Comments on: How real-time is the blogosphere? http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/ Thought streams on the future of tech and media Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:32:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A L E A http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-84 A L E A Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:44:19 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/#comment-84 <strong>How real-time is the blogosphere ?...</strong> At 4:02PM (Eastern), Google posts their Q4 earning results on the Business Wire. The big, big news (definitely the biggest news out of the valley for today) is that their numbers fell short of consensus estimates. At 5:11PM Reuters posts their summary ... How real-time is the blogosphere ?…

At 4:02PM (Eastern), Google posts their Q4 earning results on the Business Wire. The big, big news (definitely the biggest news out of the valley for today) is that their numbers fell short of consensus estimates. At 5:11PM Reuters posts their summary …

]]> By: Darren Straight's Blog http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-83 Darren Straight's Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2006 01:18:34 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/#comment-83 <strong>How real-time is the blogosphere?...</strong> I just came across this blog post after seeing Robert Scoble post a link to it. At 4:02PM (Eastern), Google poststheir Q4 earning results on the Business Wire. The big, big news (definitely the biggest news out of the valley for today) is that their nu... How real-time is the blogosphere?…

I just came across this blog post after seeing Robert Scoble post a link to it.
At 4:02PM (Eastern), Google poststheir Q4 earning results on the Business Wire. The big, big news (definitely the biggest news out of the valley for today) is that their nu…

]]> By: Philipp Lenssen http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Philipp Lenssen Thu, 02 Feb 2006 10:26:19 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/#comment-82 I posted news on this to Google Blogoscoped at 05:22:19pm EST. I'm in Germany so for me it was deep night ;) I posted news on this to Google Blogoscoped at 05:22:19pm EST. I’m in Germany so for me it was deep night ;)

]]> By: /pd http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-81 /pd Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:08:34 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/#comment-81 Oh I forgot to mention its a german based blogger, a -2hr difference in terms of time from the uk based Times !! Oh I forgot to mention its a german based blogger, a -2hr difference in terms of time from the uk based Times !!

]]> By: /pd http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-80 /pd Thu, 02 Feb 2006 03:06:51 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/#comment-80 It all depends on which areas you are dependent on for cutting edge info.. The googs results were (imho) first blogged here... http://blog.outer-court.com/forum/18357.html :)- It all depends on which areas you are dependent on for cutting edge info.. The googs results were (imho) first blogged here…

http://blog.outer-court.com/forum/18357.html
:) -

]]> By: Darren Straight http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Darren Straight Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:20:33 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/#comment-79 Ever tried Newsvine? http://www.newsvine.com/ If you need an invite let me know! Ever tried Newsvine?

http://www.newsvine.com/

If you need an invite let me know!

]]> By: Rishi Khaitan http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Rishi Khaitan Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:12:42 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/#comment-78 John, Mathew, Great comments. I met Gabe Rivera (founder of Memeorandum) a couple weeks ago and, from what I recall, he emphasized to me that an important thing about the site is that it does not differentiate between blog sources and news sources. News is news. A news item could be first reported on a company's blog (as is typical with startup tech, esp "Web 2.0", companies) or could be first reported on the news wire. Ultimately, a big headline is important no matter what the originating source is. John, you're totally right, news which does not lead to many back-links is unlikely to show up on Memeorandum. And in mainstream media, back-links just don't happen in general. So, with the news bit you mentioned, you're right, if it doesn't catch on in the blogosphere, it is unlikely to get traction on Memeorandum. Mathew, is Digg really that great for real-time news? I have not seen that to be true. News is mixed in with all sorts of different items which are basically just bookmarks. It's not necessarily time-sensitive. John, Mathew,

Great comments. I met Gabe Rivera (founder of Memeorandum) a couple weeks ago and, from what I recall, he emphasized to me that an important thing about the site is that it does not differentiate between blog sources and news sources. News is news. A news item could be first reported on a company’s blog (as is typical with startup tech, esp “Web 2.0″, companies) or could be first reported on the news wire.

Ultimately, a big headline is important no matter what the originating source is. John, you’re totally right, news which does not lead to many back-links is unlikely to show up on Memeorandum. And in mainstream media, back-links just don’t happen in general. So, with the news bit you mentioned, you’re right, if it doesn’t catch on in the blogosphere, it is unlikely to get traction on Memeorandum.

Mathew, is Digg really that great for real-time news? I have not seen that to be true. News is mixed in with all sorts of different items which are basically just bookmarks. It’s not necessarily time-sensitive.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Mathew Ingram Wed, 01 Feb 2006 17:06:53 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/#comment-77 I think John is onto something there. Memeorandum isn't really designed to be first with the breaking news -- Digg is probably better for that. Memeo is designed to be first with the (theoretically) informed opinions on the news, which depending on your perspective is either better or worse than just the news itself :-) I think John is onto something there. Memeorandum isn’t really designed to be first with the breaking news — Digg is probably better for that. Memeo is designed to be first with the (theoretically) informed opinions on the news, which depending on your perspective is either better or worse than just the news itself :-)

]]> By: John Dowdell http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-76 John Dowdell Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:46:21 +0000 http://www.itsrishi.com/archives/2006/01/31/how-real-time-is-the-blogosphere/#comment-76 It takes awhile for enough of the blogger pool to notice it to get into the next Memeorandum snapshot. The algorithm identifies "importance" by how many of its selected blogs write about it. Makes sense. I've noticed that, with the recent increase in the size of the blogging pool, that the front pages contain more references to fewer stories, and those fewer stories are mostly about Microsoft and Google now. One more thing -- I've been realizing this week that Memeorandum is great for capturing <em>tech-related news which is easy to have a linkable opinion about</em>, rather than just tech-related news per se. "Opinionable news" (is that a word? ;-) gets more inbound links, and so is more likely to place in Memeorandum. (The actual tech news this week is that 50% of the world's computers have upgraded their web services & "Ajax" abilities in the past three months, and yet most readers of Mememorandum will remain unaware of this significant fact unless they look elsewhere.) jd/adobe It takes awhile for enough of the blogger pool to notice it to get into the next Memeorandum snapshot. The algorithm identifies “importance” by how many of its selected blogs write about it. Makes sense.

I’ve noticed that, with the recent increase in the size of the blogging pool, that the front pages contain more references to fewer stories, and those fewer stories are mostly about Microsoft and Google now.

One more thing — I’ve been realizing this week that Memeorandum is great for capturing tech-related news which is easy to have a linkable opinion about, rather than just tech-related news per se. “Opinionable news” (is that a word? ;-) gets more inbound links, and so is more likely to place in Memeorandum.

(The actual tech news this week is that 50% of the world’s computers have upgraded their web services & “Ajax” abilities in the past three months, and yet most readers of Mememorandum will remain unaware of this significant fact unless they look elsewhere.)

jd/adobe

]]>