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Are you seriously suggesting that manual word of mouth marketing over niche forums has the same reach as hitting the top 5 hits on Google through Search Engine
by dragontamer 3y ago
Are you seriously suggesting that manual word of mouth marketing over niche forums has the same reach as hitting the top 5 hits on Google through Search Engine Optimization?
- Zambyte 3y agoNo. I'm arguing that "reach" is not something you should strive for. Quality is.
- dragontamer 3y agoThat's all well and all, but CNET is an advertising supported website, so "reach" is its revenue stream.
- Zambyte 3y agoOkay. And do you think that's a good thing?
- mattmanser 3y agoSeriously, stop and think about what you're saying. These are companies looking to make money to pay staff. Not die on a hill of what they wish reality was, rather than what reality actually is.
- DragonStrength 3y agoSeriously, stop and re-read the above. You think the current incentives are natural and we must accept this? No one is telling any individual company to do a specific thing in a vacuum. The suggestion is we re-shape the incentives we have created as an industry and society. It's about values, and we should bucket the discussion because the current batch of MBAs in charge at these companies, who will likely all be gone in 18 months no matter what, are focused on the immediate? Come on. That's not how anyone should determine what their values are.
- mattmanser 3y agoI've re-read it. There's no sign of that suggestion in this thread. The GP was talking about today, and has never mentioned huge sweeping policy changes from multiple governments around the world to make Google's business model obsolete.
- pessimizer 3y agoWhen did the conversation turn to nature?
- scrollaway 3y agoIf I were to elect you to be the new CEO of CNET tomorrow, what would be your action plan? Because so far it’s not very promising, and “just let the company die” is not a strategy people are going to implement.
- Zambyte 3y agoI would leave, because I do not want to be the CEO of CNET.
- scrollaway 3y ago"Strive for quality!" "Okay, how?" "You'll figure it out. Bye!"
- Zambyte 3y agoNo, they won't figure it out. That's why I'd leave. I believe quality is incompatible with the size of their "target audience". You cannot make everyone happy.