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Nibbledish in the Wall Street Journal
Our food recipe website Nibbledish was in the Wall Street Journal today. We acquired this great foodie community back in January from talented developer Yong Fook. Nibbledish is part of our Daymix network.Check out what they had to say!
FOOD & DRINK
MARCH 11, 2009, 7:04 P.M. ET
A Guide to New Food Sites
With the economy in a tailspin, many people are turning to the comfort of food -- not to mention the cost-saving advantages of home cooking -- and the Web as an eating resource.
The number of visitors to the top 35 food sites in December grew 14% percent from a year ago, while the number of people who visited the Internet as a whole increased just 4% in the same time period, according to comScore, an Internet data provider.
Likewise, the number of food Web sites is increasing. According to Hitwise, another online data provider, more than 300 food and beverage sites have launched in the past year.
Allrecipes.com and the Food Network's Web site, which both launched in 1997, are the overall top-trafficked food sites. Here are a few of the newer ones, all launched in the past year or so, that have caught our eye:
Nibble Dish
Premise: Originally founded in Japan, this user-based recipe site was bought by California-based Tsavo Media in January and renamed Nibbledish. Think of this site as a Facebook and Twitter for foodies. Users create their own page and profile where they can post recipes and photos, and then comment and vote on others's. They can also "follow" fellow users they like. The interface is photo driven (and reminiscent of Tastespotting.com), but while some of the pictures are drool enticing, not all recipes are vetted by pros.
Verdict: Ideal for the home cook looking to be part of a community to share, get feedback or learn from others. But when it comes to recipes, depending on who posted them, they can be hit or miss.
Back to topCool DayMix.com Widgets
I am very much enjoying our new project Daymix - check our nice widget experience!
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Tsavo Agency Launch
Friends -I am proud to say we have officially launched our Agency group here at Tsavo - http://www.tsavoagency.com .
As many of you know, Tsavo has been formed through a series of undisclosed acquisitions, in the next few months we are going to reveal more of our network - but our first release is our agency group.
We have, what I believe to be, the best technology platform available for large and small search ad spend management - currently managing over $100M of ad spend yearly, we are out performing competitors and providing our clients more relevant and converting traffic for their dollar.
In addition, we have a unique SEO process that has now enhanced organic traffic to hundreds of our partners.
These two services we have been using on our internal content network, and are now opening up externally.
I would love the challenge to see if my team can out perform you, or your clients, current external or internal SEM or SEO efforts. If you are up to a trial - please reach out!
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http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/21370.asp Back to topTimeline
Back to topDocstoc Announces Major One-Two Punch - The Launch of Docstoc MyDocs and DocStoc Sync
The fastest way to store and preview your documents, and the easiest way to put your documents online either privately or publically.
Docstoc MyDocs MARKETING MATERIAL/VIDEOS - www.docstoc.com/mydocs
Docstoc Sync MARKETING MATERIAL/VIDEOS - www.docstoc.com/sync
Dealmaker LA
Google's revenue growth rate at 437,115%, with revenue of $962 million in 2003 compared with $220,000 in 1999.
Tsavo
After 7 years building Userplane - I have embarked on my next venture - www.tsavo.com .Back to top
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Age & Funding
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Nice Whitepaper on Userplane Desktop Product
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Clickdata
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Docstoc Closes Funding
Congrats to Jason & Team at Docstoc, they closed a 3.25M series B through Rustic Canyon. A Los Angeles favorite, Docstoc has been growing rapidly since launch, creating the largest public index of shared online documents.
Docstoc Series B Funding Press Release - Get more documents
Dealmaker Event Coming Up
Friends, I am helping host a Dealmaker Event in LA - here is the info - love to see you there!
May 5, 2008 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm
TO REGISTER: http://dealmakermedia.com/la.html
Join Dealmaker LA on May 5, 2008 at MTV Networks in Santa Monica as we host over 300 leading tech startups, founders, developers, investors, and leading industry executives for an exciting night of networking and mingling.
Hosted by MTV -- Santa Monica, CA 90404
**Parking available in Garage at 2700 Colorado Ave.
**ENTRANCE TO EVENT IS AT 2700 COLORADO AVE.
Userplane as top Mover & Shaker today!
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Congratulations Userplane, you are the 10th Largest Ad Network in the US!
Still checking if this is accurate - but #10 in the US, 111M US Reach! 
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Seeking Small Dev Team for AOL/UP Project
I need a small team, Senior PHP, Jr PHP/CSS, Designer for a interesting, technology focused project - preferably here in LA. mjones at userplane.com if you are interested!Back to top
Nice breakdown on SNS volume
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Fastest Growing Consumer Internet Businesses
I came across this stat regarding Google's growth - and wanted to see if anyone had complied growth against consumer internet companies to show top growth vs time analysis:
Userplane Chat Number 1 in Friendster Apps
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Userplane Reaches Number 5 in "Chat" Search on Google
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This is the personal site, blog and digital identity home of Mike Jones, CEO of Tsavo. Enjoy.
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Tsavo is my current company, a 6 month old venture that originated through a series of mergers and acquisitions. We are currently building a larger publisher network, check back often for more updates!
dotLA
Just because San Jose can't have all the fun. A small web 2.0 group has formed in Los Angeles. We are looking for interested CEO's that are actually in the web 2.0 world. If you want in - drop me a note.
