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Just for fun, I ran our database of Southern California high tech companies through Alexa’s Web Services to figure out which ones have the biggest “mind share” on the Internet. There are thousands of companies here and this was done using some coding and Alexa’s Web API. (disclaimer: there’s some controversy over Amazon’s Alexa service and how well it measures traffic — it also is very “geek” and Silicon Valley heavy — but it’s a useful relative benchmark).

Top 25 privately held Southern California companies, ranked by traffic

Rank, Site Name, Alexa Rank

1. Break.com 279
2. NewEgg.com 423
3. Veoh Networks 759
4. Network54 915
5. Buzznet 970
6. eHarmony.com 1158
7. Edmunds 1270
8. E! Online 1286
9. Tom’s Hardware Guide 1730
10. Blizzard Entertainment 1855
11. Fandango 1910
12. Business.com 2001
13. Snap.com 2533
14. MeziMedia (Smarter.com) 2598
15. Reunion.com 2903
16. Stickam 3045
17. Submit Express 3121
18. Revver 3178
19. GameFly 3188
20. Bidz.com 3315
21. CrazyEgg 3890
22. US SEARCH.com 4041
23. vidiLife 4608
24. RealAge 5119
25. Media Temple 5435
Top 25 non-private Southern California companies, ranked by traffic

These firms are either public, or owned by another big owner somewhere else.

Rank, Site Name, Alexa Rank

1. MySpace.com 5
2. Neopets 154
3. Overture Services 209
4. Commission Junction 562
5. Shopzilla 638
6. PriceGrabber.com 646
7. CitySearch 734
8. Evite.com 760
9. Buy.com 898
10. Ticketmaster Corp. 926
11. Ifilm 989
12. United Online 1012
13. YellowPages.com 1368
14. Gateway 1601
15. Nero 1639
16.Userplane 2139
17. Linksys 2502
18. ArtistDirect 2939
19. MedicineNet 3235
20. PropertyFirst 3252
21. Rent.com 3288
22. Panda 3350
23. DirecTV 3405
24. Local.com 3408
25. Market Wire 4489

Top “Once Upon A Time” Southern California Companies

A few companies now part of some other organization and not running under their own names:

1. Launch Media 1 (Now Yahoo)
2. Applied Semantics 3 (Now Google)
3. Urchin 3 (Now Google)
4. GeoCities 71 (Now Yahoo)
5. Overture Services 209 (Now Yahoo)

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