Comments on: Don’t Make Me Click Twice http://ronamok.com/2008/12/03/dont-make-me-click-twice/ Asset based Marketing & Public Relations Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:37:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Dwyer http://ronamok.com/2008/12/03/dont-make-me-click-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-13175 Bob Dwyer Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:46:40 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=184#comment-13175 Thanks for this insight, Ron. I've noticed that EE Times also has fractional feeds *and* ads in their feed. Double whammy! I can understand the desire to increase eyeballs on sites and in turn increase impressions and clicks on ads, but if you make it too hard to get at the content people will eventually say "y'know what, I can find this content elsewhere". I'm seeing that with Yahoo! vs. Google lately. I've been a long time My Yahoo! and Yahoo! mail user, but increasingly I'm seeing that Google is easier to work with for the way I want to operate (free pop/imap mail, and better presence on the iPhone/iPod touch). I'm keeping this in mind as I decide how to set up my own sites. -Bob Thanks for this insight, Ron.

I’ve noticed that EE Times also has fractional feeds *and* ads in their feed. Double whammy!

I can understand the desire to increase eyeballs on sites and in turn increase impressions and clicks on ads, but if you make it too hard to get at the content people will eventually say “y’know what, I can find this content elsewhere”.

I’m seeing that with Yahoo! vs. Google lately. I’ve been a long time My Yahoo! and Yahoo! mail user, but increasingly I’m seeing that Google is easier to work with for the way I want to operate (free pop/imap mail, and better presence on the iPhone/iPod touch). I’m keeping this in mind as I decide how to set up my own sites.

-Bob

]]> By: Bob Dwyer http://ronamok.com/2008/12/03/dont-make-me-click-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-14564 Bob Dwyer Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:46:00 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=184#comment-14564 Thanks for this insight, Ron. I've noticed that EE Times also has fractional feeds *and* ads in their feed. Double whammy! I can understand the desire to increase eyeballs on sites and in turn increase impressions and clicks on ads, but if you make it too hard to get at the content people will eventually say "y'know what, I can find this content elsewhere". I'm seeing that with Yahoo! vs. Google lately. I've been a long time My Yahoo! and Yahoo! mail user, but increasingly I'm seeing that Google is easier to work with for the way I want to operate (free pop/imap mail, and better presence on the iPhone/iPod touch). I'm keeping this in mind as I decide how to set up my own sites. -Bob Thanks for this insight, Ron.

I’ve noticed that EE Times also has fractional feeds *and* ads in their feed. Double whammy!

I can understand the desire to increase eyeballs on sites and in turn increase impressions and clicks on ads, but if you make it too hard to get at the content people will eventually say “y’know what, I can find this content elsewhere”.

I’m seeing that with Yahoo! vs. Google lately. I’ve been a long time My Yahoo! and Yahoo! mail user, but increasingly I’m seeing that Google is easier to work with for the way I want to operate (free pop/imap mail, and better presence on the iPhone/iPod touch). I’m keeping this in mind as I decide how to set up my own sites.

-Bob

]]> By: harry the ASIC guy http://ronamok.com/2008/12/03/dont-make-me-click-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-13158 harry the ASIC guy Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:25:17 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=184#comment-13158 Hi Ron, I'm on your web site right now to leave this comment because I don't know of a way to leave comments from within Google Reader. Is there a way to do that with Reader or any other feed catcher? harry Hi Ron,

I’m on your web site right now to leave this comment because I don’t know of a way to leave comments from within Google Reader. Is there a way to do that with Reader or any other feed catcher?

harry

]]> By: harry the ASIC guy http://ronamok.com/2008/12/03/dont-make-me-click-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-14563 harry the ASIC guy Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:25:00 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=184#comment-14563 Hi Ron, I'm on your web site right now to leave this comment because I don't know of a way to leave comments from within Google Reader. Is there a way to do that with Reader or any other feed catcher? harry Hi Ron,

I’m on your web site right now to leave this comment because I don’t know of a way to leave comments from within Google Reader. Is there a way to do that with Reader or any other feed catcher?

harry

]]> By: Ron http://ronamok.com/2008/12/03/dont-make-me-click-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-13116 Ron Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:20:27 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=184#comment-13116 Hi Christa, Yes they can. If The Boston Globe samples unique visitors and the number of RSS subscribers and adds those two numbers together, they'll have a good estimate for Mike's audience. Hi Christa,

Yes they can. If The Boston Globe samples unique visitors and the number of RSS subscribers and adds those two numbers together, they’ll have a good estimate for Mike’s audience.

]]> By: ronploof http://ronamok.com/2008/12/03/dont-make-me-click-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-14562 ronploof Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:20:00 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=184#comment-14562 Hi Christa, Yes they can. If The Boston Globe samples unique visitors and the number of RSS subscribers and adds those two numbers together, they'll have a good estimate for Mike's audience. Hi Christa,

Yes they can. If The Boston Globe samples unique visitors and the number of RSS subscribers and adds those two numbers together, they’ll have a good estimate for Mike’s audience.

]]> By: Christa http://ronamok.com/2008/12/03/dont-make-me-click-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-13115 Christa Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:42:51 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=184#comment-13115 Great post, Ron! That "old media" emphasis on tangible page-view numbers became the bar for success in my journalism days, and while I understood the reasoning, it drove me nuts! Partial feeds are such an annoyance, I'm more likely to ignore those blogs/sites than to do the extra work. When a reader subscribes to an RSS feed, can the outlet track the number of feeds and bundle that into their advertising numbers somehow? Great post, Ron! That “old media” emphasis on tangible page-view numbers became the bar for success in my journalism days, and while I understood the reasoning, it drove me nuts! Partial feeds are such an annoyance, I’m more likely to ignore those blogs/sites than to do the extra work. When a reader subscribes to an RSS feed, can the outlet track the number of feeds and bundle that into their advertising numbers somehow?

]]> By: Christa http://ronamok.com/2008/12/03/dont-make-me-click-twice/comment-page-1/#comment-14561 Christa Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:42:00 +0000 http://ronamok.com/?p=184#comment-14561 Great post, Ron! That "old media" emphasis on tangible page-view numbers became the bar for success in my journalism days, and while I understood the reasoning, it drove me nuts! Partial feeds are such an annoyance, I'm more likely to ignore those blogs/sites than to do the extra work. When a reader subscribes to an RSS feed, can the outlet track the number of feeds and bundle that into their advertising numbers somehow? Great post, Ron! That “old media” emphasis on tangible page-view numbers became the bar for success in my journalism days, and while I understood the reasoning, it drove me nuts! Partial feeds are such an annoyance, I’m more likely to ignore those blogs/sites than to do the extra work. When a reader subscribes to an RSS feed, can the outlet track the number of feeds and bundle that into their advertising numbers somehow?

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