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While I don't necessarily agree with everything he wrote, it's hard to argue with the results, traffic and revenue of Drudge Report. I also really enjoyed his

While I don't necessarily agree with everything he wrote, it's hard to argue with the results, traffic and revenue of Drudge Report. I also really enjoyed his take on "Breaking News".

profgubler 18y ago
I love it when people say things like this. Remember, Drudge really only writes headlines, and he doesn't claim to be an unbiased news source. He only occasionally writes something, and when he does it is usually an email he got from someone else. Drudge is of the same concept of the Huffington post. It is news that is not normally highlighted on television. Both, places are successful in pushing stories they feel newsworthy into the main stream press.
- fallentimes 18y ago
  Say things like what? No one was arguing against the points you made. When I said "he" I was referring to the 37$ignals Dude - not Drudge.
  - profgubler 18y ago
    No problem. I was referring to Drudge. I just often here people talk about how people don't like him because he is slanted. That is the point of drudge. Sorry for any confusion.
fbbwsa 18y ago
agree. can't argue with the results, traffic, and revenue of Drudge report. Design can mean a lot of things, but the kind of "design" i care about when presenting information can be evaluated independently of its "results, traffic, and revenue". Results, maybe. Not sure why Jason makes such a point about the success of the site. Seems almost like "because its so popular, it must be good design". McDonalds sells the most burgers, that doesn't mean it makes the best burgers. Even from the "results" perspective, its hard to believe that the results are good BECAUSE of the design. If apple.com turned its page to all text, I think it'd still have great traffic. Unless you consider "being at the right place at the right time when there were no serious competitors" a critical design component of Drudge Report, I have to disagree with Jason's assessment.

While I don't necessarily agree with everything he wrote, it's hard to argue with the results, traffic and revenue of Drudge Report. I also really enjoyed his take on "Breaking News".

profgubler 18y ago

I love it when people say things like this. Remember, Drudge really only writes headlines, and he doesn't claim to be an unbiased news source. He only occasionally writes something, and when he does it is usually an email he got from someone else. Drudge is of the same concept of the Huffington post. It is news that is not normally highlighted on television. Both, places are successful in pushing stories they feel newsworthy into the main stream press.

fallentimes 18y ago
Say things like what? No one was arguing against the points you made. When I said "he" I was referring to the 37$ignals Dude - not Drudge.
- profgubler 18y ago
  No problem. I was referring to Drudge. I just often here people talk about how people don't like him because he is slanted. That is the point of drudge. Sorry for any confusion.

fbbwsa 18y ago

agree. can't argue with the results, traffic, and revenue of Drudge report. Design can mean a lot of things, but the kind of "design" i care about when presenting information can be evaluated independently of its "results, traffic, and revenue". Results, maybe. Not sure why Jason makes such a point about the success of the site. Seems almost like "because its so popular, it must be good design". McDonalds sells the most burgers, that doesn't mean it makes the best burgers. Even from the "results" perspective, its hard to believe that the results are good BECAUSE of the design. If apple.com turned its page to all text, I think it'd still have great traffic. Unless you consider "being at the right place at the right time when there were no serious competitors" a critical design component of Drudge Report, I have to disagree with Jason's assessment.