Comments on: Funny Math http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/05/funny-math/ any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:13:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Rob Hyndman http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/05/funny-math/#comment-43256 Rob Hyndman Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:09:39 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/05/funny-math/#comment-43256 That's very interesting - and as it should be, I suppose. But I wonder whether FB is getting enough visibility for this potential .... That’s very interesting - and as it should be, I suppose. But I wonder whether FB is getting enough visibility for this potential ….

]]> By: fred wilson http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/05/funny-math/#comment-43241 fred wilson Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:04:26 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/05/funny-math/#comment-43241 well actually i make a bit more from feedburner than federated media well actually i make a bit more from feedburner than federated media

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/05/funny-math/#comment-43213 Rob Hyndman Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:39:10 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/05/funny-math/#comment-43213 Thanks, Fred. New math indeed. And good advertising for Batelle. Thanks, Fred. New math indeed. And good advertising for Batelle.

]]> By: fred http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/05/funny-math/#comment-43116 fred Sat, 06 Jan 2007 02:25:14 +0000 http://www.robhyndman.com/2007/01/05/funny-math/#comment-43116 the numbers are indeed strange i get about 55k uniques. the FM data is old and wrong. i should update that. guy get about 90k uniques i have 8,407 inbound links according to technorati and guy has 21,895 inbound links guy is ranked around 50th in technorati and i am rated 799. i get about 2mm page views per year, guy gets 2.4mm. i have 16,500 subs to my main feed and another approx 1,500 subs to my vc only feed guy has 21,000 rss subs so clearly guy has a larger audience, but the difference between the two blogs varies significantly depending on what measure you look at. the reason i make so much more than guy is i have been using FM and FeedBurner for a long time and Guy has not. of the $30k/year I make, only about $2000 is from text ads. the rest is from banners and ads in feeds. the numbers are indeed strange

i get about 55k uniques. the FM data is old and wrong. i should update that.

guy get about 90k uniques

i have 8,407 inbound links according to technorati and guy has 21,895 inbound links

guy is ranked around 50th in technorati and i am rated 799.

i get about 2mm page views per year, guy gets 2.4mm.

i have 16,500 subs to my main feed and another approx 1,500 subs to my vc only feed

guy has 21,000 rss subs

so clearly guy has a larger audience, but the difference between the two blogs varies significantly depending on what measure you look at.

the reason i make so much more than guy is i have been using FM and FeedBurner for a long time and Guy has not. of the $30k/year I make, only about $2000 is from text ads. the rest is from banners and ads in feeds.

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