On 2/23/06, Susan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sounds like we need the creation of a "visit counter" that combines
both "physical page hits," if you will, and RSS pings...
Thoughts?
Susan
http://vlog.kitykity.com
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Josh Leo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have been thinking a little bit about subscription numbers, feedburner
> stats and all that crap that we use to uselessly evaluate our "place
in the
> vlogosphere" My findings seem to point towards specific
audience/topic as
> being the key motivator for subscribers.
>
> Let's take GETV for example.
> They started in November of 2005. Their vlog consists of interviews
with the
> "big name" people of the blogosphere that they meet at conferences
or in San
> Francisco. Somehow their subscription numbers have shot up very
quick. This
> is most likely because the people who are most interested in that
> information are also the people who are using RSS aggregators the
most. It
> is somewhat simple reflexive system, if you talk about bloggers, then
> bloggers will talk about you and subscribe to your blog.
>
> Rocketboom seems to dwell in this realm, but at times drifts out
into the
> greater world of the internet, I am sure that their forays into the
quirky
> snags them a different audience that views content differently (not
using
> RSS)
>
> I believe that if someone made a videoblog about hiking, their
content would
> most likely not be viewed via RSS but my singular page views
>
> RSS is still unknown to the rest of the world, most people I know
don't even
> know what an aggreagator is. Many of my friends who have blogs on
Xanga or
> Blogger don't even know what a feed is or that they even have one...
>
> I guess this just goes to show that subscribers is not popularity of
> content, but popularity of content within a select group of people
who use
> RSS, therefore the topics that get the most subscribers are the ones
that
> are geared more towards the blog/tech/gadget side of the spectrum...
>
> Screw subscription numbers, just make content!!!
>
> thank you...
>
> --
> Josh Leo
>
> joshleo.com
> stonefarm.blogspot.com
> joshspicks.blogspot.com
> vlogcats.blogspot.com
> wearethemedia.com
>
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