Comments on: Lost Remote besieged by 5th graders

By: Cory

Cory — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:56:02 +0000

Andrew.. or does he have the TIME to do it? Nope.

But I do see it as an advantage.

By: Safran

Safran — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 12:26:45 +0000

I have the same sense of humor as a 10-year-old. How do I get on the show?

By: Andrew Tyndall

Andrew Tyndall — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:25:23 +0000

Bergman notes that the phenomenon is “fascinating” but does not conclude whether it is a benefit or a disadvantage.

In an old-media, Nielsen-ratings worldview, the extra traffic is all to the good because eyeballs lead to revenue sooner or later.

In a new media, conversation-is-value worldview, having the core theme of one’s site diluted by such a large off-topic thread is bad because it confuses Lost Remote’s identity and therefore its sense of community.

I suppose the solution, when confronted by such a phenomenon, is to spin off off-topic threads as quickly as possible as independent brands, linking to their kindred sites so that the search volume is maximized and separating from the parent site so its identity is not compromised.

But does Bergman really want to run a Lost site and an Are You Smarter.. site and a March Madness site as well as Lost Remote? Sounds like a lot of work.

By: Fladam

Fladam — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 03:37:22 +0000

Amazingly intriguing.. Now all you need is to be Dugg.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 02:35:24 +0000

Milk it man. I expect to see banner ads from PlaySkool any day now.

By: theTVaddict

theTVaddict — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:11:59 +0000

I too am constantly amazed at how many visitors have found my site by searching terms associated with FOX’s latest reality TV hit.

Since the show has first aired, I’m constantly getting google queries such as:

“are you smarter than a fifth grader questions”
“are we smarter than 5 grade”
“how do i get on are you smarter than a fifth grader”

etc….

By: The Tony

The Tony — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 21:15:59 +0000

So THAT’S how MySpace started.

Huh.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:38:09 +0000

I think there are a few of us BSG fans around here as well.

By: Chris Weaver

Chris Weaver — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:41:43 +0000

I took a few pictures and did a blog post in 2005 about a ultra tall basketball player from China named Sun Ming Ming who is in the US to get medical care for his growing condition and train for a possible NBA career.

That story has always recieved a lot of traffic but recently it spiked, generating thousands of hits in one day. The large traffic continues, with search engines sending traffic my way for that one story.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 18:30:45 +0000

Beyond Lost fans, Christians, and fifth-graders, are there any other unusual demos represented on LR?