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Reminds me of the Theseus Paradox: if all component parts (Arrington + writers) of Techcrunch are replaced will it be Techcrunch? And conversely, if all compon
by ethank 15y ago
Reminds me of the Theseus Paradox: if all component parts (Arrington + writers) of Techcrunch are replaced will it be Techcrunch?
And conversely, if all component parts setup shop at a new blog, is that Techcrunch (a map/territory debate perhaps?)
Oh how I would kill to be the lawyers perusing employment agreements, anti-poaching clauses, etc right now. And very much looking forward to Disrupt this week.
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- TomOfTTB 15y agoI guess it depends on how you interpret this graph: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/engadget.com/?metric=uv http://siteanalytics.compete.com/engadget.com/?metric=uv (given their contentious relationship it is ironic that AOL killed both Jason Calacanis and Mike Arrington's greatest accomplishments in the exact same way)
- Dramatize 15y agoCompete/Alexa rankings are worthless. It is known.
- TomOfTTB 15y agoI agree on the specific numbers and on smaller sites. But on sites as large as engadget I think they can show fairly accurate trending
- arn 15y agoThey really don't, even for large sites. comparison: - http://www.quantcast.com/macrumors.com#traffic http://www.quantcast.com/macrumors.com#traffic (measured) - http://siteanalytics.compete.com/macrumors.com/ http://siteanalytics.compete.com/macrumors.com/
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- invisible 15y agoThis is really not true. They fudge numbers. Edit: Apparently saying something factual gets downvotes at HN nowadays, so let me add some sources. http://www.compete.com/resources/methodology/ http://www.compete.com/resources/methodology/ http://aws.amazon.com/awis/faqs/#Where_does_Alexa_get_the_traffic_data http://aws.amazon.com/awis/faqs/#Where_does_Alexa_get_the_tr... http://www.quora.com/Where-does-Compete-get-its-data-from http://www.quora.com/Where-does-Compete-get-its-data-from http://wackao.com/which-is-more-accurate-alexa-rank-or-compete-rank/ http://wackao.com/which-is-more-accurate-alexa-rank-or-compe... http://www.bnet.com/blog/technology-business/comscore-money-for-real-ranking-controversy-misses-the-big-problem/2393 http://www.bnet.com/blog/technology-business/comscore-money-... First hand experience
- molecule 15y agospeaking of arrington's contentious relationships and recent irony: Bartz canned Tuesday. Arrington canned Wednesday.
- z_ 15y agoIf your lastname starts with a 'Z'; you might get canned tomorrow. Alternatively it could be people with 'R' or 'RR' lastnames .. Where is the series?!
- swah 15y agoIs HN still HN?