Written on February 3rd, 2006 at 09:02 am by Darren Rowse
Gawker Launches Valleywag
I generally don’t announce when blog networks launch blogs but for some reason when Gawker Media launch one I sit up and take note - because they have an amazing strike rate of launching very successful blogs. They don’t take the machine gun approach and go for lots of small blogs - they launch a few BIG ones. Their latest is Valleywag - a tech gossip rag.
The cool thing about Gawker’s blogs is that they never launch empty ones. This blog has been filling with stories since 6 January and looking at the content already there I’ve already subscribed to it. Also looking at their stats it seems others are interested in it also - it’s had close to 13,000 visitors today already with still 6 - 7 hours to go until the day ends.
Read more at Valleywag
6 Responses to “Gawker Launches Valleywag”
Anthony
February 3rd, 2006 10:36 am
I really like this.
Though I can’t help think that it is the exact sort of publication Pud from Adbrite + F****dcompany fame should have spun-off from F****dcompany about 12-18 months ago. Would’ve been a great launch pad for Adbrite’s awareness amongst people higher up in the advertising + tech food chain plus it would have had an instant audience from F****dcompany readers plus people who just think Pud is tops.
andy
February 3rd, 2006 10:45 am
My best friend from high school did the design :)
Much better than his previous work for Gawker IMHO.
Jesse
February 3rd, 2006 11:53 am
it only has so much traffic because every single gawker blog has a post about it, plus tons of other blogs (like yours)
Blog Network Watch
February 3rd, 2006 1:57 pm
Wag the Dog
Say Hello to Gawker Media’s latest: Valleywag Blogebrity, the former home of ValleyWag editor Nick Douglas, has this to say: Visually speaking, the site is a departure from recent Gawker looks, which were all center-justified. Also, unlike the rest of…
ripper
February 3rd, 2006 4:02 pm
What is so special about that blog - a big NOTHING. Complete rabbish.
Adam
February 4th, 2006 2:34 am
I don’t like blogs like this. I like to think I’m fairly tech minded, but I look through the first 10 or 20 posts and really don’t have a clue what they’re on about. It appears to be some kind of rant but beyond that I’m lost.
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