Monday, October 1, 2007

Who is the King of IM 2.0?



Web 2.0’s Version of Instant Messaging

A whole new generation of applications and wave of innovation has arrived with "Web 2.0" And the instant messaging sector is no different. Instant messaging in the world of Web 2.0 (IM 2.0) works anywhere, because it is embedded in a browser, and there's never any software to install. It works with all the major IM services such as AOL, Yahoo, MSN, and ICQ. And you can run it on any device. IM 2.0 has seen mass user adoption over the last year, and like many other segments of Web 2.0, there’s no shortage of startups in this space.

Who are the key players in IM 2.0?

• Meebo is a Sequoia and DFJ backed ($12.5M in funding) startup that pioneered this model for IM. They have also continued to innovate: recently launching a popular iPhone version of their product, and an integrated file sharing capability.

• EBuddy is a venture backed startup ($6.9M in funding from Lowland Capital Partners) based in the Netherlands. They recently launched MySpace integration for their service, and provide support for a wide range of mobile devices (WAP or xHTML phones & PDAs and even provide support for Sony PSP & Nintendo DS).

• KoolIM, iLoveIM, and Mabber are some of the other startups targeting this sector.

Who is the king of IM 2.0 in terms of web traffic?

To answer this, we analyze these services using several traffic analyzers. According to Compete.com in October 2007:

1. Meebo 1.2M monthly visitors
2. eBuddy 200K visitors
3. iloveIM 28K visitors
4. koolIM 16K visitors
5. Mabber 3.4K visitors

The other major traffic trackers also yield similar results: Meebo is clearly the King of IM 2.0.

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Gaby de Wilde said...

I know what you mean.

Still, I posted some suggestions in the Meebo forum and there was no reply. So, I don't expect Meebo to stay around very long. My suggestions are always spot on, I always start with something simple. Not giving any reply is dumb and rude.

Their chat client is nice but I don't respect anyone who just ignores me. It's the most creepy thing you can do with feedback. It's quite sad, it should bring people closer together. But if they don't want to hear what is wrong with it then it will stay that way.

I applaud anyone who challenges the yahoo monster, the MSN monster and the Google etc but they would have to do better. Ignoring the suggestions to make it so is not good you see?

Bob said...

Thanks for the comment Gaby. I hadn't heard about problems with Meebo's responsiveness, but agree that they respond to their community.

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