After a couple months of being completely without site analytics, I thought I’d try out Google Analytics. Things it doesn’t measure; RSS feeds, downloads, downloads from RSS feeds. Considering 95% of what I’m tracking is accessible via an RSS feed (like podcasts). Google isn’t helping me. The previous iteration of their tool – Urchin, was …
Category Archives: Weblogs
Who Listens If Everyones Podcasting?
Local NBC affiliate KARE11 came by this morning to talk podcasting and we continued the ‘who’s the audience when everyone publishes?’ conversation. I don’t think this is a question about too much stuff to pay attention to, it’s a question about ownership of the publication process. Traditionally, recording companies, television stations, newspaper publishers had an …
On Weblogs, Product Placement Worth More Than Banner Ads
Yesterday, A List Apart, Signal vs. Noise and Coudal announced a new ad network in the vein of John Grubers’ Daring Fireball sponsorhip model. Limited capacity, reasonable rates, blah, blah. Yes, all 4 of these blogs are extremely popular, and I can’t say enough good things about Daring Fireball. John is frank, curt, and snide …
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How to Blog for Higher Search Engine Ranking
Blogging, aside from being one of the easiest ways to publish online, is also one of the easiest ways to increase search engine rankings. Search engine spiders like Google’s GoogleBot expect websites to change and be updated frequently. Blogs are (or should be), so the spiders come by more frequently. Once the spiders are at …
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Until Audio Hijack Pro for Video, Videoblogging Won’t Take Off
Before I made my first videoblog, I assumed there were 2 challenges video-blogging had to overcome before it could be as be as hot as podcasting File size for video are a magnitude larger than audio, so bandwidth is that much more precious. Without something like BitTorrent, each additional download is money out of the …
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The Mass Market Mentality vs Individual Customer
Doug Kaye states Mark Ramsey doesn’t get podcasting. Mark Ramsey replies that Doug doesn’t get broadcasting. Yes, podcasting is a great opportunity for broadcasters to experiment and create a farm team. Yes, podcasting is a no-brainer for a broadcasters to connect with their audience on their audience’s terms. Finally, Yes, podcasting is the easiest way …
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Notes from Wikis, Blogs, Podcasts, RSS, and More Talk
Great turnout at my MN-ASIS Brain Food Sampler talk earlier this week. We covered quite a bit of ground in 30 minutes, thanks to everyone attending for the great questions. Here are Ann Treacy‘s notes, published as her latest Byte of the Week email newsletter (Thanks again Ann): “Last night I went to a great …
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Garrick Speaking at MN-ASIS Brain Food Sampler July 12
On Tuesday, July 12th, I’ll be evangelizing podcasts, wikis, RSS, and weblogs as part of MN-ASIS’s “And Now for Something Completely Different” brain food sampler series. Date & Time: 5:00 – 6:30 Tuesday July 12 (speaker starts at 5:30) Place: Pad Thai 1659 Grand Ave just west of Macalester College RSVP atreacy@ treacyinfo.com that you’ll …
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The Difference Between Consumers and Customers
“if any other CEOs of companies who make products I use have a problem with me having a blog, let me know, and I’ll switch to your competitor right away.” – Dave Winer
Minneapolis Scobleized
Tim, Cody, Chuck and I grabbed a drink with Robert Scoble tonight. And I also met local open source CMS developer Tim Broeke from ElectricJet. If you’re finger isn’t on the pulse of weblogs, Scoble is Microsoft’s überblogger. He was in town to start a conversation with Target. I applaud Target for this. There are …