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	Monday, September 30, 2002

 Crazy Referrer Stats

My favorite referrer: someone searches for a picture of a fish brain.

Blogfish comes up at #2.

11:04:38 AM  comment [] | Topics: Referrers 

This should be read before our next newsletter goes out at work:

"Useit.Com: Email Newsletters Pick Up Where Websites Leave Off. The positive emotional aspect of newsletters is that they can create much more of a bond between user and company than a website can. The negative aspect is that usability problems have much stronger impact on the customer relationship than they normally do."

[Tomalak's Realm]

10:48:24 AM  comment [] | Topics: MAPI 

 The Five-Fish Rating

BlogFish has nothing to do with the 5 Fish Blog Award granted to figure-bloggers of excellence.

This site, by the way, is another look at what makes a good weblog. The judges grant awards based on three high-level categories: basic blogging skills ("This includes stroking, flow, power, speed, edge quality and form.",) technical skills (such as the triple Salchow Blog jump,) and of course presentation.

This organization has faced accusations of biased judging. "We've all been there - a competition where everyone in the arena has seen a blogger perform a best-ever program, and then the results come up and that person is second! "

In their defense, The Figure Blogging organization asserts that judges "have undergone extensive training which includes written examinations, seminars, trial judging and judging at the preceding level" before sitting on the panel of such an important blogging excellence competition.

10:37:01 AM  comment [] | Topics: goodWeblogs