Comments on: We’re, like, huge http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/general-management/were-like-huge/ European Opinion Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:42:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Abiola Lapite http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/general-management/were-like-huge/#comment-1028 Abiola Lapite Wed, 29 Oct 2003 00:10:00 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=94#comment-1028 "Guess what: I still get virtually three times the hits on the (virtually linkless) blogger page as I do on the other." On the other, you've had lots of items on your Blogger pages linked to by high-powered bloggers like Brad DeLong. Not all links are created equal, at least, not according to the PageRank algorithm. A single link from a high-profile site is (correctly, IMHO) regarded as more valuable than several from much less popular pages. “Guess what: I still get virtually three times the hits on the (virtually linkless) blogger page as I do on the other.”

On the other, you’ve had lots of items on your Blogger pages linked to by high-powered bloggers like Brad DeLong. Not all links are created equal, at least, not according to the PageRank algorithm. A single link from a high-profile site is (correctly, IMHO) regarded as more valuable than several from much less popular pages.

]]> By: Edward http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/general-management/were-like-huge/#comment-1027 Edward Tue, 28 Oct 2003 18:44:37 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=94#comment-1027 Just did a run on today's searches. Surprisinglys (for me at least) there are quite a few euros (no fistfuls) and the following outliers: lampedusa msf axelle guerin maxima zorreguieta princess of holland I think you can see where they come from. On Bonobo I gets lots looking for my animal friends, but I do get some really weird ones like people looking for spare parts for washing machines. While I'm here, why don't I 'out' Google on something else. I run two China pages, one on Sinosplice for inside China. Now when I went over to sinosplice Fons Tuinstra did warn me that Google might not be so friendly if I left blogger. So I kept the two pages running simultaneously. The sinosplice one has virtually all the inbound links. Guess what: I still get virtually three times the hits on the (virtually linkless) blogger page as I do on the other. So much for 'network theory'. Naughty Google. Just did a run on today’s searches. Surprisinglys (for me at least) there are quite a few euros (no fistfuls) and the following outliers:
lampedusa msf

axelle guerin

maxima zorreguieta princess of holland

I think you can see where they come from. On Bonobo I gets lots looking for my animal friends, but I do get some really weird ones like people looking for spare parts for washing machines.

While I’m here, why don’t I ‘out’ Google on something else. I run two China pages, one on Sinosplice for inside China. Now when I went over to sinosplice Fons Tuinstra did warn me that Google might not be so friendly if I left blogger. So I kept the two pages running simultaneously. The sinosplice one has virtually all the inbound links.

Guess what: I still get virtually three times the hits on the (virtually linkless) blogger page as I do on the other.

So much for ‘network theory’. Naughty Google.

]]> By: Doug http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/general-management/were-like-huge/#comment-1026 Doug Tue, 28 Oct 2003 12:37:25 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=94#comment-1026 As the Chinese say: weiku. (http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/05/30/china_web/) As the Chinese say: weiku.

(http://archive.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/05/30/china_web/)

]]> By: Edward http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/general-management/were-like-huge/#comment-1025 Edward Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:24:35 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/wordpress/?p=94#comment-1025 Interesting point David. Actually Google searches are a thing-in-themselves. If you go to the stats and track-back to see what the searches have been about they're normally hilarious. Most of the people who show up and are really interested come through following links. Incidentally, I had a strange experience on Saturday when a young Chinese blogger came across the messenger. She explained that using Google you can get to see Western blogs. You put a search and follow the Google-threaded link. As they say in China: cool. She was able to get Fistful while we were chatting. Bottome line. If you want hits from Google, maybe accepting the official plural would have been a better strategy, I guess a lot more people enter 'euro' than 'euros' (although surprisingly not so many as you might think: I get a lot more for deflation than for euro). And those who enter 'fistful', well I wouldn't even want to begin to try and imagine what they might be looking for! Interesting point David. Actually Google searches are a thing-in-themselves. If you go to the stats and track-back to see what the searches have been about they’re normally hilarious. Most of the people who show up and are really interested come through following links.

Incidentally, I had a strange experience on Saturday when a young Chinese blogger came across the messenger. She explained that using Google you can get to see Western blogs. You put a search and follow the Google-threaded link. As they say in China: cool. She was able to get Fistful while we were chatting.

Bottome line. If you want hits from Google, maybe accepting the official plural would have been a better strategy, I guess a lot more people enter ‘euro’ than ‘euros’ (although surprisingly not so many as you might think: I get a lot more for deflation than for euro). And those who enter ‘fistful’, well I wouldn’t even want to begin to try and imagine what they might be looking for!

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