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Google Trends Launches - Apparently I’m Techmeme’s 3rd Most Overlapped Site? (No Way!)

Friday, June 20th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

Google today announced that they are moving Google Trends closer towards Quantcast and Compete's territories... This is potentially big news - but it depends on how transparent Google decides to ... Read more..

Techmeme Leaderboard - Top 100 Techmeme Sources in Widgets!

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »

Want to stay atop of Techmeme's top 100 blogs? Using Widgetbox's Blidget tool, I've turned each of the Techmeme Leaderboard blogs (the top 100 headline sources) into widgets and broken ... Read more..

Nothing’s Hotter than the iPhone (Unless You’re on Facebook)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »

Visited any tech site recently? Chances are, it looks a lot like Techmeme's current front page: inundated with news and rumors regarding Apple's iPhone and upcoming announcements (see headlines here ... Read more..

Analyzing Techmeme’s Top 100 Blogs: Techmeme Presence vs. Monthly Traffic

Sunday, June 1st, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 4 Comments »

One of the appeals of Techmeme is it's transparent, always updated leaderboard. Techmeme ranks it's top 100 contributors by the number of headlines each blog sends to the homepage. The ... Read more..

Using Compete.com to ‘Understand’ Techmeme and Its Audience

Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 3 Comments »

If you’ve read this blog often enough, you’re aware that I’m a big fan of Quantcast. I’m also a fan of analytics software / providers and was excited to try ... Read more..

Charting Techmeme’s Top 100 Headline & Discussion Sources

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 4 Comments »

Techmeme has garnered a great deal of analysis over the past week: Statbot broke down the top 100 users, CrunchBase released a very thorough Blogger Board, and I argued that ... Read more..

The Front Page Effect – Why I’d Rather Be on Techmeme than Digg, Mixx, etc

Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 15 Comments »

On Friday, I had my first Techmeme ‘headline’ and it offered the chance to compare what I refer to as “The Front Page Effect” – what happens when your website ... Read more..

Digg Unveils New Algorithm… Is Digg Trying to Become Techmeme?

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 2 Comments »

Digg and Techmeme are two of my favorite websites - visited routinely throughout the day. They satisfy similar needs but do so in completely different ways. Techmeme is an efficient way ... Read more..