Comments on: The power of Drudge Report http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/ Where TV Finds the Future Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:58:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mike Escutia http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-446035 Mike Escutia Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:02:42 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-446035 I don't read Drudge's site for one simple reason: The design... or lack thereof. It's an aesthetic disaster. I don’t read Drudge’s site for one simple reason: The design… or lack thereof. It’s an aesthetic disaster.

]]> By: Michael http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-444384 Michael Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:26:34 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-444384 Meh. A few years back, he linked to a story on our site, and while the traffic looked nice at the time, it threw off our averages in one metric or another for nearly two years. Advertisers don't always get how traffic spikes work. ("Why is year-to-year traffic down 70% this month?") ...And hotlinking images is a crappy thing to do. Meh. A few years back, he linked to a story on our site, and while the traffic looked nice at the time, it threw off our averages in one metric or another for nearly two years. Advertisers don’t always get how traffic spikes work. (”Why is year-to-year traffic down 70% this month?”)

…And hotlinking images is a crappy thing to do.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443954 Anonymous Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:13:08 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443954 This isn't to mention journalistic integrity. His version of a "correction" is to just remove a link after 12 to 24 hours without comment. It's like he's aiming to make every aspect of his website a live compendium of the worst practices on the web. But I don't think he's losing his traffic because of any of that. I think he's just not unique or interesting anymore. Take the Huffington Post or Digg, for example. Not to mention the entire blogosphere. This isn’t to mention journalistic integrity. His version of a “correction” is to just remove a link after 12 to 24 hours without comment. It’s like he’s aiming to make every aspect of his website a live compendium of the worst practices on the web.

But I don’t think he’s losing his traffic because of any of that. I think he’s just not unique or interesting anymore. Take the Huffington Post or Digg, for example. Not to mention the entire blogosphere.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443951 Anonymous Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:08:48 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443951 Drudge compensates for his loss in traffic by continually increasing his automatic refresh rate. It's up to 180 seconds. That way he can still claim a huge number of "visits" on his home page and defraud his advertisers with per-impression charges, even though someone who just leaves the site open in the background is being counted as 20 "visits" and impressions per hour. Drudge compensates for his loss in traffic by continually increasing his automatic refresh rate. It’s up to 180 seconds. That way he can still claim a huge number of “visits” on his home page and defraud his advertisers with per-impression charges, even though someone who just leaves the site open in the background is being counted as 20 “visits” and impressions per hour.

]]> By: My name. http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443950 My name. Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:05:44 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443950 Also, if the LA Times weren't so interested in getting links from Drudge they would bother to mention his traffic is a fraction of what it once was. Click my name. Also, if the LA Times weren’t so interested in getting links from Drudge they would bother to mention his traffic is a fraction of what it once was. Click my name.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443949 Anonymous Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:03:46 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443949 I certainly don't like it when he hotlinks his photos off news organizations' websites without photo credits or even a link to the source. He does that with every photo on his site. It's bandwidth theft and copyright infringement. I certainly don’t like it when he hotlinks his photos off news organizations’ websites without photo credits or even a link to the source. He does that with every photo on his site. It’s bandwidth theft and copyright infringement.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443942 Anonymous Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:57:36 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/08/06/the-power-of-drudge-report/#comment-443942 . .

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