Well, lookee here. Gomez files for IPO. What timing.
gomez.com
ipo.com
- Netconductor.com
>>Netconductor wrote only two days ago:
Gomez + Softbank. Well, well. I didn't notice until now that 2 days after my last post (below) that Softbank funded Gomez. I belatedly noticed Ganesh's post at the motley fool where he mentioned my posts and this newswire followup:
home.snap.com.
Bloomberg News: "Gomez Advisors Raises $30 Mln From BancBoston, Softbank, Others"
As the wire mentions, gomez.com helps consumers conduct "due diligence" on 25 industry 'scorecards'. The company plans to finance expansion into japan and "may sell stock to the public later this year."
- Netconductor.com
>>Netconductor again wrote on 2/14/00:
Followup on Softbank & Gomez. Gomez ranks Webvan #1. Surprise.
biz.yahoo.com
- Netconductor.com
>>In December, I wrote:
Softbank to formally purchase gomez.com (Gomez advisors)?
Gomez is the leading independent rating agency for online financial services. In their latest survey, the Softbank
empire nearly makes a clean sweep of the categories.
1. Mortgage E-Loan Score: 7.94
1. Insurance Insweb (review) Score: 6.44
1. Brokers E*Trade Score: 7.74
Only the bank ratings keep Softbank from dominating the online financial world, as rated by Gomez. I know very
little about Mortgage (most 24-year olds don't worry about that kind of stuff). As for Insweb, I wonder if people
find it much better than Quotesmith, Quicken InsureMarket, etc? As for e-brokers, I question the reliability of this
score. Lots of anecdotal evidence suggests that E*Trade doesn't deserve to sit atop of the ebroker rankings every
quarter. |
