Comments on: Google Reader Stats Bullshit? Nope http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:17:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: www.CARversation.com http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-139488 www.CARversation.com Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:50:23 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-139488 interesting. interesting.

]]> By: Stephan Miller http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-126091 Stephan Miller Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:12:52 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-126091 I actually enjoy the writing part of blogging. I have been writing daily, for practice, for over 18 years now. Some people are just impatient because that is not what they are blogging for. They have blogs for money, notoriety, or some other reason, but not writing. I can wait. I waited years to have anyone else read what I have written. I can wait more for traffic and subscribers. I actually enjoy the writing part of blogging. I have been writing daily, for practice, for over 18 years now. Some people are just impatient because that is not what they are blogging for. They have blogs for money, notoriety, or some other reason, but not writing. I can wait. I waited years to have anyone else read what I have written. I can wait more for traffic and subscribers.

]]> By: Internal Linking Explained « ShortNet http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-125523 Internal Linking Explained « ShortNet Sun, 21 Oct 2007 01:05:25 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-125523 [...] But then blogging went commercial and bloggers saw a pleasant side-effect of internal linking: increased pageviews. This “brain map” generates more pageviews than outbound linking, and thus our competitors followed suit. In fact, the only way to gain a competitive advantage was to do it even more than us; so you end up with a situation where some blogs begin to make 47% of their links internal, and frequently the only link in the post is to an internal page, not to the site being discussed. While that pretty much disproves claims that they got big by “linking early and often to good stuff out there on the web“, our own inbound link numbers are probably similar to those of frequently criticized sites like Techcrunch and Engadget (Engadget was one of the first internal linkers, by the way). So then you have a scenario where the interests of the publisher and new readers go against the interests of the established readership. What’s to be done? [...] [...] But then blogging went commercial and bloggers saw a pleasant side-effect of internal linking: increased pageviews. This “brain map” generates more pageviews than outbound linking, and thus our competitors followed suit. In fact, the only way to gain a competitive advantage was to do it even more than us; so you end up with a situation where some blogs begin to make 47% of their links internal, and frequently the only link in the post is to an internal page, not to the site being discussed. While that pretty much disproves claims that they got big by “linking early and often to good stuff out there on the web“, our own inbound link numbers are probably similar to those of frequently criticized sites like Techcrunch and Engadget (Engadget was one of the first internal linkers, by the way). So then you have a scenario where the interests of the publisher and new readers go against the interests of the established readership. What’s to be done? [...]

]]> By: Internal Linking Explained http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-125520 Internal Linking Explained Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:54:32 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-125520 [...] But then blogging went commercial and bloggers saw a pleasant side-effect of internal linking: increased pageviews. This “brain map” generates more pageviews than outbound linking, and thus our competitors followed suit. In fact, the only way to gain a competitive advantage was to do it even more than us; so you end up with a situation where some blogs begin to make 47% of their links internal, and frequently the only link in the post is to an internal page, not to the site being discussed. While that pretty much disproves claims that they got big by “linking early and often to good stuff out there on the web“, our own inbound link numbers are probably similar to those of frequently criticized sites like Techcrunch and Engadget (Engadget was one of the first internal linkers, by the way). So then you have a scenario where the interests of the publisher and new readers go against the interests of the established readership. What’s to be done? [...] [...] But then blogging went commercial and bloggers saw a pleasant side-effect of internal linking: increased pageviews. This “brain map” generates more pageviews than outbound linking, and thus our competitors followed suit. In fact, the only way to gain a competitive advantage was to do it even more than us; so you end up with a situation where some blogs begin to make 47% of their links internal, and frequently the only link in the post is to an internal page, not to the site being discussed. While that pretty much disproves claims that they got big by “linking early and often to good stuff out there on the web“, our own inbound link numbers are probably similar to those of frequently criticized sites like Techcrunch and Engadget (Engadget was one of the first internal linkers, by the way). So then you have a scenario where the interests of the publisher and new readers go against the interests of the established readership. What’s to be done? [...]

]]> By: John http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-124610 John Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:54:23 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-124610 "Try creating something instead of just tearing others down." Is this your way of making a stab at Mashable? “Try creating something instead of just tearing others down.”

Is this your way of making a stab at Mashable?

]]> By: Oliver Widder http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-124225 Oliver Widder Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:50:19 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-124225 Sorry I haven't made up my mind. But I made a small cartoon: http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2007/10/the-final-quest.html Bye, Oliver Sorry
I haven’t made up my mind.
But I made a small cartoon:
http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2007/10/the-final-quest.html

Bye,
Oliver

]]> By: I Blog For Attention | Library Stuff http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-124142 I Blog For Attention | Library Stuff Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:58:23 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-124142 [...] Mike Arrington - “If you find yourself in a rut and turning into one of the complainers, ask yourself if you are writing because you want attention, or because you love to write” [...] [...] Mike Arrington - “If you find yourself in a rut and turning into one of the complainers, ask yourself if you are writing because you want attention, or because you love to write” [...]

]]> By: Israel LHeureux http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-124133 Israel LHeureux Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:14:59 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-124133 Ok, sorry, I didn't mean to be so harsh on the reader stats. They're just NUMBERS. The footbag thing clearly has to be a joke (as I post). But it was a bad call to get a bunch of subscribers for a manager's site that runs ads. Ok, sorry, I didn’t mean to be so harsh on the reader stats. They’re just NUMBERS. The footbag thing clearly has to be a joke (as I post). But it was a bad call to get a bunch of subscribers for a manager’s site that runs ads.

]]> By: Scott Yates http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-124130 Scott Yates Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:50:38 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-124130 This reminded me of what I thought was a Lincoln Quote: "You cannot streanghten the weak by weakening the strong." But it turns out I would have been misquoting him, if Wikipedia is to be trusted. (I do in this case.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._H._Boetcker This reminded me of what I thought was a Lincoln Quote: “You cannot streanghten the weak by weakening the strong.”

But it turns out I would have been misquoting him, if Wikipedia is to be trusted. (I do in this case.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._H._Boetcker

]]> By: Who is YOUR favorite Google Editor? « Assetbar: drinks and recipes http://www.crunchnotes.com/2007/10/15/google-reader-stats-bullshit-nope/#comment-124122 Who is YOUR favorite Google Editor? « Assetbar: drinks and recipes Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:06:51 +0000 http://www.crunchnotes.com/?p=429#comment-124122 [...] I don’t want to be a complainer. I’d prefer to be positive and cheerful, even if I don’t give away trophies to everyone at web 2.0 little league. [...] [...] I don’t want to be a complainer. I’d prefer to be positive and cheerful, even if I don’t give away trophies to everyone at web 2.0 little league. [...]

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