Comments on: Rumors, Secrets & Gossip 2.0 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/17/rumors-secrets-gossip-20/ Marketing blog focused on marketing optimization, improving website conversion rates, search engine marketing, web analytics, word of mouth, etc. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:52:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Bill Davis http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/17/rumors-secrets-gossip-20/comment-page-1/#comment-55799 Bill Davis Tue, 22 May 2007 16:36:53 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/17/rumors-secrets-gossip-20/#comment-55799 To Jason; The Drudge report and intelligent set of people doing the filtering does not compute. The Drudge Report and right wing talking points/rumours/innuendo, yes that makes sense. On your point about credibility and filtering, I think you are onto something there. I spent less time than you did, and found too much to wade through, all on an equal footing. To Jason;

The Drudge report and intelligent set of people doing the filtering does not compute. The Drudge Report and right wing talking points/rumours/innuendo, yes that makes sense.

On your point about credibility and filtering, I think you are onto something there. I spent less time than you did, and found too much to wade through, all on an equal footing.

]]> By: Tom Grimes http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/17/rumors-secrets-gossip-20/comment-page-1/#comment-55090 Tom Grimes Mon, 21 May 2007 06:16:00 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/17/rumors-secrets-gossip-20/#comment-55090 Jeff ... not sure that this guys site is going to go anywhere but you might want to get a copy of a new book "Why We Talk - The truth behind word-of-mouth" by BJ Bueno. t Jeff … not sure that this guys site is going to go anywhere but you might want to get a copy of a new book “Why We Talk – The truth behind word-of-mouth” by BJ Bueno. t

]]> By: Jason Newton http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/17/rumors-secrets-gossip-20/comment-page-1/#comment-54354 Jason Newton Sat, 19 May 2007 10:26:02 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/17/rumors-secrets-gossip-20/#comment-54354 I just spent about 10 minutes out there. Didn't do much for me - way too much to filter and process. To be compelling, rumors need plausability mixed with a somewhat credible source. The credibility was missing for me. Maybe if the site (and a person) aggregated the best of the best, vs. wading through that mess would be more interesting. The Drudge Report is a great example of a rumor/news site. Great headlines, some research and an intelligent set of people doing the filtering that I don't have the time to do. I just spent about 10 minutes out there. Didn’t do much for me – way too much to filter and process. To be compelling, rumors need plausability mixed with a somewhat credible source.

The credibility was missing for me. Maybe if the site (and a person) aggregated the best of the best, vs. wading through that mess would be more interesting.

The Drudge Report is a great example of a rumor/news site. Great headlines, some research and an intelligent set of people doing the filtering that I don’t have the time to do.

]]> By: Jack http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/17/rumors-secrets-gossip-20/comment-page-1/#comment-53653 Jack Thu, 17 May 2007 21:40:09 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2007/05/17/rumors-secrets-gossip-20/#comment-53653 I'm sure it will be sold on to a large web portal in a year or two, so it will probably be "successful". Do I think it adds anything useful to me or my life? No! I’m sure it will be sold on to a large web portal in a year or two, so it will probably be “successful”. Do I think it adds anything useful to me or my life? No!

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