for the record, I'm not trying to get into a competition regarding web traffic between one site or another. But yes, I do believe that general statements of trends based on statistics should be qualified by a representative sample size. If I say 50% of my viewers prefer X, and I'm talking 10 out of 20 people, and I know all 20 people because they're my friends, then those stats may or may not be indicitive of any larger trends outside of those 20 people. There is not enough data to make any real claim on anything, and there is certainly no control group to offset any oddities that pertain to the particular sample group.
This is statistics 101... -Josh On 12/24/05, Michael Meiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'mm apparently missing half the conversation but... what the heck is > FireANT's traffic rpresentative to in comparison to iTunes... and next too > google... really all of us are insignificant... But google would never > say... what's the significance of my tiny little site ... when someone does > a search for "michael meiser" I'm more than significant enough, in fact I'm > the omnipitent mast of my domain bitches. :) > > This is like rocketboom pissing on other vlogs, not that they have... in the > big picture the difference between a rocketboom and a Dierdre Straighan > isn't really a difference at all.. their both pretty long tail. What's > important is in aggregate we're begining to be one significant as mother > fucking aspect of media.... much like open source software and the blogs > that have come before us. > > So, this sounds like an a-list blogger pissing contest. BTW, on a related > note Crooks and Liars trounced Rocketboom in the webbys. I don't know if > you follow Crooks and Liars, but if you do you should ask yourself what's > significant. Rocketboom is representative of me... Dierdre's website is > representitive of me and that's all I give a crap about. It's the first > visitor that matters and that's me. > > http://tinyurl.com/d9s56 > > original url. > http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&range=2y&size=large&compare_sites=rocketboom.com&y=r&url=http%3A//www.crooksandliars.com/ > > > > On Dec 24, 2005, at 4:28 AM, Deirdre Straughan wrote: > > > On 12/23/05, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > At the risk of sounding like a jerk, do you really think your site > > gets enough traffic to provide a representative sample of anything? > > > Uh, yeah, that did sound pretty jerky. > > A small sample is nonetheless a sample, especially when it can be compared > to itself via relative number of downloads of different formats of the same > video. Perhaps my sample of viewers is MORE representative of the general > Internet population since my viewers are mostly NOT videobloggers but > "ordinary folks" looking for material about specific topics (Italy, mostly), > rather than searching within the general category "videoblogs". > Videobloggers tend to have every possible video codec installed already; my > viewers probably don't. So the fact that they seem to be successfully > viewing Flash on my site does seem to me to have some useful meaning to the > folks who ask about Flash in this group. > > As for viewership, we are all (even Rocketboom) way out on the long tail, so > I don't see a lot of point in playing "My Feedburner's bigger than yours." > My audience is small but growing, and I'm having fun with it - that's good > enough for me. > > -- > best regards, > Deirdré Straughan > > www.beginningwithi.com (personal) > www.tvblob.com (work) > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ________________________________ > > > > > ________________________________ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ________________________________ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
