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Re: Video search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with IPO

ellen thomas — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:47:53 -0000

Blinkx is just brilliant the quality of the search is
way way way ahead of anything else this is definately the
best company, in the next generation of online search technology
i visit Blinkx.com every day its nearly addictive
many thanks Ellen.

Re: Video search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with IPO

Ken Williams — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:23:19 -0000

Blinkx does seem to have a decent search product but their management team is horrible. I've tried to do business with them in the past and they are a bunch of pricks especially Suranga and Matt.

I don't know what Michael Lynch (the CEO of autonomy) was thinking when he put these 30-year-old kids at the helm.

I also heard that 10% of their workforce actually left the company within the first few months of employment because they couldn't deal with such unprofessional & poor leadership. One guy only lasted two days before he decided to leave! That's got to tell you something about the direction this company is heading. Their stock is completely overvalued as well.

It's also funny that their website is straight out of the 80's yet they try to position themselves as a Web 2.0 company. Get lost Blinkx....good people make up good companies and you don't fall into that category.

Re: Video search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with IPO

Dr G. Welhengama — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:25:47 -0000

I have never seen any vedio search engine like that of Blinkx over the last five years. It stands above any competitors in the field owing to its superior technology. This small company will be one of the biggest stars in the coming decade.

Re: Video search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with IPO

Dr G. Welhengama — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 09:24:57 -0000

Re: Video search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with IPO

Kevin Bealy — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:12:42 -0000

Pixsy would be crazy not to go public. They are so positioned to consume this market, else, be acquired, to benefit a pre-IPO price. Very true, this is 1992, and Yahoo (Blinkx)just went public. Next Pixsy, then.... ??

Re: Video search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with IPO

Boris Epstein — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:45:31 -0000

Maybe this will start a new trend and bring some much needed attention back to the IPO and stock market. Whereas going public was the realistic exit for most startups back in the late 90's, now it seems to be dismissed fairly quickly as compared to the option of getting gobbled up by a bigger fish. I hope to see the IPO make a comeback. It'll add a very interesting dynamic to an already exciting marketplace.

Boris
Fouinder of BINC

Re: Video search company, Blinkx, blows bubble with IPO

Video guy — Tue, 22 May 2007 23:20:26 -0000

The crazy thing is that the technology Blinkx uses is not proprietary. It's Virage which is owned by autonomy. Anybody can buy it! The value in blinkx is that they took the time to index a bunch of content nothing more.