Comments on: Disrespecting Authority http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/ Official site of Shaun Groves - musician, speaker, advocate for children living in poverty Tue, 22 May 2012 21:14:19 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: mamasboy http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9366 mamasboy Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:45:45 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9366 <p>Staleness makes alot sense to me in that many blogs are seasonal or abandoned.  Why continue giving credence to a blog that hasn’t been updated in a month or two, and because of that no longer has much of a following.  While 180 days seems arbitrary, the idea of a moving average makes sense.  It moves folks down who had a few popular posts but haven’t continued to maintain that level of readership while also allowing a blog that started slowly, but has slowly built a following to reflect that without getting bogged down by past years of light blogging without any readers. </p> <p> Euphrony’s point that they don’t include anyone but their own members and may have indexing issues is a bigger deal, since the included group could be self-selective and may not truly represent the blogosphere as a whole. </p> <p> Is it time to come up with another flea market montgomery song to boost your authority?  Perhaps a song on Halo 3 would do it.  When it comes to increasing authority, increasing diversity in readership would seem to be helpful. </p> <p> MB </p> Staleness makes alot sense to me in that many blogs are seasonal or abandoned.  Why continue giving credence to a blog that hasn’t been updated in a month or two, and because of that no longer has much of a following.  While 180 days seems arbitrary, the idea of a moving average makes sense.  It moves folks down who had a few popular posts but haven’t continued to maintain that level of readership while also allowing a blog that started slowly, but has slowly built a following to reflect that without getting bogged down by past years of light blogging without any readers.

Euphrony’s point that they don’t include anyone but their own members and may have indexing issues is a bigger deal, since the included group could be self-selective and may not truly represent the blogosphere as a whole.

Is it time to come up with another flea market montgomery song to boost your authority?  Perhaps a song on Halo 3 would do it.  When it comes to increasing authority, increasing diversity in readership would seem to be helpful.

MB

]]> By: Seaton http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9365 Seaton Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:45:30 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9365 <p>You are such a Dad! Only a man who has changed his share of diapers uses the word poop (or its Texas replacement). </p> You are such a Dad! Only a man who has changed his share of diapers uses the word poop (or its Texas replacement).

]]> By: Shaun Groves http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9364 Shaun Groves Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:57:23 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9364 <p>Peewaddlin’: n. (origin: Texas) Rural polite replacement for poop. </p> Peewaddlin’: n. (origin: Texas) Rural polite replacement for poop.

]]> By: Just Matt http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9363 Just Matt Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:48:32 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9363 <p>I hear those first 2 blogs on your list there are pretty darn good. Yet they semm to lack your superior authority : ) </p> I hear those first 2 blogs on your list there are pretty darn good. Yet they semm to lack your superior authority : )

]]> By: John Stickley http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9362 John Stickley Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:33:39 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9362 <p>peewaddlin’? </p> peewaddlin’?

]]> By: Crystal Renaud http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9361 Crystal Renaud Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:44:54 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9361 <p>i got to 48 once and waited anxiously for 50.... the next day… it had dropped to 32. and i am still trying to recover. </p> <p> why links can expire...? i have no idea. </p> i got to 48 once and waited anxiously for 50…. the next day… it had dropped to 32. and i am still trying to recover.

why links can expire…? i have no idea.

]]> By: anne jackson http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9360 anne jackson Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:44:37 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9360 <p>conversation - interaction.  i know that’s probably not what you’re looking for, but i think it’s sad when someone has 39873098 subscribers or links but nobody ever talks. </p> conversation – interaction.  i know that’s probably not what you’re looking for, but i think it’s sad when someone has 39873098 subscribers or links but nobody ever talks.

]]> By: euphrony http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9359 euphrony Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:52:54 +0000 http://shaungroves.com/2007/12/disrespecting-authority/#comment-9359 <p>To my way of thinking, Technorati is an authoritative sham.  (Yet I still use it.) They actually only count from among their users, I understand, so there is a theoretically large audience out there that is not represented.  And of their users, they often miss links, tags, entire posts even, in their indexing and referencing scheme.  I guess they only count links from unique sites to avoid stuffing the ballot box, but it still does not make sense.  And the staleness age, for dropping links from the authority number, is rather arbitrary. </p> To my way of thinking, Technorati is an authoritative sham.  (Yet I still use it.) They actually only count from among their users, I understand, so there is a theoretically large audience out there that is not represented.  And of their users, they often miss links, tags, entire posts even, in their indexing and referencing scheme.  I guess they only count links from unique sites to avoid stuffing the ballot box, but it still does not make sense.  And the staleness age, for dropping links from the authority number, is rather arbitrary.

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