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December 8, 2003
More from the BlogWorld
By QBlog in
As a follow-up to my recent post about blogs and Quixtar I'll share what I discovered today after a bit of Googling.
My Discovery: Bloggers are talking about Quixtar.
Because of my affinity for blogs I constantly search the Web for bloggers that mention or discuss Quixtar. Until recently those searches have yielded few results but, for whatever reason, I'm now finding Quixtar mentioned on MANY blogs. And, it should not surprise anyone that most of blogs have a somewhat negative view of Quixtar. This is a trend I've noticed before.
The most interesting blog-find today comes from a guy named Matthew Gifford. His Blog Post about Quixtar dates back to August, 2002. It's short, concise and negative. The really fascinating thing about this blog post is that there are 48 (to date) comments posted by folks discussing the merits of Quixtar and most of these comments were made since July of this year.
I'm not exactly sure what this means but my guess is that Google didn't pick up this blog entry until July, 2003 and that's when people searching for Quixtar info started noticing it and posting comments. Another thing that this indicates to me is that maybe Google is just now spidering the blogs with lower page ranks. Maybe that explains the sudden burst of Quixtar blog discussions? Could be. Many of the blogs I have found recently are older posts and maybe only recently got noticed by the search engines.
Whatever the reason, my question still remains. Why do folks on the Web have an overwhelmingly negative impression of Quixtar? It's not such an easy question to answer. Keep in mind that most of the people blogging about Quixtar DON'T visit sites like this and DON'T spend hours a week reading and researching Quixtar. I don't have an answer but maybe you do?
Comments
Awwww Shucks. I'm blushing. ;o)
It's amazing how much traffic that post gets, relative to the rest of my site. It's regularly in the top three most visited pages every month.
I think it's you, actually. I think you created something of a new medium. I think Google and other search engines are noticing it. Sure, it existed before you, but look at what you've done for it. You've taken something mundane and made it cool. And now people are jumping on it.
And to your question, well, you don't like my answer :P
Posted by: Dwighty | December 8, 2003 4:04 PM