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Re: Metrics that Trump Alexa Ranking and PageRank

fencesitter — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:33:06 -0000

Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it so many times. My favorite author said that. :)

Congratulations on the Alexa Jan!

Re: The Best Of The Fencesitter

fencesitter — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:39:27 -0000

Hahaha, Jan, what can I say? I've been writing for the longest time.

Re: How Blogging Affected My Offline Interaction

fencesitter — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:23:10 -0000

Hi Jan, thanks for visiting my blog when nobody else would. hahaha. Anyway I wrote something like this as well around two years ago i think. Here's the link, http://fencesitter.i.ph/blo... and yes, that's another blog. :)

Re: Hung Over

fencesitter — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:50:04 -0000

Hi Checks! How are ya? Hope everythings fine. :)

Re: Brouhaha Over The 2009 Emerging Influential Blogger Awards

fencesitter — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:21:37 -0000

Oh man, there goes my private little kingdom. Not sure if this calls for a celebration, or a public execution. I really had no intention of delving into this matter further because, uh, I'm so over this. This is like, so yesterday.

But anyway, as jan aptly said, I may have hyperextended myself on this one. But actually jumping off my very comfortable fence and taking sides? Nah, I don't think I have that in me. Having no backbone not only helps considerably, it's actually pretty convenient.

But I guess hyperextending every once in a while is not so bad, look, just for this awful post I already got a 600% increase in traffic. Whoopdeedoo!

Re: Brouhaha Over The 2009 Emerging Influential Blogger Awards

fencesitter — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:07:26 -0000

Oooh, la kapitana himself. :) Welcome.

To answer the very biting question, I'm just here sitting on the fence as usual. When you have the president as a role model you can't help but do the same.

Seriously though what did I do about it? I ignored it of course. The internet thrives on publicity, positive or otherwise. By not even acknowledging it ('til now) I am not lending legitimacy to that event.

You on the other hand (now, now, we're just talking) decided to be a part of it, extending your I quote "integrity and credibility" to a project that was suspect from the start. A project that you can nominate any blog or even yourself as long as the blog in question was created after May '08. That was the only rule. It didn't specify whether a blog has to have a certain number of posts or has a minimum alexa rank of xxx. A blog has only to be created after May 2008.

Now working within those boundaries, some folks 'may' have created blogs just to push their agenda. Were they breaking any contest rules if it did happen? Err, no. Was it tasteless, if true? Maybe a bit (understatement of the year).

It was all too clear right from the get go, that if somebody wanted to 'game' the awards they can do so, and very easily too. However, given all these you still chose to bring forward your nominees. And now, you feel that some group has "supposedly" manipulated the awards so that their own bets win, and now you feel really strongly against this. But la kapitana, were they breaking any rule? Ermm, as far as rules go, I think no.

That's all I'm saying. You participate in a contest that can easily be manipulated, don't be shocked or scandalized when it is. Better steer clear from such contests, you'll only pop some arteries when you do.