Comments on: The rise of the re-Tweet puts pressure on PageRank http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Wed, 23 May 2012 23:09:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html#comment-5768 Wayne Smallman Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:28:38 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=1399#comment-5768 <em>"How helpful are the links given in social media? Are they classified accordingly?"</em> As far as I'm aware, many of the social media websites aren't indexed by Google in a way that passes ranking to those linked articles. The ranking stays within with the social media website itself. “How helpful are the links given in social media? Are they classified accordingly?”

As far as I’m aware, many of the social media websites aren’t indexed by Google in a way that passes ranking to those linked articles. The ranking stays within with the social media website itself.

]]> By: Personal Statements http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html#comment-5764 Personal Statements Tue, 11 Aug 2009 04:17:32 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=1399#comment-5764 Google will probably still find its function in terms of filtering through research needed for more serious matters. How helpful are the links given in social media? Are they classified accordingly? Google will probably still find its function in terms of filtering through research needed for more serious matters. How helpful are the links given in social media? Are they classified accordingly?

]]> By: About Myself http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html#comment-5753 About Myself Mon, 10 Aug 2009 03:02:03 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=1399#comment-5753 “The bottom line is, I think, that Twitter will wane a lot quicker than Google will lose credibility or clout.” It should be alarming for the people behind Twitter because the people blogging or Tweeting for the said site are mostly merely passing on links and information that are, let’s accept it, not so much an original or in-depth content. “The bottom line is, I think, that Twitter will wane a lot quicker than Google will lose credibility or clout.”

It should be alarming for the people behind Twitter because the people blogging or Tweeting for the said site are mostly merely passing on links and information that are, let’s accept it, not so much an original or in-depth content.

]]> By: Movie Club http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html#comment-5669 Movie Club Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:03:22 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=1399#comment-5669 This is such an interesting phenomenon - I'm completely geekzo for this stuff. In the grand scheme of things, the web is still in its infancy, as "2.0" as it may seem. It's going to be so interesting to see how it evolves over the next decade or two. This is such an interesting phenomenon - I’m completely geekzo for this stuff. In the grand scheme of things, the web is still in its infancy, as “2.0″ as it may seem. It’s going to be so interesting to see how it evolves over the next decade or two.

]]> By: David http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html#comment-5655 David Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:20:44 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=1399#comment-5655 I just read this (by <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/07/everyone-else-reads-it.html" rel="nofollow">Seth Godin</a>), which seems to be on something of the same track. I just read this (by Seth Godin), which seems to be on something of the same track.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html#comment-5653 Wayne Smallman Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:40:23 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=1399#comment-5653 The good thing is, the conversation is everywhere. The bad thing is, the conversation is everywhere. We've seen Plugins, and all kinds of software gadgets that aspire to pulling all of these threaded conversations together. But the fact of the matter is, the only people that can really pull the whole thing together are the big players like FriendFeed, Google and Facebook. Google have other ideas and are moving in a different direction with <a href="http://wave.google.com/" title="Google Wave" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wave</a>. For my money, Facebook and <a href="http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/01/what-is-friendfeed.html" title="Friendfeed" rel="nofollow">Friendfeed</a> are the only ones who can aggregate the conversation. Right now, the front runner is <a href="http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/03/facebook-connect-can-socialize-the-web.html" title="Facebook Connect" rel="nofollow">Facebook Connect</a>. The good thing is, the conversation is everywhere.

The bad thing is, the conversation is everywhere.

We’ve seen Plugins, and all kinds of software gadgets that aspire to pulling all of these threaded conversations together. But the fact of the matter is, the only people that can really pull the whole thing together are the big players like FriendFeed, Google and Facebook.

Google have other ideas and are moving in a different direction with Wave.

For my money, Facebook and Friendfeed are the only ones who can aggregate the conversation. Right now, the front runner is Facebook Connect.

]]> By: Brian Heys http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html#comment-5652 Brian Heys Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:03:10 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=1399#comment-5652 Interesting article, Wayne. I look forward to reading the second half tomorrow. I tried commenting on various blogs several months ago to see if the rumours I'd heard about comments now being ineffective traffic generators were true. Guess what ... I never received a single visit from any of those comments, so the rumours were confirmed nicely. If everyone is experiencing a similar drop-off in traffic from comments, maybe they're seeing them as a waste of time and effort? It's a lot quicker and easier to respond in 140 characters than it is via a blog, which requires some thought and effort. Anyway, thanks for an interesting post. :) Interesting article, Wayne. I look forward to reading the second half tomorrow.

I tried commenting on various blogs several months ago to see if the rumours I’d heard about comments now being ineffective traffic generators were true. Guess what … I never received a single visit from any of those comments, so the rumours were confirmed nicely.

If everyone is experiencing a similar drop-off in traffic from comments, maybe they’re seeing them as a waste of time and effort? It’s a lot quicker and easier to respond in 140 characters than it is via a blog, which requires some thought and effort.

Anyway, thanks for an interesting post. :)

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html#comment-5651 Wayne Smallman Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:38:20 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=1399#comment-5651 I think I saw one of those stick figure cartoons, showing the progressing from blogging to re-Tweeting nothing at all. I suppose it's easy to see a doom & gloom scenario, but like you say, someone has to keep writing. Well that would be me then! Google will always be around. They're too big to just fade away. But they're not yet smart enough to dodge the social media bullet... I think I saw one of those stick figure cartoons, showing the progressing from blogging to re-Tweeting nothing at all. I suppose it’s easy to see a doom & gloom scenario, but like you say, someone has to keep writing.

Well that would be me then!

Google will always be around. They’re too big to just fade away. But they’re not yet smart enough to dodge the social media bullet…

]]> By: David http://www.blahblahtech.com/2009/07/the-rise-of-the-re-tweet-puts-pressure-on-pagerank.html#comment-5650 David Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:33:07 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=1399#comment-5650 I think a lot of Twitterers have blogged - maybe on Blogger or one of the other unself-hosted variants. I read that many, many blogs in the webosphere have been more or less abandoned. Put these two snippets together and where are we? Somewhere there has to be original content. My experience is that people say 'hello' on Twitter; say what they had for breakfast on Twitter, and pass on information (links etc.) - but comparatively rarely do they truly micro-blog - which in my dictionary means relating something of their own that is original. So if everyone migrates to Twitter to find out what is going on, sooner or later there will be nothing going on. I guess that the owners of Twitter will be wondering how long the bubble of popularity can last - after all, there is very little to losing in closing a Twitter account or just not tweeting any more. (I didn't mention Plurk or Facebook, etc. but the same goes for them). The bottom line is, I think, that Twitter will wane a lot quicker than Google will lose credibility or clout. I think a lot of Twitterers have blogged - maybe on Blogger or one of the other unself-hosted variants.

I read that many, many blogs in the webosphere have been more or less abandoned. Put these two snippets together and where are we?

Somewhere there has to be original content.

My experience is that people say ‘hello’ on Twitter; say what they had for breakfast on Twitter, and pass on information (links etc.) - but comparatively rarely do they truly micro-blog - which in my dictionary means relating something of their own that is original.

So if everyone migrates to Twitter to find out what is going on, sooner or later there will be nothing going on.

I guess that the owners of Twitter will be wondering how long the bubble of popularity can last - after all, there is very little to losing in closing a Twitter account or just not tweeting any more.

(I didn’t mention Plurk or Facebook, etc. but the same goes for them).

The bottom line is, I think, that Twitter will wane a lot quicker than Google will lose credibility or clout.

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