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- "Linked to" != "Influential"
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This kind of stuff is reason #298 that "Web 2.0" and "Blogosphere" people have little connection to reality. To beleive that just because a lot of people link to something or comment on it does NOT mean that it is influential, it merely indicates that people found it noteworthy. There is a world of difference.
What is more "influential"? A foreign policy blog with three regular readers (Tony Blair, George W Bush, and Vladimir Putin) who never link to it or comment on it? Or a blog post containing pictures of Tom Cruise's kid with 2,000 "She's so cute!" comments and 10,000 inbound links? In fact, I would say that a memo sent from a senior editor of the New York Times or The National Review or any other major publication to their staff is 1,000 times more "influential" than any blog, since it will shape the direction that massively consumed content will take, despite being read by only a few dozen people.
Sorry, but in a world where even founding members of Wikipedia have doubts about "truth by common agreement," the idea of determining "influence" based upon links is absurd. Britany Spears is popular, it does not make her important.
J.Ja - Posted by: Justin James Posted on: 09/25/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
"Linked to" != "Influential"
Justin James | 09/25/06
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Actually, Justin...
Mitch Ratcliffe  | 09/25/06
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I am still skeptical
Justin James | 09/25/06
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How would you measure influence
john@... | 09/26/06
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Gladly
Justin James | 09/27/06
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What about search marketing
john@... | 09/27/06
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clarification
rschettino@... | 09/25/06
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MSM content
gfannick | 09/27/06
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