Comments on: Blogger takes long view, makes metrics discovery http://journalistopia.com/2007/07/13/blogger-takes-long-view-makes-metrics-discovery/ A world for online journalists. Come all ye scribes, artists and innovators of the press. Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brad Linder http://journalistopia.com/2007/07/13/blogger-takes-long-view-makes-metrics-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-9482 Brad Linder Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:04:49 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2007/07/13/blogger-takes-long-view-makes-metrics-discovery/#comment-9482 Although a curious thing about StumbleUpon traffic is that it comes in waves. The few times I've gotten major traffic from StumbleUpon, it's come shortly after the story was first "stumbled." Hundreds or thousands of readers will visit the page for a few days until everyone runs out of steam. Then I won't get a single hit from StumbleUpon for a few days, and then a handful of people will trickle in every few days. A month later, someone else might discover and like the article that was first submitted, and the whole thing starts over again. Although a curious thing about StumbleUpon traffic is that it comes in waves.

The few times I’ve gotten major traffic from StumbleUpon, it’s come shortly after the story was first “stumbled.” Hundreds or thousands of readers will visit the page for a few days until everyone runs out of steam.

Then I won’t get a single hit from StumbleUpon for a few days, and then a handful of people will trickle in every few days.

A month later, someone else might discover and like the article that was first submitted, and the whole thing starts over again.

]]> By: Mindy McAdams http://journalistopia.com/2007/07/13/blogger-takes-long-view-makes-metrics-discovery/comment-page-1/#comment-9312 Mindy McAdams Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:37:36 +0000 http://journalistopia.com/2007/07/13/blogger-takes-long-view-makes-metrics-discovery/#comment-9312 That's "the long tail" in action. Some content really has legs. I think Digg is much more skewed toward "what is hot right now" and StumbleUpon is much more random, allowing us to discover stuff we missed when it was hot (and fodder for Digg). That’s “the long tail” in action. Some content really has legs. I think Digg is much more skewed toward “what is hot right now” and StumbleUpon is much more random, allowing us to discover stuff we missed when it was hot (and fodder for Digg).

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