our numbers from them are much better than any of the three public stats, because they only see a part, but we talk about the public numbers with people because they can see those and they can’t see Google Analytics.

Flawed as they are, we find Alexa to be closest to what is real right now on a day to day basis.

mary

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