Comments on: The blog counting game http://scobleizer.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/ Exploring the 2010 Web Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:01:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: anand http://scobleizer.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-35032 anand Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:12:04 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/#comment-35032 >>No. Advertisers see through that smoke screen. That’s why more and more money is pouring into real blog networks like B5 Media and Federated Media Publishing and AdBrite. B5media.com - I did not know about that and the site was too slow. Anyway it seems to have been started by pro bloggers, for pro bloggers. Not for the normal users fm - does not look like it offers blogging service..It seems to offer adv to some other sites Adbrite - not even close to a blog Probably you gotto learn what a blogging service is !! You comparison is like comparing IE to Photoshop. >>No. Advertisers see through that smoke screen. That’s why more and more money is pouring into real blog networks like B5 Media and Federated Media Publishing and AdBrite.

B5media.com – I did not know about that and the site was too slow. Anyway it seems to have been started by pro bloggers, for pro bloggers. Not for the normal users

fm – does not look like it offers blogging service..It seems to offer adv to some other sites

Adbrite – not even close to a blog

Probably you gotto learn what a blogging service is !! You comparison is like comparing IE to Photoshop.

]]> By: Ankit http://scobleizer.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-35033 Ankit Mon, 21 Aug 2006 17:21:50 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/#comment-35033 Hi Robert, I think you have mix things up. Microsft Spaces is not a Blog network, neither is Adbrite, or Text Link Ads etc. Wordpress, Typepad, Microsoft Live are online software services used for blogging. While I agree with Matt that Adbrite, FM are advertising networks. Microsoft has no control if people put up a blog on their service and update in regulary or not. Their claiming of most no. of blogs is plain stupid. While Blog networks like b5media, Instablogs, Know More Media have group of bloggers who are in constantly touch within the network and maintains and update their blogs regulary. Hi Robert,
I think you have mix things up. Microsft Spaces is not a Blog network, neither is Adbrite, or Text Link Ads etc.

Wordpress, Typepad, Microsoft Live are online software services used for blogging.

While I agree with Matt that Adbrite, FM are advertising networks.

Microsoft has no control if people put up a blog on their service and update in regulary or not. Their claiming of most no. of blogs is plain stupid. While Blog networks like b5media, Instablogs, Know More Media have group of bloggers who are in constantly touch within the network and maintains and update their blogs regulary.

]]> By: Pamela http://scobleizer.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-35034 Pamela Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:32:31 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/#comment-35034 Robert, you seem to think you are avenging some kind of marketing sin here - but we don't care whether somebody made an overreaching claim or not. The bottom line is, most of us will never ever want or expect advertisers to flock to our blogs. We don't spend our day scheming about how to get links from A-listers or debating whether or not to link to someone or to make a 'gesture'. We just want to write our thoughts in the way we see fit. You seem to have forgotten that blogging tools are just that -- tools. The content is the point, the tools just enable people to express themselves. Permalinks & trackbacks are merely administrivia. I think YOUR type of blogging is the sub-type, m'dear. The rest of us will do what we wish no matter who complains... Robert, you seem to think you are avenging some kind of marketing sin here – but we don’t care whether somebody made an overreaching claim or not.

The bottom line is, most of us will never ever want or expect advertisers to flock to our blogs. We don’t spend our day scheming about how to get links from A-listers or debating whether or not to link to someone or to make a ‘gesture’. We just want to write our thoughts in the way we see fit. You seem to have forgotten that blogging tools are just that — tools. The content is the point, the tools just enable people to express themselves. Permalinks & trackbacks are merely administrivia.

I think YOUR type of blogging is the sub-type, m’dear. The rest of us will do what we wish no matter who complains…

]]> By: Abby http://scobleizer.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-35035 Abby Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:09:55 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/#comment-35035 BTW, do advertisers have any chance with active Live Spaces as well? Robert, I have an active blog at Live Spaces, but lack of javascript and limited html sandbox does not allow me to put any affliate/ advertorial code. You got any solution for me? :) BTW, do advertisers have any chance with active Live Spaces as well?

Robert, I have an active blog at Live Spaces, but lack of javascript and limited html sandbox does not allow me to put any affliate/ advertorial code.

You got any solution for me? :)

]]> By: Maneesh http://scobleizer.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-35048 Maneesh Mon, 21 Aug 2006 06:48:12 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/#comment-35048 I agree with Bob and Steve above... Scoble's quote: "executives can get on stage and say they have more blogs than anyone else"... I looked it up, and it seems as if the actual quote was that Spaces is "now the largest blogging service on the planet"... so it looks like you're doing a bit of misquoting here... he didn't actually say that Spaces had the most number of blogs... while "most number of blogs" is one way to judge largest blogging service, so is "largest audience"... In fact, you said yourself in all these posts today that a key to the definition of blog is audience reach (and therefore how much advertisers think they are worth)... so by your own definition of blogging, you must admit that the fact that Spaces has the most number of unique vistors per month out of all the major services that offer blogs is worthwhile to advertisers and is a pretty impressive stat for such a new service? I agree with Bob and Steve above…

Scoble’s quote: “executives can get on stage and say they have more blogs than anyone else”…

I looked it up, and it seems as if the actual quote was that Spaces is “now the largest blogging service on the planet”… so it looks like you’re doing a bit of misquoting here… he didn’t actually say that Spaces had the most number of blogs… while “most number of blogs” is one way to judge largest blogging service, so is “largest audience”… In fact, you said yourself in all these posts today that a key to the definition of blog is audience reach (and therefore how much advertisers think they are worth)…

so by your own definition of blogging, you must admit that the fact that Spaces has the most number of unique vistors per month out of all the major services that offer blogs is worthwhile to advertisers and is a pretty impressive stat for such a new service?

]]> By: Robert Scoble http://scobleizer.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/comment-page-1/#comment-35049 Robert Scoble Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:28:16 +0000 https://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/08/20/the-counting-game/#comment-35049 >Get a check on your ego already. Heheh. Why the hell should I? After all, executives can get on stage and say they have more blogs than anyone else and the most you can add to the conversation is to tell me to get my ego in check? You guys make me laugh. How is the new coffee up in Redmond, by the way? >Get a check on your ego already.

Heheh. Why the hell should I? After all, executives can get on stage and say they have more blogs than anyone else and the most you can add to the conversation is to tell me to get my ego in check? You guys make me laugh. How is the new coffee up in Redmond, by the way?

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