Comments on: TechCrunch not dead yet http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/paid.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 12:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: PhotogTech http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/paid.html#comment-1358123 PhotogTech Thu, 01 Mar 2012 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146235#comment-1358123 Funnily enough I just a few minutes ago unsubscribed from the TechCrunch RSS feed They've been posting even more shit than usual recently and posting far to many articles in total My RSS rules are "shit articles + too many articles = Unsubscribe"  Funnily enough I just a few minutes ago unsubscribed from the TechCrunch RSS feed
They’ve been posting even more shit than usual recently and posting far to many articles in total
My RSS rules are “shit articles + too many articles = Unsubscribe” 

]]> By: sofong http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/paid.html#comment-1356469 sofong Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146235#comment-1356469 http://technorati.com/blogs/top100/ Lists TechCrunch as #4 +1 for this week. That's all the blogs. Boingboing is #8 http://technorati.com/blogs/top100/ Lists TechCrunch as #4 +1 for this week. That’s all the blogs. Boingboing is #8

]]> By: Niall Kennedy http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/paid.html#comment-1356454 Niall Kennedy Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146235#comment-1356454 "they tend to give lowball figures for sites who don't sign up for (or stop using) expensive direct measurement services" Load TechCrunch.com. View source. Search for "scorecardresearch.com" or "COMSCORE." Beacon fires with the pageload. There could be sampling happening but direct measurement is available for the site. “they tend to give lowball figures for sites who don’t sign up for (or stop using) expensive direct measurement services”

Load TechCrunch.com. View source. Search for “scorecardresearch.com” or “COMSCORE.” Beacon fires with the pageload. There could be sampling happening but direct measurement is available for the site.

]]> By: Elliottw http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/paid.html#comment-1356388 Elliottw Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146235#comment-1356388 Sounds like fairly ill-informed opinions about comScore. You could check with Nielsen Netratings for a second opinion. Or Alexa, which shows Techcrunch down 26% in just the past three months. Sounds like fairly ill-informed opinions about comScore. You could check with Nielsen Netratings for a second opinion. Or Alexa, which shows Techcrunch down 26% in just the past three months.

]]> By: ialreadyexist http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/paid.html#comment-1356347 ialreadyexist Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146235#comment-1356347 I've never read TechCrunch, but this doesn't surprise me.  It sounds very similar to what happened to Engadget.  Soon after Engadget was purchased by AOL, the suckage factor went way up, they seemed to encourage religious fanboy wars for the sake of clicks, and all their best writers left. AOL - screwing up everything they touch. I’ve never read TechCrunch, but this doesn’t surprise me.  It sounds very similar to what happened to Engadget.  Soon after Engadget was purchased by AOL, the suckage factor went way up, they seemed to encourage religious fanboy wars for the sake of clicks, and all their best writers left.

AOL – screwing up everything they touch.

]]> By: Haz 0 http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/paid.html#comment-1356301 Haz 0 Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146235#comment-1356301 Probably has to do with Facebook-only commenting, and their fixation with flame wars. Probably has to do with Facebook-only commenting, and their fixation with flame wars.

]]> By: scatterfingers http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/paid.html#comment-1356272 scatterfingers Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146235#comment-1356272 ComScore are a bunch of lying bastards whose continued existence is beyond a mystery. ComScore are a bunch of lying bastards whose continued existence is beyond a mystery.

]]> By: Tony http://boingboing.net/2012/02/28/paid.html#comment-1356159 Tony Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146235#comment-1356159 Tech 'journalism' actually is a lot of bullshit, at least according to  http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-paid-apologists-welcome-to-the-silicon-cesspool/ Tech ‘journalism’ actually is a lot of bullshit, at least according to 
http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-paid-apologists-welcome-to-the-silicon-cesspool/

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