Search Engine Hits
Well, I ditched my old stat counter, in favor of something better. Now I have search engine stats.
Interestingly enough, I found that the only reason anyone stumbles upon my blog is to find out more information on La Promesa Corporation, and InternetRichLife.com.
It got me thinking about the way I personally read blogs- they are a means to an end, not the end in itself... Someone wants information about a certain subject, and if it can be found on a blog, great. If not, he or she will click on the next link. To be able to be considered an authority on a certain subject, you'd either have to already have something to do with the field (a hacker that starts up a hacker blog, for example), or have a good amount of entries relating to the subject.
two pointed examples:
1) Engadget - Started in March 2004, Engadget updates several times a day with articles gadgets and tech-news. It also posts popular rumors about the technological world.
People are always looking for info on tech news and rumors-- they needed somone to turn to, and engadget was there.
2)Boingboing.net - Boing Boing started as a zine in 1988 by Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair. Issues were subtitled "The World's Greatest Neurozine". Boing Boing became a website in 1995 and later relaunched as a weblog on January 21, 2000, described as a "directory of wonderful things."
"A Directory of wonderful things" -- What a great idea! A hub for bored people looking for something cool on the internet, and backed by the authority of a long-running magazine. Stumbleupon, digg, del.ici.ous, and countless other websites are also fulfilling the function of entertaining the bored masses.
(thanks to Wikipedia for the info.)
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Interestingly enough, I found that the only reason anyone stumbles upon my blog is to find out more information on La Promesa Corporation, and InternetRichLife.com.
It got me thinking about the way I personally read blogs- they are a means to an end, not the end in itself... Someone wants information about a certain subject, and if it can be found on a blog, great. If not, he or she will click on the next link. To be able to be considered an authority on a certain subject, you'd either have to already have something to do with the field (a hacker that starts up a hacker blog, for example), or have a good amount of entries relating to the subject.
two pointed examples:
1) Engadget - Started in March 2004, Engadget updates several times a day with articles gadgets and tech-news. It also posts popular rumors about the technological world.
People are always looking for info on tech news and rumors-- they needed somone to turn to, and engadget was there.
2)Boingboing.net - Boing Boing started as a zine in 1988 by Mark Frauenfelder and Carla Sinclair. Issues were subtitled "The World's Greatest Neurozine". Boing Boing became a website in 1995 and later relaunched as a weblog on January 21, 2000, described as a "directory of wonderful things."
"A Directory of wonderful things" -- What a great idea! A hub for bored people looking for something cool on the internet, and backed by the authority of a long-running magazine. Stumbleupon, digg, del.ici.ous, and countless other websites are also fulfilling the function of entertaining the bored masses.
(thanks to Wikipedia for the info.)
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