Comments on: Where did Dave Sifry Go? Nowhere http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/ The Business of Technology Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:16:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Chubbs http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70109 Chubbs Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:38:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70109 <p>OK, OK, I just have to do this:</p> <p>RETURN OF THE SIF!</p> <p>There's your gratuitous Star Wars reference for the day (it's technically wrong, but hey, whatever).</p> OK, OK, I just have to do this:

RETURN OF THE SIF!

There’s your gratuitous Star Wars reference for the day (it’s technically wrong, but hey, whatever).

]]> By: MrCEE http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70107 MrCEE Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:59:49 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70107 <p>Honestly, the Times may have lost some fact checkers. The killer Yahoo article they ran the other day used old stats from ComScore, excluding visitors under 18 (thus cutting over 20 million visitors) and quoting the agency guy who happens to have MSN.com as the AOR. yech</p> Honestly, the Times may have lost some fact checkers. The killer Yahoo article they ran the other day used old stats from ComScore, excluding visitors under 18 (thus cutting over 20 million visitors) and quoting the agency guy who happens to have MSN.com as the AOR. yech

]]> By: Pandemia http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70106 Pandemia Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:06:09 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70106 <p><strong>Il New York Times cade su Technorati Edelman…</strong></p> <p>A dimostrazione che tutto il mondo è paese, in fatto di imprecisioni da parte della stampa considerata autorevole e influente, il New York Times cade in tre imprecisioni, non di poco conto, sull'accordo Edelman - Technorati. Gli errori sono rilevati…</p> Il New York Times cade su Technorati Edelman…

A dimostrazione che tutto il mondo è paese, in fatto di imprecisioni da parte della stampa considerata autorevole e influente, il New York Times cade in tre imprecisioni, non di poco conto, sull’accordo Edelman - Technorati. Gli errori sono rilevati…

]]> By: A View from the Isle http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70093 A View from the Isle Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:45:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70093 <p><strong>I guess the NYT isn't as up on Technology as we thought … NYT "discovers" Technorati…</strong></p> <p> Oh this is so fun.  The NYT has a great article today about a service to track all the blogs on the blogosphere and they …</p> I guess the NYT isn’t as up on Technology as we thought … NYT “discovers” Technorati…

 Oh this is so fun.  The NYT has a great article today about a service to track all the blogs on the blogosphere and they …

]]> By: John Koetsier http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70092 John Koetsier Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:34:01 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70092 <p>The great thing about MSM is that there are fact-checkers and editors and they get the story … ummm … right …</p> <p>Blogs, on the other hand …</p> The great thing about MSM is that there are fact-checkers and editors and they get the story … ummm … right …

Blogs, on the other hand …

]]> By: Allen http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70090 Allen Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:52:27 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70090 <p>FYI - I wrote a post about the lack of customer service and some thoughts on their new video blog here: http://www.centernetworks.com/technorati-customer-service</p> <p>And then in my web apps customer service face-off, they initially received a F but I adjusted it after tracking down Liz on her flickr account. http://www.centernetworks.com/web-apps-customer-service-face-off</p> <p>Dave - I would love to have a conversation/interview with you sometime about Technorati (I like the service a lot) - I offered this to Liz but received no reply. Feel free to e-mail me at allen at centernetworks.com if you are interested.</p> FYI - I wrote a post about the lack of customer service and some thoughts on their new video blog here:
(link)

And then in my web apps customer service face-off, they initially received a F but I adjusted it after tracking down Liz on her flickr account.
(link)

Dave - I would love to have a conversation/interview with you sometime about Technorati (I like the service a lot) - I offered this to Liz but received no reply. Feel free to e-mail me at allen at centernetworks.com if you are interested.

]]> By: David Sifry http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70088 David Sifry Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:47:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70088 <p>Feel free to call anyway, Om! You have my number :-)</p> <p>Dave</p> Feel free to call anyway, Om! You have my number :-)

Dave

]]> By: Jeffrey McManus http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70086 Jeffrey McManus Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:44:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70086 <p>The New York Times got a technology story wrong? I'm shocked, shocked.</p> The New York Times got a technology story wrong? I’m shocked, shocked.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70084 Om Malik Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:30:00 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70084 <p>Good to see you are still in charge Dave. </p> <p>Louis, I knew the blog post would get Dave's attention faster than phone call and emails. Trust me, it was intentional. We talk through blogs now.</p> Good to see you are still in charge Dave.

Louis, I knew the blog post would get Dave’s attention faster than phone call and emails. Trust me, it was intentional. We talk through blogs now.

]]> By: David Sifry http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70082 David Sifry Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:25:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70082 <p>Om,</p> <p>The NYT goofed. Here's the 3 inaccuracies that I found in the story:</p> <p>1) It states that Peter Hirshberg is Technorati's Chief Executive. We really love Peter, but he's not the CEO, he's our Chairman. I am the CEO. 2) It states that Edelman "is sponsoring development of new Technorati sites in French, German, Italian, Korean and Chinese, involving an investment of 'several hundred thousand dollars.'" That is technically correct, but it makes the implication that Edelman has invested in Technorati, which is untrue. A much clearer word choice would have been "payment" rather than "investment" in the aforementioned sentence. 3) It states that there are "more than 55 million of them [blogs] around the world, according to Technorati, and the total is growing by thousands every week." Again, that's technically true, but why not be more accurate? There are actually 57.2 million blogs that Technorati is tracking as of the time of the writing of this post, and those numbers are growing by over 175,000 each day, which means that on average, there are at least 1.2 Million blogs created each week. These figures were detailed in my most recent State of the Blogosphere report.</p> <p>Dave</p> Om,

The NYT goofed. Here’s the 3 inaccuracies that I found in the story:

1) It states that Peter Hirshberg is Technorati’s Chief Executive. We really love Peter, but he’s not the CEO, he’s our Chairman. I am the CEO.
2) It states that Edelman “is sponsoring development of new Technorati sites in French, German, Italian, Korean and Chinese, involving an investment of ’several hundred thousand dollars.’” That is technically correct, but it makes the implication that Edelman has invested in Technorati, which is untrue. A much clearer word choice would have been “payment” rather than “investment” in the aforementioned sentence.
3) It states that there are “more than 55 million of them [blogs] around the world, according to Technorati, and the total is growing by thousands every week.” Again, that’s technically true, but why not be more accurate? There are actually 57.2 million blogs that Technorati is tracking as of the time of the writing of this post, and those numbers are growing by over 175,000 each day, which means that on average, there are at least 1.2 Million blogs created each week. These figures were detailed in my most recent State of the Blogosphere report.

Dave

]]> By: Louis Gray http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70080 Louis Gray Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:05:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70080 <p>You could always ask him yourself.</p> <p>E-mail: dsifry AT technorati DOT com Cell phone: 415 846-0232</p> You could always ask him yourself.

E-mail: dsifry AT technorati DOT com
Cell phone: 415 846-0232

]]> By: Steve Rubel http://gigaom.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70077 Steve Rubel Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:02:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/where-did-dave-sifry-go/#comment-70077 <p>That's an error. He's still in charge.</p> That’s an error. He’s still in charge.

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