Comments on: Huffington Post Publicity Machine

By: Beck

Beck — Mon, 16 May 2005 20:07:29 +0000

I suspect her TTLB ecosystem rating will crash in a few weeks--the Ecosystem only pulls links from blogs' front pages. She's getting a ton of linkage from folks like, for instance, you, who have no intention of adding her to their permenant blogroll. Give it a while for the initial "Hey look at this train wreck!" links to scroll off into the archives, and her blog will drop like a stone.

By: Jami

Jami — Mon, 16 May 2005 17:16:32 +0000

Um, hello? None of us are famous already. The people on Huffington have put in a heckuva lot more time getting cred than we have on our wee blogs.

By: The Dread Pundit Bluto

The Dread Pundit Bluto — Sat, 14 May 2005 23:43:34 +0000

I had heard that Huffington's alleged blog was allowing comments on their "Newswire" section. That's partially true. The comments have to be pre-approved before appearing, which probably explains why most of the posts don't have comments. What the hell is Arianna so afraid of?

By: ozzippit

ozzippit — Sat, 14 May 2005 20:49:33 +0000

Could the blog's visitors be akin to the well known "gawkers" who simply must slow down on their way to work to inspect a car wreck on the opposite side of the freeway?

By: The Dread Pundit Bluto

The Dread Pundit Bluto — Sat, 14 May 2005 19:42:26 +0000

It certainly didn't hurt to disarm large conservative blogs like Captain's Quarters...and OTB by blogrolling them.

One question, if Paris Hilton starts a blog, where will she be after a week?

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 14 May 2005 18:56:48 +0000

The reason for this is - is all the links (well duh) .. but once the links are off of the first page in your blog .. the TTLB crawler will have a harder time finding them .. but IMO her traffic doesn't represent her ranking on the list.

By: montana wildhack

montana wildhack — Sat, 14 May 2005 17:57:18 +0000

Have you seen this? http://huffingtontoast.com/ IMO, it's better than the orginal.

By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science — Sat, 14 May 2005 14:45:34 +0000

New Blogging Advice: Huffington's Law
James Joyner notes that the Huffington Post has soared to #14 on the TTLB.

James rightly notes the publicity that the site has received, but it also strikes me Arianna has revealed a new law of blogging: post stuff people want to make fun of, and y...

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Sat, 14 May 2005 14:41:28 +0000

Perhaps this should add another suggestion to those wishing to get linkage for their blogs: write stuff people want to make fun of. Apaparently that is as good, if not better, than nekkid people.

By: jwbrown1969

jwbrown1969 — Sat, 14 May 2005 14:08:42 +0000

Fear not OTB although they have zoomed up the ecosystem they are not a threat to you and your excellant blog. Besides they provide such wonderful kookieness.