Spymaster Outpaces iList’s Best Month in Traffic
There was no doubt Spymaster, a side project of iList, made a major splash on it’s debut and practically set the standard for games built on the Twitter social graph.
Here is a look at what Compete is reporting for their respective monthly traffic.
Two points I noticed right away:
(1) Spymaster surpassed iList in monthly traffic almost immediately
(2) The Spymaster trajectory makes the iList growth minuscule
Another very relevant point, Spymaster appears to have put a revenue model in place, whereas iList has yet to make that move.
All of these signs would point to the reasonable conclusion that iList, backed by DFJ, has shifted a noticeable portion of their focus and resources to Spymaster.
Could this shift open up the doors in the venture community for investments in similar models? Can you say ’seed money’ for Twitter games?
You can bet with all of Spymasters success on Twitter, and with cofounder Eston Bond coming out of Facebook, I’d say it is safe to speculate they will might explore other platforms.
This will be very interesting to watch over the next 3-6 months. If they are able to leverage the Facebook platform anywhere near to the extent in which they have navigated Twitter, this will be just the beginning.
Full disclosure: I am a shareholder in iList.
Update (7/16/09):
Mashable’s Jenn Van Grove covers the story here:
http://mashable.com/2009/07/16/spymaster-invading-facebook/
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