techcrunch.com— Netvibes will announce today that it's received 15 million dollars of investment from venture capitalists. Go Netvibes!
Aug 14, 2006View in Crawl 4
I'd have to say google's personalized home page excels when it comes to performance. I used netvibes for a long time as my home page, but it just loads too slow.I do like the tabs they've added though...
This is my list (for the record, I use maxthon which suits me better than firefox)- Gmail.com : For checking email- Netvibes.com : I collected all my news here (Digg also)- Blogger.com : my blog in case I want to post something
To turn a profit they would have to generate some revenue first. I simply can't see the business model here. Maybe the investors know something we don't. I'm also rather skeptical about the 5 million user figure in the TechCrunch article.
>I used netvibes for a long time as my home page, but it just loads too slow.I think its because netvibes is CLIENT SIDE....and Google's homepage is server side.Of course that means that you have to wait for Google to go refresh the data for a site in order see new content...with netvibes you go get it yourself and always see the real-time information.
I wonder how netvibes is going to make money. I don't really care for using net vibes for rss feeds. I use a firefox plugin called sage which opens a bar on the left with a list of all my feeds.
Netvibes rocks! I've had no performance problems whatsoever, besides, I kinda liked the interface much better than Google Personalized home or even Pageflakes..
Am I old school if I don't see the point in these portals? I mean I like the whole idea of everything being custom and all and RSS feeds and yadda yadda. However, this is just a new way of looking at the old portal pages of way back. Nothing new. What's the hardcore biz plan here? I just don't see it.
mkokesAug 14, 2006
I'd have to say google's personalized home page excels when it comes to performance. I used netvibes for a long time as my home page, but it just loads too slow.I do like the tabs they've added though...
simpleblobAug 14, 2006
This is my list (for the record, I use maxthon which suits me better than firefox)- Gmail.com : For checking email- Netvibes.com : I collected all my news here (Digg also)- Blogger.com : my blog in case I want to post something
midlifecrisisAug 14, 2006
To turn a profit they would have to generate some revenue first. I simply can't see the business model here. Maybe the investors know something we don't. I'm also rather skeptical about the 5 million user figure in the TechCrunch article.
nixfuAug 14, 2006
>I used netvibes for a long time as my home page, but it just loads too slow.I think its because netvibes is CLIENT SIDE....and Google's homepage is server side.Of course that means that you have to wait for Google to go refresh the data for a site in order see new content...with netvibes you go get it yourself and always see the real-time information.
digidAug 14, 2006
I wonder how netvibes is going to make money. I don't really care for using net vibes for rss feeds. I use a firefox plugin called sage which opens a bar on the left with a list of all my feeds.
darcAug 14, 2006
Here's a greasemonkey script I put together based on another one I found on userscripts. It kind of transforms the look of the Google Personalized Homepage to be more Netvibes-like.<a class="user" href="http://gotfoxed.com/greasemonkey-scripts/000001-google-ig-netvibes-style.htm">http://gotfoxed.com/greasemonkey-scripts/000001-google-ig-netvibes-style.htm</a>
neotheoneAug 17, 2006
Netvibes rocks! I've had no performance problems whatsoever, besides, I kinda liked the interface much better than Google Personalized home or even Pageflakes..
wspenceAug 21, 2006
Am I old school if I don't see the point in these portals? I mean I like the whole idea of everything being custom and all and RSS feeds and yadda yadda. However, this is just a new way of looking at the old portal pages of way back. Nothing new. What's the hardcore biz plan here? I just don't see it.
manuelhp42Oct 16, 2006
I am feeling adventurous. I think they have turned into a prime target for Google to snatch them:<a class="user" href="http://manuelhp42.blogspot.com/2006/10/googles-next-purchase-netvibes.html">http://manuelhp42.blogspot.com/2006/10/googles-next-purchase-netvibes.html</a>