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Scoble’s Blog Malaise
I’ve been in a blog malaise lately. It’s getting harder and harder to write. Why? The stakes are going up. Not for…
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Some People Will Click On Anything
Pose whatever theory you like as to why, but an AdWords experiment revealed that people will click on just about anything – even if the ad tells them their computer will be infected with a virus if they do.
Diggers Love Top Sevens
Russ Jones on theGoogleCache took a look at how “Top #” lists perform on Digg. We all know how popular top 10 lists are. Russ’s initial premise was that they’re not necessarily the best performing. He thought top 6s would be best, another coworker bet on top 7s. The coworker won. Of 90 “Top 7″ stories submitted to Digg, 53 made the front page—59%.
Top 7 Lists Lead The Pack On Digg
Lists are good, but if they become too long, readers are liable to lose interest. Too short, and no one will think your 25-word post is worth reading. Top 10 lists have become the norm - but why? Russ Jones of the Google Cache combed through over 2,500 Digg stories to see if lists with more (or fewer) points do better.
Blogging, Affiliate Marketing & Social Traffic
Here’s an open solicitation for questions in the 3 areas I focus on:
Mobile Internet Not Yet Mainstream
More than half (53%) of 16-to-24 year olds say they have used the mobile Internet and 36 percent say they do so at least once per week, according to a recent survey from Harris Interactive.
