Posted on 07/12/2006 10:23:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Record numbers of people are now visiting blogs, proving that blog visitation is now part of mainstream online behavior for many internet users.
Once bastions for the tech elite, blogs are now as ubiquitous to the web as reality shows are to television. Blogs are redefining how people experience the web and, in many ways, have helped precipitate the shift towards user-generated content on the internet (otherwise known as the Web 2.0 movement).
The emergence of the blogosphere has marked the true democratization of the internet-- a paradigm shift that has taken users from merely having access to information to allowing them to engage in the free exchange of opinions and ideas. But how do we know whether this shift is truly occurring on a wide scale? comScore data show that record numbers of people are now visiting blogs, proving that blog visitation is now part of mainstream online behavior for many internet users.
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The top special interest blog in May was TVSquad.com with more than two million visitors, followed by FreeRepublic.com (up seven percent to 1.6 million visitors) and Breitbart.com (1.6 million visitors).
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Cool!
;-)
Wow. I had no idea I was one of the 'tech elite' in 1999. Did you?
(Am I logged in? Is this thing on?)
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F.R.'s not a blog. 8)
Congratulations anyway.
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Kristinn Taylor |
Voice Of America: Small Group of Protesters Accuses New York Times of Treason - 05 July 2006
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Kristinn Taylor of FreeRepublic.com, a conservative grassroots organization, accused the New York Times of betraying national security secrets. "We want publisher Arthur Sulzburger, the Executive Editor Bill Keller and two reporters, Eric Lichtblau and James Risen to be prosecuted for treason for giving aid and comfort to the enemy in a time of war."
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That thought was rattling around in my head as I read your fine post. Thank you.
I see some have already mentioned that FR is not a blog.
I trust I'm not being to pendantic, but it bears repeating as words have meaning:
"Blog" is short for "Web Log". A "blog" is an online journal.
FR may be many things, but it is neither of those things.
I see some have already mentioned that FR is not a blog.
I trust I'm not being to pedantic, but it bears repeating as words have meaning:
"Blog" is short for "Web Log". A "blog" is an online journal.
FR may be many things, but it is neither of those things.
BTTT!!!!
The place you go
When you need to know
Read the news
Or post your views
Wow! Congrats, FR is the best!!
Damn. For some reason I always assumed "Kristinn Taylor" was a hot Freeper chick. My bad :0(
Found the following explanation at the bottom:
So just like Zogby's Online Polls, these folks self-selected themselves to be 'counted'; still with that large a group that's not a total negative. I do wonder how or if they measure 'stickyness' -- where someone pops into a site for 5/10/15 minutes and bails, as against a goodly portion of Freepers who leave a window active and refresh the latest Posts every 5/10/15 minutes.About comScore Networks
comScore Networks provides unparalleled insight into consumer behavior and attitudes. This capability is based on a massive, global cross-section of more than two million consumers who have given comScore explicit permission to confidentially capture their browsing and transaction behavior, including online and offline purchasing. comScore panelists also participate in survey research that captures and integrates their attitudes and intentions. Through its patent-pending technology, comScore measures what matters across a broad spectrum of behavior and attitudes. comScore consultants apply this deep knowledge of customers and competitors to help clients design powerful marketing strategies and tactics that deliver superior ROI. comScore services are used by global leaders such as AOL, Yahoo!, Verizon, Best Buy, The Newspaper Association of America, Tribune Interactive, ESPN, Nestlé, Bank of America, Universal McCann, the United States Postal Service, GlaxoSmithKline and Orbitz. To be in touch directly, email comScore.
"Meh. I hear that DU is up to 43 registered users... that's like, most of Air America's audience."
Al Franken has at least a dozen accounts.
LOL....exactly...
I don't think they will make a forums list...because we would embarrass the others...
Excellent news.
Since I don't believe any media can truly be "unbiased", I think the national left-wing media will downsize until they are supportable by an audience with similar political views. Same on the right, except that they will experience growth (e.x. Fox).
From my "older" perspective, the big change taking place is that most knowledgeable news consumers no longer buy into the MSM being composed of unbiased, fact gathering, trustworthy, "journalists". In this former MSM fantasy world of the pre-internet era, Walter Cronkite represented the ideal "journalist" and was widely considered as "the most trusted man in America". Most of us thought we were in "unbiased media" heaven, because they told us we were. Then the internet and talk-radio came along, and the present conflict began. The question is; Can the anti-MSM survive the coming DEM/MSM effort to limit conservative talk radio and control information on the internet?
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