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By: Elite Protection Security Specialists - Security Trends - Security

Elite Protection Security Specialists - Security Trends - Security — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:33:25 +0000

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By: TrafficReport

TrafficReport — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 06:14:09 +0000

I believe everyone that blogs deserves a chance to be seen. Just not anywhere above my blog on any serious blog engine. Also excluding people who cannot write. Or people who pass notes in class like “Do you like Bobby? ___Yes ___No ___Maybe”

Also people who like dogs, hate cats, hate dogs, like cats, have opinions that contradict my own, and people who use “Dude” as a verb.

Strike politicians and zealots while we’re at it.

Other than that, I am 100% in favor of equal access. As long as that access does not infringe upon my turf. I am not an elitist by choice – it’s just that there are so few people in the world who have anything to say that I care to listen to.

By: Maurice

Maurice — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 09:55:46 +0000

Hmm don’t forget that PR is a zero sum game ;-)

In away having lots of new low level myspace blogs coming into the index makes your high pr page worth relativly more.

Rgds Maurice

ps i realy must learn more about game theory

By: Robyn Tippins

Robyn Tippins — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:21:06 +0000

Totally disagree. I don’t

By: Max Edmands

Max Edmands — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:50:41 +0000

Right. And who cares if that good content is on myspace or on a wordpress blog somewhere out there?

By: mp3 blog

mp3 blog — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:08:00 +0000

Those who can produce good content are an elite. It takes hard work, time, dedication, talent, luck and a bit of obsession to be a good blogger.

By: Max Edmands

Max Edmands — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:16:00 +0000

Hey, abd, why do you hate myspace so much? I mean, sure, it’s got crappy design, and every time you load a page there’s a billion advertisements, pop-up ads, and javascript errors, but it’s one of the most popular web sites out there to date… think of how many people it’s bringing online– people who now have the ability to read YOUR “tips for men” blog! (If they thought it had any value to them, that is.)

And who knows? There are still some decent geocities pages out there today, and maybe some people will come up with something worthwhile on a myspace blog!

Cutting off the large portion of the younger generation, those who rely on myspace like they rely on air, is a bad idea. And, really, how would technorati indexing myspace blogs affect you negatively, if at all?

By: Leon

Leon — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:40:39 +0000

I like elitism. It encourages quality. It’s either you become elite or get left behind. MSN Spaces blogs may pose a threat, but not Myspace blogs. It’s just a bunch of teens babbling among themselves about their crappy little lives.

By: abd

abd — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 20:05:56 +0000

I am biased because I hate myspace. It is like a huge collection of all those crappy geocities pages that popped up in the mid 90’s. So yes I am against technorati indexing myspace blogs… if you can call them blogs.

By: gaby de wilde

gaby de wilde — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:10:41 +0000

I find this blog pretty boring and ugly for it’s traffic. Does that answere your question?

People are waisting their time on the elite.

So gtg now. bye

By: DavidC

DavidC — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 15:08:16 +0000

You’ve got to be kidding me. Why would any serious blogger be concerned about the very tip of the long tail, which is where the vast majority of these blogs will end up. Instead of being ranked 5,000 of 33.3 million, you’ll be 5,000 of 43.3 million. This is a non-issue.

By: Regarding Elitism » Technology, Blogging and Politics

Regarding Elitism » Technology, Blogging and Politics — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:45:17 +0000

[...] It’s the controversy of the moment and I’ve stoked the fire at ProBlogger where I make the point that blogging is about being elite. [...]

By: Chrono Tron - 100%

Chrono Tron - 100% — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:54:51 +0000

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By: VhailorZ

VhailorZ — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:32:45 +0000

correct me if im wrong, but doesnt technorati show the “elite” search results before the “spamming/copycat/n00b” search results? If so then whats the problem? If your blog gets lots of hits, then why complain? you will show up top of searches anyway?

IMO It creates great competition for ALL to sharpen up on their blogging skills so that they can target the rankings.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 12:42:59 +0000

Lol, “…eats horses…”

You should change the “suckkx” to suX0r =p.

By: Chrono Cr@cker

Chrono Cr@cker — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 10:14:37 +0000

You have presented a valid point Aaron. We all perhaps are elitists doing just what you say but after a certain extent elitism really sucks. I mean check out what the A-Listers are doing over and over again.

As for the myspace, I’m 100% with you. I search Technorati regularly to check out people blogging about similar topics and I know how the posts in Myspace are like
“Fukcing shittt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THis guy eats horses, Baaa!Haa, That sukkkx”.

By: Blog Bloke

Blog Bloke — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:44:28 +0000

The problem that I see using Technorati’s authority slider is there are a lot of good blogs out there that are filtered out because they haven’t developed a ‘high’ rank (yet). As long as we filter them out they will not have an opportunity to rise up the food chain like the others have.

It is self defeating and only reinforces the elitist mentality. No doubt the so-called A-Listers were behind that idea. So if you want to just read them then subscribe to their feed and skip Technorati.

The reason that I read Technorati is to find other opines and to join the community. Frankly I’m tired of just reading the snobs. The primary benefit of the blogosphere is to empower society. Not just read a few omnipoobahs sermonizing from the mount. I go to church for that.

By: Sergio

Sergio — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:10:08 +0000

I don’t think that blogs are elite!
Good blogs are an elite! Nowadays anyone creates and runs a blog without even having a thing to say.

By: Will MySpace pollute Technorati? » @ Ambot ah! [ technology news and reviews ]

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 09:01:02 +0000

[...] It’s that that blogs are about being elite and all that. It’s about making sense of all the noises out there. Will Technorati’s authority slider become more important because of this? Maybe that’s the reason they rolled it out before adding MySpace. [...]

By: Hone

Hone — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 07:30:20 +0000

Elitetism is part of most human societies.

Its ingrained in people from the beginning.

Elitetism is eventually replicated in virtually every form of human group interaction.