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Re: Why Blogs Suck

Yura — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:22:43 -0000

Andrew, the right math would be 400/20000, which is still 2%.

20000/400 gets you 5000, but that isn't a conversion rate. That's how many visitors it takes you to get a subscriber, so the subscriber rate is still 1/5000th or 2%.

Maki has a point :)

Btw, I have a 0.59% subscription rate, using Google Analytics. Though its data is somewhat low, the conversion rate should be similar. Some people subscribe to other feeds on my blog that I don't track, such as from their browser (ya know, the feed button on the browser) other feeds, etc, but it is indeed lower than the coveted ecommerce 3%.

I noticed that my subscribers come from places, where I have commented or where my posts were cited. Google traffic does get me some subscribers, but the long tail is pretty strong.

I could argue about the rate that my site design sucks and that I post once or twice per week, though.

P.S. In Opera, the right column is under the main body.

Re: Why Blogs Suck

Yura — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:22:43 -0000

Re: Google PageRank Directory Clanger

Yura — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:06:36 -0000

Where does DMOZ take PR values from?

Could they be months old? If so, since you said that Google Directory took values from DMOZ, the Google Directory values could be old. Then, there's no correlation, whether Google Directory PR values are real or not.

If DMOZ were taking PR values from Google Toolbar, then they'd be the same as the old data.

Btw, I didn't see any PR values at both DMOZs atm. How do you get them?

Also, the article said that since Google updated its directory, it isn't going to rid of it.

Re: Google PageRank Directory Clanger

Yura — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:06:36 -0000

Re: The four drivers of innovation

Yura — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:06:00 -0000

I've always thought that one way to create innovation, apart from using bright minds, is to use knowledge from one industry in another. This is where, apart from translating between the industry languages, an in-between expert should be helpful.

Re: The mobile phone is the evil

Yura — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:11:20 -0000

I think the disadvantages always come with advantages: it largely depends on how you use the phone, really.

If you make a policy not to bother you with nonsense (or just use your phone less), then you might eventually stop receiving silly phone calls.

Then again, if you have a BlackBerry and an iPhone, maybe you should empower the people, who try to contact you, to make their own decisions. Or, if impossible and absolutely necessary, actually find a way to be physically present to help them.