Comments on: The real reason for Rojo’s growth http://gigaom.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:18:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Chris Messina http://gigaom.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82552 Chris Messina Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:32:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82552 <p>I <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/19/just-how-big-is-google-reader/#comment-751263" rel="nofollow">commented on this</a> as well. Glad you upped the ante in awareness about it.</p> I commented on this as well. Glad you upped the ante in awareness about it.

]]> By: hip2b2 http://gigaom.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82549 hip2b2 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:30:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82549 <p>Well, this behavior is good for SEO/SEM folks since it contributes to the a site's pagerank.</p> Well, this behavior is good for SEO/SEM folks since it contributes to the a site’s pagerank.

]]> By: Jason - GorillaSushi http://gigaom.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82550 Jason - GorillaSushi Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:19:17 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82550 <p>When feedburner stopped accepting stats from Rojo, my subscritions dropped from 640 to 19. I always thought it was suspicious that something like 98% of my readers were using Rojo.</p> <p>I still use Rojo (for now) but it seems that they have a lot of numerical inconsistencies.</p> <p>Is Rojo's relationship with Nooz.com common knowledge?</p> When feedburner stopped accepting stats from Rojo, my subscritions dropped from 640 to 19. I always thought it was suspicious that something like 98% of my readers were using Rojo.

I still use Rojo (for now) but it seems that they have a lot of numerical inconsistencies.

Is Rojo’s relationship with Nooz.com common knowledge?

]]> By: lawrence coburn http://gigaom.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82548 lawrence coburn Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:02:23 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82548 <p>Om, at least Rojo is not outranking you for your own content - that would be even murkier. You have your PR8 home page to thank for that.</p> Om, at least Rojo is not outranking you for your own content - that would be even murkier. You have your PR8 home page to thank for that.

]]> By: Marshall Kirkpatrick http://gigaom.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82551 Marshall Kirkpatrick Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:57:25 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82551 <p>Glad I'm not the only one curious what's going on here! I know there are some people who swear by Rojo, but there must be some explanation or a few contributing factors. Re your idea here though; the same could be said for tag pages on Technorati, Feedburner pages and any number of other services that show up in Google search results. It is also possible that the issue lies with Hitwise. Or perhaps Rojo totally rocks and I just haven't been paying enough attention!</p> Glad I’m not the only one curious what’s going on here! I know there are some people who swear by Rojo, but there must be some explanation or a few contributing factors. Re your idea here though; the same could be said for tag pages on Technorati, Feedburner pages and any number of other services that show up in Google search results. It is also possible that the issue lies with Hitwise. Or perhaps Rojo totally rocks and I just haven’t been paying enough attention!

]]> By: Alex Iskold http://gigaom.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82553 Alex Iskold Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:30:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2007/01/22/the-real-reason-for-rojos-growth/#comment-82553 <p>If you are right, then we have no common denominator for measuring traffic.</p> <p>Alex</p> If you are right, then we have no common denominator for measuring traffic.

Alex

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