Comments on: Only Connect http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/04/10/only-connect/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: MS http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/04/10/only-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-6353 MS Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:07:12 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2382#comment-6353 It was a major headache in my PR days trying to accurately and adequately compare the audiences and reach of various blogs. We basically settled on using multiple measures with a good dose of our own qualitative assessment (based on our own blog reading) to get a sense of what blog traffic really was. It's imprecise, of course, but any measure that says you're doing a good job is a nice thing. It was a major headache in my PR days trying to accurately and adequately compare the audiences and reach of various blogs. We basically settled on using multiple measures with a good dose of our own qualitative assessment (based on our own blog reading) to get a sense of what blog traffic really was. It’s imprecise, of course, but any measure that says you’re doing a good job is a nice thing.

]]> By: Robert Pondiscio http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/04/10/only-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-6346 Robert Pondiscio Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:02:14 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2382#comment-6346 Fair enough. I confess I have a hard time understanding just why blog traffic stats should be so hard to gather since we leave a bright, shiny trail of digital breadcrumbs wherever we go. Still, Technorati finds links WordPress doesn't and vice versa, and the almighty Google misses more than it hits. I can understand the differences in interpreting the data, but why it's so hard to gather it. Fair enough. I confess I have a hard time understanding just why blog traffic stats should be so hard to gather since we leave a bright, shiny trail of digital breadcrumbs wherever we go. Still, Technorati finds links WordPress doesn’t and vice versa, and the almighty Google misses more than it hits. I can understand the differences in interpreting the data, but why it’s so hard to gather it.

]]> By: Clay Burell http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/04/10/only-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-6341 Clay Burell Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:31:24 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2382#comment-6341 I'm not sure about this one. My old blog, which I left idle months ago to start at Change.org, is in the top 40, and the Students 2.0 blog I co-launched with students a year ago (and which has beeen belly-up and inactive for months) is in the top 50. It _is_ good to see a ranking based on engagement factors, instead of mere Technorati rankings. Honestly, with tweets and facebooks and stumbles and the whole shebang, I don't think we're anywhere close to being able to map the new world.... I’m not sure about this one. My old blog, which I left idle months ago to start at Change.org, is in the top 40, and the Students 2.0 blog I co-launched with students a year ago (and which has beeen belly-up and inactive for months) is in the top 50.

It _is_ good to see a ranking based on engagement factors, instead of mere Technorati rankings.

Honestly, with tweets and facebooks and stumbles and the whole shebang, I don’t think we’re anywhere close to being able to map the new world….

]]> By: Janice Kielb http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/04/10/only-connect/comment-page-1/#comment-6337 Janice Kielb Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:26:54 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=2382#comment-6337 Congrats on the Top 20 ranking! Do you know the number of average visitors you get each day/week/month? I'll mention the blog again to my yahoogroup, ckhomeschoolers, and see if we can't help you break into the Top 10! Janice Kielb List Moderator/Owner ckhomeschoolers yahoogroup Congrats on the Top 20 ranking! Do you know the number of average visitors you get each day/week/month? I’ll mention the blog again to my yahoogroup, ckhomeschoolers, and see if we can’t help you break into the Top 10!
Janice Kielb
List Moderator/Owner
ckhomeschoolers yahoogroup

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