1.65 billion dollars. Thats how much Google just spent to acquire YouTube. When it comes to buzz in the blogosphere, this is a perfect storm. People already obsess over Google. People already obsess over YouTube’s traffic/inability to make money. And then came the rumor (first by TechCrunch) – Google was in talks to buy YouTube. Bloggers went nuts. Everyone threw their self-important weight, talking about what a horrible deal this was for Google (whilst a fantastic deal for YouTube). And then it happened. What appears to be a most bizarre marriage finally took place. I do want to take a moment to pause here and give Michael Arrington (TechCrunch) his Read more »
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Debunking the MySpace Myth of 100 Million Users
The hype around the ‘web 2.0′ buzzword continues to grow and grow. From bullshit statements like 85% of college students use Facebook (umm no, that was when less than half of US colleges were supported, yet everyone continues to cite that magical number) to PhotoBucket drives 2% of US internet traffic (again, umm no – peak traffic is no reflection of sustained throughput), no one seems to be fact checking any more. The latest annoyance has been the self-indulgent claim of web 2.0 bloggers that MySpace has 100,000,000 users. Interestingly, this specific headline says accounts, but the article and subsequent articles all say users. I would say that anyone with Read more »
