Comments on: Market Research Company TNS Pays $75 million for Compete

By: Amy Hadley

Amy Hadley — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:15:22 +0000

There may always be some inaccuracy when trying to define people’s expectations, but I would think the more ways utilized when looking at how people experience situations and the choices they make, the more accurate the ability to provide the things that people truly want. These companies have a chance to bring about a new vision to the field with their combined knowledge and it should be interesting to see what they can achieve together.

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:16:38 +0000

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By: Piper

Piper — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:49:19 +0000

I’m excited to see what this means for the future, but honestly, I’ve never found Compete to be terribly accurate, even at moderately high traffic levels. Obviously, an outside agency isn’t going to be as accurate as your own analytics program, but for three sites that all had around 100k unique visitors a month, it returned traffic figures of 20k, 50k, and 70k.

I guess if you assume that it’s probably underestimating everyone, it might be reasonable for comparison. It be great if the sale means increased accuracy with the addition of TNS’s research.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:47:18 +0000

Compete offered great service. Hope it improves after this acquisition.

By: Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:13:36 +0000

Compete has been doing some good things. Hopefully the sale means the good continues.

By: Tom Beaton

Tom Beaton — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:12:24 +0000

Should keep the investors happy!

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:58:47 +0000

I think it is a sharp purchase. I love compete.com fro my research