Comments on: Why blog? http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/why-blog/977 The most powerful voices in Canadian IT. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:56:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ron Van Holst http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/why-blog/977/comment-page-1#comment-1021 Ron Van Holst Mon, 10 May 2010 13:42:58 +0000 http://blogidol.ca/?p=977#comment-1021 Duh, I checked the date and not the time. Thanks for the feedback. Duh, I checked the date and not the time. Thanks for the feedback.

]]> By: Joel Martin http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/why-blog/977/comment-page-1#comment-999 Joel Martin Sat, 08 May 2010 22:58:18 +0000 http://blogidol.ca/?p=977#comment-999 Very nice blog. Very nice blog.

]]> By: Chris Lau http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/why-blog/977/comment-page-1#comment-980 Chris Lau Sat, 08 May 2010 00:10:27 +0000 http://blogidol.ca/?p=977#comment-980 It ended midnight today, which is unfortunate because this was a good entry, Ron. There a lot a want to qualify in my statements - I do hope to meet the contestants in person so we can discuss further and in detail. 0.5% is the click rate for ads, in my experience. So for comments, the 0.5% is a baseline ratio (against page views). Keep in mind that statistical bias exists with comments: the motivated, the ones out there looking for opinion, are most likely to respond. Thus when a blogger interacts with his reader, you must be aware that a viewpoint can be one-sided. It ended midnight today, which is unfortunate because this was a good entry, Ron.

There a lot a want to qualify in my statements – I do hope to meet the contestants in person so we can discuss further and in detail.

0.5% is the click rate for ads, in my experience. So for comments, the 0.5% is a baseline ratio (against page views). Keep in mind that statistical bias exists with comments: the motivated, the ones out there looking for opinion, are most likely to respond. Thus when a blogger interacts with his reader, you must be aware that a viewpoint can be one-sided.

]]> By: Tania Samsonova http://blogidol.ca/2010/05/why-blog/977/comment-page-1#comment-978 Tania Samsonova Fri, 07 May 2010 23:09:50 +0000 http://blogidol.ca/?p=977#comment-978 Isn't the contest over? Isn’t the contest over?

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