Comments on: OTB in Slate

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:19:13 +0000

...or Bat Boy! I heard he was Elvis' love child!

By: LJD

LJD — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:17:32 +0000

...or alien invaders in UFOs, or underground dwelling brain suckers....

By: Lt bell

Lt bell — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:01:02 +0000

maybe we should talk about the treason in the white house, and rove/bush conspiracy, that might generate more interest

By: Zsa Zsa

Zsa Zsa — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:59:56 +0000

Rodney,...I mention you alot in my comments. Usually if I see someone who has mispelled a word, or if I have !!! ...I hope you don't mind?

By: Suwedo

Suwedo — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:58:28 +0000

What is Slate?

By: Steven Taylor

Steven Taylor — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:19:05 +0000

Sean Hackbarth has noted the lack of traffic from a Slate mention as well.

Much like CNN/MSNBC mentions, it seems to generate very little actualy interest in one's site.

I can understand the TV mentions not generating visitors, but it is kind of odd that an online publication mention wouldn't get at least a microburst.

By: Will Franklin

Will Franklin — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:09:53 +0000

I have had a couple of mentions by Slate, and from those mentions I also received a mild amount of referrals. I was similarly puzzled, but then again, those Slate roundups have dozens of links on one topic, diluting the effect. Also, there are a lot of roundups, not one central blog roundup, and they occur frequently.

An Instapundit link is still pretty much the best thing out there in terms of loads of referrals. Moreso than many mainstream media mentions.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:05:41 +0000

Well, when Bannerjee linked to a post of mine about the AFL-CIO troubles, I got a lot of referrals. Then again, that's against a background of a much lower average traffic flow.

What I think though, is that a big reason you don't get a lot of referrals from your Slate links is, your readership probably overlaps with theirs more than, say, mine does.