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  • tonyhung  I have been watching Techmeme for a long time (long being 2 years), and I have to believe that its much more than inbound links. It either has to be other things like Google Reader shares or Friendfeed shares -- which would be interesting, as no other aggregator (that I know of) uses these kinds of metrics. The alternative is that Gabe is merely watching what other people are sharing, and adds them himself. As for Mona -- I think what she wants is a bit irrelevant to the topic at hand, because there are *many* posts in the blogosphere that have intrinsic "worth". Whether any of them get noticed -- and *how* they get noticed algorithmically -- is what is interesting. If its really an algorithm at all, that is, and not just astute bloggers sharing them or linking to them. :)
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    •   louisgray.com: Techmeme and TechCrunch's Detractors Prove It's Hard to be On Top
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  •   Louis Gray  There are aggregators that use each of those, but none combined. 1) RSSmeme and ReadBurner aggregate Google Reader shares (as does Feedheads) 2) FriendFeedLinks aggregates FriendFeed shares. RSSmeme is leveraging the FriendFeed API, so in theory, it captures Google Reader shares and all FriendFeed shares.
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  • tonyhung  "Unless you're linked by one of the biggies, and continue to be linked by at least moderate or big sites, you won't show up. " I think this is only part of the picture. There are blogs which show up -- seemingly out of the blue -- with few or no inbound links to any particular post. Or, who are large in their own right, but without any inbound links from high leaderboarders (see: Digital Inspiration over the past two days). I would love to know exactly how Techmeme seems to pick these out of the air.
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    •   louisgray.com: Techmeme and TechCrunch's Detractors Prove It's Hard to be On Top
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  • tonyhung  I think there's probably not enough being asked about Techmeme's algorithm. For a blog that's got almost zero links, and is almost 3 days old, there's almost no way an algorithm would *find* it, or attribute it as having any "importance", unless there were other factors at play -- perhaps human factors. In fact, the only thing that "points" to it at all is Louis "sharing" it via Friendfeed. According to Google, there aren't any inbound links to it all, in fact. http://www.google.com/search?as_lq=www.pixelshift.com hmmmm .... ;)
  • • 2 days ago
    •   louisgray.com: Techmeme and TechCrunch's Detractors Prove It's Hard to be On Top
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  •   Louis Gray  As I don't have the algorithm in front of me, I can't say whether that's unusual or not, or outside the bounds. We tend to feel that Techmeme is influenced by external linking, and therefore, the lack of links suggests a post should not be included. But Gabe has said there are other influences, which we believe to be shared items on Google Reader or Twitter. Techmeme itself is a link blog, and it appears, at times, that some posts are hand-selected rather than automated, which in my opinion is fine. Should the author, Mona in this case, wait until she has achieved some level of critical mass to be included when her content is equal to that of others?
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  • tonyhung  Tech blogging is as boring as you want to make it; I think every genre has its black hole topics that never go away. The question is whether you want to engage in it, or find something that is personally interesting -- and hopefully interesting to others as well.
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  • tonyhung  Actually I wasn't commenting on all affiliate marketers, or even some -- i.e. those that practice the art and science thereof. I was merely referring to the general practice of affiliate marketing. It doesn't matter if you're promoting Wedding BonBons, Garden Shears, or Internet Marketing eBooks, Autoresponders, Membership Sites or what have you. If you get a cut of the sale, its really no different than commissioned sales. Its one thing to develop a sense of trust over time, but for many of these individuals, there is absolutely no sense of integrity as to when the shameless promotion begins.
  • • 1 month ago
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  •   Shawn Collins   Its one thing to develop a sense of trust over time, but for many of these individuals, there is absolutely no sense of integrity as to when the shameless promotion begins. What is your basis for this generalization? I've been an affiliate for over a decade and find your animus to be unfounded. There are some bad eggs in any space, but I think it's silly to brand "many" in an industry as lacking integrity.
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