Archives by Subject: blogs
Facebook and Grey's Anatomy
Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz shows what happens to Facebook traffic when Grey's Anatomy comes on. You can even see the commercial breaks.
Reminds me of some similar graphs I saw Google speak at a NYU Recruiting event.
· Another Thursday Night at Facebook... [Facebook blog]
Posted in on March 07, 2007, 12:15 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
They Say Imitation...
They at least could have copied the design better!
· Viral 'Studio 60' Gossip Blog Unlikely To Bring Up Aaron Sorkin's Problems With Drug Abuse And Mouthy Call Girls [Defamer]
· Defaker
Posted in on September 20, 2006, 06:24 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
"I hope NBC goes broke"
I'm always interested in how the major news outlets are using blogs, and as so many call it, "joining the conversation." Sometimes, though, I wonder why they bother. Take this "blog" entry from ABC News.
The story interviewed a current air marshal and drew attention to alleged operational and management failures making, according to the marshal, the program significantly less effective.
Many of the comments praised the story. Many of the posters said they were air marshals or flight attendants.
Then, there was this:
I have been flying almost every week since May 1998. I was on a flight on 911 and held at DEN for days.
I, as well as most honest citizens see this segment for what it is. A slap at President Bush and his administration as all the liberal press has been doing since President Bush was elected.
I worked for a major airline for 34 years and after retirement worked for a air line contractor. I am extremely familiar with air marshals and procedures as well as aircraft boarding procedures. While traveling by air I never noticed marshals and I never witnessed any other passengers identifying or even mentioning air marshals.
Air travelers want the security that the air marshal program brings but that was shot all to hell by your lousy report exposing details of that program.
I am incensed by your stupidity in trying to descredit the President and his administration.
I intend to never watch you stupid network again. You have jepordized the safety of air travel in the United States by your selfserving interests at getting back at the President.
Shame on you.............I hope NBC goes broke........there are many viewers that do not appreciate you lack of interest in keeping air travel safe to further your petty attempt to "Get Bush".Posted by: James Blue | May 19, 2006 10:36:31 PM
Well, okay, I support free speech. But the fact the poster confused ABC and NBC -- I guess they are all "liberal media" -- is, to me, representative of the quality of his comment. Not to mention the numerous spelling mistakes.
Posted in on May 20, 2006, 06:21 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink
How Many Blogs Did AOL Buy, Exactly?
"In online content that ranges from music to movies, travel to tech, food to fashion, medicine to mortgages, 85 new topical websites now call AOL and AOL.com home – providing online consumers with new micro-communities where they can connect, debate, editorialize, comment, and learn."
Or so says the press release announcing AOL's purchase of WeblogsInc. WIN claims to have 85 blogging sites, but how many do they really have?
As part of my work with Gawker Media, several weeks ago I was asked to undertake an analysis of WIN's properties. I went to each site listed on their sidebar and took note of the last two posts made on that blog. I also got rid of sub-blogs (Engadget: Wireless, etc.) and personal blogs.
My count was 31. Now, mind you, 31 is still a lot! Gawker Media only has 14 sites. But 31 is not 85.
How did they have so many "blogs"?
- For many blogs, the most recent "post" was the "Best of WeblogsInc" posts that show up on every blog every Friday. Check out the Xbox2 Weblog to see what I mean.
- Lots of posts were crossposted on multiple blogs.
- They counted categories within a blog as separate blogs. Engadget appears on the sidebar blog list 5 times: Engadget Cellphones, Engadget Wireless, etc.
Jason recently claimed that they were going to "retire" some of the blogs that haven't seen posts in weeks. We'll see when that happens.
Now that WeblogsInc is no longer an independent competitor to Gawker, this data isn't really confidential. You can download the spreadsheet below and see for yourself.
· WIN Analysis Spreadsheet [Excel File]
Posted in on October 06, 2005, 05:32 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink
WeblogsInc Sells Out to AOL for $25 Million, Gawker Staying Put
The big news today is the sale of WeblogsInc to American Online. Good news for Jason and company, great news for Gawker Media.
I've had several people mention how Jason arguably sold out too late last time and didn't want to miss the boat again. Seems like he didn't miss it this time!
The question is what will AOL do to the company?
· Weblogs Inc Being Bought Out By America Online [PaidContent]
· AOL to buy Weblogs Inc. network [Reuters via. Yahoo News]
· Technorati Search: WeblogsInc
Posted in on October 06, 2005, 06:05 AM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Gizmodo Now Publishing in Seven Languages
Thanks to a groundbreaking partnership with global media powerhouse VNU, today Gizmodo begins publishing in a total of seven languages. Quoting from the press release:
Under the terms of the partnership, Gizmodo’s content will be translated from English into 6 additional languages, then augmented with local coverage for each market. Besides English, Gizmodo.com now will be available in French, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian and covering the Belgium market in Dutch as well.
Flags will be added to the homepage at www.gizmodo.com. Other versions of Gizmodo are accessible at fr.gizmodo.com (French), es.gizmodo.com (Spain), etc.
This is huge!
· VNU Partners with Gawker Media to publish Gizmodo, the “One of a Kind” Gadget Blog across 7 Territories in Europe [VNU Press Release]
Posted in on October 04, 2005, 09:28 AM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Gothamist Music Interviews... Ashlee Simpson?
Is this for real? Is the most recent "Gothamist Band Interview" really with lip-syncing pop sensation Ashlee Simpson?
Did she really answer a question like this?
Q: "You know you've made it when..." you feel proud of yourself for working hard and doing the best you could do
Come on, Dobkin!
(Though, in other Gothamist news, Gothamist LLC seems to have launched a corporate site.)
Posted in on September 27, 2005, 06:46 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
Gawker Media Launches Comments!
Moments ago, Gawker Media launched an invite-only comments system on Gawker, Gizmodo, and Lifehacker.
Many people have long criticized us for calling our websites "blogs" while not having comments.
Maybe I have a few invites to give away?
· Gawker Comments: We’re So Tired of Being Alone, So Tired of On Our Own [Gawker]
· Step Right Up For Gizmodo Comments [Gizmodo]
· Lifehacker comments launched! [Lifehacker]
Posted in on September 23, 2005, 12:23 PM | Comments (2) | Permalink
Page Views versus Hits and CNN
One of my biggest pet peeves is confusion regarding hits versus page views. A hit is recorded each time a file is accessed on the web server, whether is be a HTML document, a graphic, etc. Therefore, a page with five graphics will register at least six hits.
A page view is just that -- a page view. Hits are a relatively useless metric. It's page views or unique visits that you should be interested in (not that those metrics don't have their own problems, but that's another story).
I was watching today's premiere of The Situation Room on CNN, and while I'm thrilled to report that Inside the Blogs has been reworked and finally looks decent, the "internet reporters" told Wolf Blitzer that they'll soon have a segment showing how many hits the various blogs have in an effort to tell how many people read them.
D'oh!
· The Situation Room [CNN]
· A Look Inside 'The Situation Room' [Fishbowl DC]
Posted in on August 08, 2005, 05:00 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
"Interlinking Various Things on a Webpage of Sorts..."
Some great clips over at DocumentaryBlog.com of the documentary-in-progress on blogs. They describe their film as something to explore "the historical background of blogging."
I just watched both short clips and loved them. There's a man on the street segment where they ask people what blogging is. One person's response:
"Um, something to do with connecting news stories I think and interlinking various things on a webpage of sorts...and then adding content...and writing prefatory statements in regard to those stories."
There's also a great quote from Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) where he describes being a "blog star" as like "being a star professional bowler."
Excellent!
Posted in on August 05, 2005, 07:11 PM | Comments (0) | Permalink
