Tracking Web 2.0

I follow the so called Web 2.0 industry fairly close, I monitor and review new startups and hold accounts with dozens of Web 2.0 and older 1.0 websites. Keeping track of all these companies becomes quite a chore and after the initial buzz has warn off a lot of times these 2.0 startups fade into the oblivion. Movers 2.0 is a Metrics tool that attempts to track the overall popularity and rank of the top Web 2.0 properties.

The Movers 2.0 project was created by Eran Arkin, one of the developers on the eSnips team, in his spare time (which is not much these days). He was looking for something similar online and couldn’t find anything that allows people to track Web 2.0 metrics without working too hard. After we got addicted to it here at eSnips, we decided to let everyone enjoy it.

Topping the list is of course YouTube followed by MySpace and Orkut from Google. The most interesting aspect of the system is the Alexa traffic graphs and the convenient Compete links for each listing. Another cool feature is the Weekly and Daily movers. This shows the current hot companies and how fast and far they’re moving up.