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Engadget Statistics - an Analysis by Yuvi
blog.yuvisense.net — Yuvi complete a very in-depth analysis of Engadget. The data is interesting. Got a tech blog? This data will help you focus on what people are interested in. Great job here!
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- fashionair, on 10/11/2007, -10/+2Really cool analysis, I'm impressed and this is helpful for those wanting to grow a blog regardless of the type.
- robbh66, on 10/11/2007, -8/+42I'll digg an analysis that is done on a blog with some actual original content as Engadget has nearly zero. All they do is find what other people have posted, summarize it in a swanky way, and post it as their own, adding a tiny link at the bottom to the orgin. When it's all said and done Engadget is stealing ad revenue from the people who actually do the work.
People can say "well wtf do you think Digg is?" all they want but the two are completely different. Engadet puts enough meaningful content on their site, including pictures, that most people don't bother clicking past "their" story. Digg on the other hand is a title, a few sentences, and no pictures- hardly anything meaningful. With Digg you have to click on a story to see what's up, Engadget, people just read the summary. Digg generates revenue for people who make content, Engadget steals it. Night and day.
In short: ***** Engadget. Now go ahead and digg me down for hating on your fix. - neel360, on 10/11/2007, -6/+9@rob
And the real irony comes when these other blogs have to rely on Engadget to provide any coverage of the major tech expos.
Stop whining: if Engadget's "swanky" summaries really bother you that much, just skip down to the link at the bottom. Your precious little blogs would have precious little to blog about if it weren't for the likes of Engadget actually showing up at the press conferences... - Flashman, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3"When it's all said and done Engadget is stealing ad revenue from the people who actually do the work."
I think you're having a little trouble with the concept of a 'blog'. - Roscoe1976, on 10/11/2007, -12/+10Remember when Engadget got caught hacking the watermarks off of other sites and posting the pics as their own? http://digg.com/tech_news/Engadget:_Busted_for_Unethical_Blogging_
Or how about when they used a false email from Apple to report that the iPhone had been delayed? http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/05/17/engadget/index.php?lsrc=mwrss
ahh....sooo golden
They make things up to get traffic...bury this story biatches!!!! - ggbs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3working mirror
http://www.dotcache.com/http://blog.yuvisense.net/2007/05/29/engadget-analysis-part-i-posts-words-comments-categories/
(courtesy of phiren below) - firepowered, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6i still laugh that:
ZUNE was voted worst gadget of the year ,
yet when Engadget offered to give a Zune away and all you had to do was post,
It got the most comments!
lol . looks like Engadget readers and hypocrites!!! :) - ivc-, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1http://www.duggback.com/tech_news/Engadget_Statistics_an_Analysis_by_Yuvi/
- ryanblock, on 10/11/2007, -7/+6robbh66, that's pretty funny. And where do you think mainstream gets its tech news from? Sure ain't forums. The fact is in addition to original reporting (which we do a lot more of than you give credit for) we get asked constantly for our take on news found on other publications, blogs, etc., and often times those publications tip us in search of an Engadget writeup. It's a virtuous cycle since the sites we point to get traffic, and readers get Engadget's opinion, often before they find it 4-10 days later in MSM.
Please, think just a little about how news *really* works before you go shooting your mouth off. Ok, carry on modding me down (as usual). - robbh66, on 10/11/2007, -2/+4Stop defending the indefensible and do not mention "virtuous cycle." Mainstream media, unlike you, gets its info from many firsthand sources, trade shows, product previews, press releases, etc. I'll give it to you guys you attend the big trade shows but that's the vast majority of your original content, the rest of the time you find other's kills and take it as your own. Who would search out engadget's opinion? Your opinion is generally *their* opinion, in a "swanky" manner. Smaller sites might want you to point to them at first but I guarantee you there's a ton more that would just wish you'd go away. Why don't you guys try resting on your own laurels for once?
So please, don't take me as a moron who's going to believe you how this stuff *really* works before you shoot your mouth off.
P.S. - You're NOT mainstream media.
- robbh66, on 10/11/2007, -8/+42I'll digg an analysis that is done on a blog with some actual original content as Engadget has nearly zero. All they do is find what other people have posted, summarize it in a swanky way, and post it as their own, adding a tiny link at the bottom to the orgin. When it's all said and done Engadget is stealing ad revenue from the people who actually do the work.
- mlstotts, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3Very thorough analysis - well constructed. Can't wait till you analyze TechCrunch!
- Holosoth, on 10/11/2007, -6/+7Its rare to see a site that continues to grow legally nowadays. Exceptions being sites that are gay (Myspace).
- AllLitUp, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7its easy to grow your site when it's owned by AOL
- neel360, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7How exactly does a site grow illegally?
- helpyhelperton, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Engadget built it's audience LONG before AOL bought out Weblogs Inc.
- davenaff, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Wow, this was really good.
Some of the longer term trends are fascinating.
For example the average number of words per post has steadily increased over time, as has the number of posts per day. - lolhax, on 10/11/2007, -7/+4nvm, bury..
- a1lostnomad, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2http://duggmirror.com
- PhireN, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Kind of missing the graphs, making it not very usefull.
This mirror is better -- http://www.dotcache.com/http://blog.yuvisense.net/2007/05/29/engadget-analysis-part-i-posts-words-comments-categories/
- PhireN, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Kind of missing the graphs, making it not very usefull.
- paragonmatrix, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2oh now my comment on that page is just ironic!
"I would give you some hosting but im too afraid that you will be dugg too often and crash my servers!"
(he was looking for hosting) - msaleem, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3"My current hosting(which I choose primarily because it is dirt cheap(I paid around $75 for two years!)) sucks. It’s extremely slow, gives me only 500 megs of storage(which I am about to overrun soon) and offers me only PHP4 without much customization or advanced options available (I can’t run Python or Perl or RoR even if I want to)." No wonder...
- yuvipanda, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I kinda expected it to go down. And it did...
- mustacheo, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1Why is this on the front page? BURY!!
- jeffguillaume, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1http://duggback.com
- Paktu, on 10/11/2007, -5/+4Just make sure to mention the following topics as often as possible: Apple, Kevin Rose, Amazing, Ubuntu, and Ron Paul.
- dagamer34, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2You forgot BREAKING!!! That one always attracts attention.
- Roscoe1976, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5Engadget recipe for traffic:
Add a little: Apple, Nintendo Wii, DS, Steve Jobs
and just a sprinkle of : emails from "inside" sources to create validity
and don't forget to top it off with pictures stolen from other sites to give it that fruity flavor - asbest, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0spam it baby spam it !
- maina231, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Still lots of stuffs that are their in Weblogs Inc are stolen from other sites. Theirs always that elitist mindset among the big tech so called blogs ( seems more like a news channel) engadget, gizmodo, crunchgear, cnet, etc. Its more in Engadget thou, you might find posts that just say thanks Joel, Bob, kinda in the bottom of their post, atleast the person sites should be linked to. They already earning millions yearly can't they leave something for poor bloggers like us. Gizmodo is far better at this, you can atleast expect a link back to your site. Actually the whole internet has become kinda Digital pollution, same stuff doing rounds all over the world and we all are guilty of that.
- freakitude, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3 This Website Has Been Suspended
- yuvipanda, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Use this mirror: http://www.dotcache.com/http://blog.yuvisense.net/2007/05/29/engadget-analysis-part-i-posts-words-comments-categories/
- steveooo, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1im trying to help him get it back up..
- yuvipanda, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1It was futile, and stupid of me. Thanks for trying steve.
- nighthawk24, on 10/11/2007, -3/+0aoo
- steveooo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+2I got a static version working..
- dugh, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Well it has a very pretty suspended page! After reading the mirror, this guy has some great potential (and creativity) - he needs money for a server, anyone want to pool in?
- bpilley, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Jason Calacanis just offered this kid a job! :)
http://www.calacanis.com/2007/05/29/engadget-stats/
PS. The original link to Yuvi's blog worked for me... - slapthemonkey, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Its great!!!
- kr8tr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0We've moved the blog to a new host - hopefully this one won't crash!
- stephdau, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Bright kid. Recruiters, write his name down!
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