Correct, it's all stats together, so assuming Russia is growing as much as they say its growing, looking at the actual stats that must mean English is shrinking faster, but I suspect they're exagerating Russian growth, etc.
When I'm commenting in News, I tend to be constructive and responsive, I might mention DW but not in a "jump ship have an invite" way; if people find my constructive responses useful, they'll find a clear DW link from my profile and journal, which I think is more useful. And I sometimes defend LJ in there, there're some who attack it for anything while insisting on staying on.
I was under the impression there'd be some way of seeing what you'd "liked" recently somewhere, may've misunderstood.
And it's not that old posts will get more revenue; it's that there's masses of it, a lot in inactive journals. Long tail applies, even though most recent posts will get traffic, the older posts from dead journals also get search hits, and they're just deadweight cost.
Plus, someone hitting a post from a search is slightly more likely to click a google text ad keyed to content, apparently, although that might've changed, it's awhile since I did search marketing.
Think of all those LJ posts going back to 1999, many of them on dead journals that their owners will never look at or touch, but that they can't delete. Putting ads on them will make a tiny sum of money over a period of time, but those tiny sums add up, and otherwise they simply cost when displayed.
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Date: 2010-03-21 01:44 am (UTC)When I'm commenting in News, I tend to be constructive and responsive, I might mention DW but not in a "jump ship have an invite" way; if people find my constructive responses useful, they'll find a clear DW link from my profile and journal, which I think is more useful. And I sometimes defend LJ in there, there're some who attack it for anything while insisting on staying on.
I was under the impression there'd be some way of seeing what you'd "liked" recently somewhere, may've misunderstood.
And it's not that old posts will get more revenue; it's that there's masses of it, a lot in inactive journals. Long tail applies, even though most recent posts will get traffic, the older posts from dead journals also get search hits, and they're just deadweight cost.
Plus, someone hitting a post from a search is slightly more likely to click a google text ad keyed to content, apparently, although that might've changed, it's awhile since I did search marketing.
Think of all those LJ posts going back to 1999, many of them on dead journals that their owners will never look at or touch, but that they can't delete. Putting ads on them will make a tiny sum of money over a period of time, but those tiny sums add up, and otherwise they simply cost when displayed.