Gavin's Blog

Somehow or another May 2004 has been the busiest month for my server thus far.

Sitemeter recorded about 45,000 visitors with 56,000 page impressions. Webalizer recorded 63,000 visitors, 213,000 hits and used 6.2Gigs of my 7Gig bandwidth. I’ve only just upgraded from 5Gigs a month. Time to see about going to 10Gigs.

I find the whole dynamics of search engine optimization, and the ways in which people find weblogs/sites fascinating. Some people think watching stats is pretty boring, but I find it interesting at least.

Slashdot points to the 5th International Symposium on Online Journalism, and some interesting research papers on blogging that were published recently. I’ll have to take a closer look later.

Bernie links to a story about a guy that will be relying solely on blogs for his news intake. I have spent time doing it before – the analysis in the blogosphere is second to none.

Steve Rubel is the guy who has set himself the challenge, should be curious to see how the quiz works out.

A good comparison of blogging software available out there right now…some MT users appears to be moving to WordPress after the version 3.0 pricing scandal.

Dan Drezner with a funny story from the NY Times…

To celebrate four years of marriage, Richard Wiggins and his wife, Judy Matthews, recently spent a week in Key West, Fla. Early on the morning of their anniversary, Ms. Matthews heard her husband get up and go into the bathroom. He stayed there for a long time.

“I didn’t hear any water running, so I wondered what was going on,” Ms. Matthews said. When she knocked on the door, she found him seated with his laptop balanced on his knees, typing into his Web log, a collection of observations about the technical world, over a wireless link.

Ouch now there is a blogaholic.

Jeff Jarvis has more…

I found the right answer to my wife as she launched an intervention. I explained that just because the laptop was on my lap, that didn’t mean I was blogging. This is how I read the paper. It’s the same as her sitting on the couch reading a magazine.

It worked.

You’re welcome.

The lads over at Back Seat Drivers have just had their first birthday. Well done lads – its almost going into year three for me.

Jon and Dick always have interesting posts – and I have gotten in the occasional argument, but always good natured – a pleasure to read them every other day.

Karlin seems to have stopped blogging for some reason, so the starter of blog bashes in Ireland is nowhere to be found – has anyone any thoughts on a blog get together over the summer? Cork, Dublin anyone?

Dan Gillmor points to this article in the Online Journalism Review – on the effects blogging can have on big media.

I especially like the story about the New York Times Op-Ed page – a parody that succeeded in making the Times change its editorial policy.