MoMB 4 | 7777 Betas · Oct 13
The MoMB recently turned four and also just crossed the 7777 betas mark (the 7777th app listed is the super sharp MaYoMo.)
A few fun charts:
As most of you know we focus on plain vanilla public betas (78.6%). But we also collect sites in alpha (4.7%), sites which have not publicly launched yet (private alphas, private betas, sites in stealth mode, ...) and require some sort of invitation to get in (14.7%), or sites which come in some other beta-ish (gamma, zeta, feta, ...) flavor (1.8%).
Google has launched only 2.2% of all betas,
but they still lead the pack compared to Yahoo, Microsoft and Amazon.
Beta launches since 2005. It doesn’t seem like the beta-phenomenon is cooling down soon, so stay tuned.
Btw: you can follow me on twitter here or on FriendFeed here and new additions to the MoMB are retweeted here
(see also 5555 Betas, MoMB 2 | 4000 Betas, 2001: A Beta Odyssey and 1000 Betas)
Bye Bye Beta · Jul 7
I guess this day had to come: Gmail is now out of beta. Gmail was the very first site I have listed back in 2005 and it’s the most popular beta Google has ever released, sad to see the beta tag go.
But Google recognizes the cultural dimension of the beta tag, so they also announced a ‘Back to Beta’ feature which you can enable in Gmail Labs.
Wordnik: beta · Jun 24
1,111 Twitter Apps · Jun 9
I just stumbled upon the 1,111th Twitter application (the lovely Twittami from Italy) – time for a few fun stats:
Twitter apps since 2007 (518 in 2009 so far)
only 18% of Twitter apps are released in beta
massive 32% of all apps launched in 2009 are based on Twitter
The data are not exhaustive of course, but I do track a lot of sites. Since I’m missing both Twitter and other sites the overall picture should be about the same.
I’ve also updated the Twitter 100 list:
twitter (19161 overall)
tweetdeck (5783 overall)
twitterfeed (5742 overall)
twitter-search (5373 overall)
wefollow (5207 overall)
twittervision (5078 overall)
twhirl (4598 overall)
twitpic (4220 overall)
twistori (3559 overall)
tweetscan (3078 overall)
hashtags (3062 overall)
Capitalism Beta · May 18
Umair Haque’s presentation on Capitalism 2.0
Beta of the Day · Mar 5
A big shout to John Blossom (@jblossom) who startet a MoMB Beta of the Day series on Twitter.
The Yearbook · Dec 22
launches 2005 – 2008
I’ve added a fresh set of lists – the yearbook – to the labs section. Basically they organize the mixin top 100 list by year:
6000 Betas · Oct 27
The MoMB just crossed the 6000 betas mark (the 6000th app listed is the super sharp youcalc.)
It doesn’t seem like the beta-phenomenon is cooling down soon, so stay tuned.
Betas of the Year 2005 - Where are they now? · Oct 25
the next web took a look at Dion Hinchcliffe’s Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 list and asked asked the brilliant question where are they now…?.
Most of them (22) are still alive – del.icio.us is alive and well, blinklist is alive but dying – and six of them are dead.
I’m always interested in benchmarking the performance of beta sites so I too took a look at the Betas of the Year list I’ve compiled at the end of 2005.
And guess what, all of them are still around and well, most of them actually best in class in their field.
Nr. 1: Writely
Status: alive and well – purchased by Google in 2006, became the basic building block of Google Docs.
Nr. 2: flickr
Status: alive and well – was acquired by Yahoo.
Nr. 3: Netvibes
Status: alive and well
Runners-Up: (alphabetical)
Status: alive
Status: alive
Status: alive and well – also puchased by Yahoo.
Status: alive and well
Status: alive
Status: alive
Status: alive – also acquired by Google, was integrated in Google Analytics as part of the redesign.
Status: still around.
Status: alive – didn’t quite match the expectations, but let’s not forget that Twitter is a spin-off.
Status: alive – small but dedicated group of users.
Beta like it's 2001 · Sep 30
Celebrating its 10th birthday, Google has brought back their index from January 2001. E.g. beta