Yeah I know that’s a pretty inflammatory title, but I’m in that kind of mood. Before I even read the report itself I saw Andy Beal’s post which also pointed to Mark Evans’ post both of which come to a very obvious conclusion: David is either looking for more cash or a suitor for Technorati. Not that this is a bad thing, mind you. Technorati has become the mainstay of knitting the blogosphere together. David’s metrics on T-rati’s traffic are impressive. He’s managed to fend off Google and other blog search challengers. They have solid growth so why not highlight it? Clearly no reason why not, I think we’re all just seeing the point of the post. I did some of the same kinds of posts for Qumana. Hey, look we’re doing great and the market is strong…
The goal of those posts is sure to let folks know about the industry, but also to let those with money know that we’re a good bet.
David said in his post that the “blogosphere” component of the update is coming soon. I predict that we’ll see a continued leveling off pattern on new blog growth. Again, this isn’t a bad thing. We can’t sustain huge growth rates forever. I’m going to wager that the real measure of health will be something like the number of blogs continuing to publish on a semi-regular basis.
We’ll just have to wait until tomorrow…
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