Comments on: technorati

By: Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:10:25 +0000

I’ve always wondered about sites like Technorati and eBay, and how far they can go:
In his paper, “Strategy and the Internet,” Porter (2001) argued that network effects do not present first movers with a “winner-take-all” result as network effects are subject to a self-limiting mechanism:
“A particular product or service first attracts the customers whose needs it best needs. As penetration grows, however, it will tend to become less effective in meeting the needs of the remaining customers in the market, providing an opening for competitors with different offerings.” (p. 68 and p. 69)

By: MarkN

MarkN — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:23:37 +0000

Well, you’re totally in the Sifry millieu — “changed” in the Johnnie Moore sense of the word. You can’t *not* think of ways to exploit blogs.
I see opportunity in exploiting the mechanisms and methodology employed by blogs in other areas of endeavor. Insofar as 26 million+ blogs is the crucible for better and ever more sophisticated how-to, I’m all for it too.

By: hugh macleod

hugh macleod — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:48:28 +0000

Not sure if I agree, MarkN. I think the larger the blogosphere becomes, the more opportunity people will have to exploit it. That’s certainly been true for me…

By: MarkN

MarkN — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 06:36:29 +0000

It means nothing, of course, except to the David Sifry’s.

By: Joe Pruitt

Joe Pruitt — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:38:20 +0000

re: Very unique business card…

By: Randy Charles Morin

Randy Charles Morin — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 05:07:16 +0000

Wow, that’s like almost 20% of the blogosphere. Hurray!

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:32:54 +0000

Only 26 million?
Someone has to edit this mess. Thank you to the bloggies.com for making a start.