News in Aussie Web 2.0

CEO of Scouta, Richard Giles has created a new business that harnesses the content of Scouta, called Recommendation Ventures. How?

"Scouta observes user behaviour on your website and delivers personal recommendations to improve homepage merchandising, site browsing and search results. Implementing Scouta recommendations on your website is as simple as adding a few lines of javascript to your page template."

Rich also stars on Scouta.TV

Chris Saad founder of Particls, is now also championing the cause for Data Portability.


Duncan Riley, previous blogger on Techcrunch, has packed his bags from sunny Perth, moved over to Melbourne and has started a blog site called "The Inquisitr"


Mick Luibrinkas now a happily married bloke and has Co-founded a cool start up that helps start ups called "Pollenizer.com" with Phil Morle.



Martin Wells has left the confines of Sydney and is now in the Valley working at Mig33. A new CEO is running Tangler.com





Me? Well, Rachel Cook returned back to Perth from the Valley permanently, citing family and an amazing lifestyle over the valley's fun and exciting Web 2.0 hoo ha...and busily working behind the scenes to begin promoting Minti in Australia and teaching myself to program in other languages and breaking away from the Microsoft platforms I know...

Web 2.0 Aussie List

Here's the list of the top and interesting Australian/New Zealand Web 2.0 start ups/companies started in Australia...my list first then Top 60 list thanks to Ross Dawson...for starting a list last year

In no apparent order that I know of...

My companies I am involved in

Minti.com
Gooruze.com

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Mig33.com (USD$50 Million valuation) (I am an investor)
Atlassian (AUD$20m turnover)
Plasq/Skitch
1stRed.com (I am an investor)
Scouta/Recommendation Ventures
Tangler (I am an investor)
Bluepulse
PerthNorg
Plasq/Skitch.com
Booking Angel
Gnoos
The Podcast Network
Remember the Milk

Ross Dawson's List
1. Omnidrive
2. Atlassian
3. Gnoos.com.au
4. ThePodcastNetwork
5. Minti
6. Scouta.com
7. Tangler
8. Red Bubble
9. Particls
10. Vquence
11. Rememberthemilk
12. Kink Kommunity
13. My Cyber Twin
14. Vast Park
15. Project Outback
16. Powerhouse Museum Collection Search
17. BluePulse
18. StudentFace
19. 3eep
20. Whooiz
21. Babbello
22. Zapr
23. PerthNorg
24. Blogarate
25. M'TOMIC
26. Wikia
27. Booking Angel
28. Mojikan
29. Buzka
30. Findit.com.au
31. SuburbView
32. Fwditon.com
33. TinFinger
34. WyaCracker
35. Feedity
36. Realmap
37. Raveabout it
38. Pandora Squared
39. eWise Systems
40. NETaccounts
41. NationMaster
42. Quotify
43. 88 Miles
44. comeeko
45. Buttonator
46. The Australian Index
47. SportingPulse
48. dLook
49. Accsoft
50. Tilefile
51. atmail
52. Ovosuite
53. Peepel
54. Fact Bites
55. Monikker
56. The Swarm
57. Spyk
58. Enikos
59. SmoothBudget
60. Mecanbe