Comments on: Have you finished your homework? http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html Always Fairly Unbalanced Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: urizenus http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39509 urizenus Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:52:12 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39509 Yeah, am I correct in thinking that it only records pages views by people who have the alexa tool bar? Yeah, am I correct in thinking that it only records pages views by people who have the alexa tool bar?

]]> By: Sabrina Doolittle http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39508 Sabrina Doolittle Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:29:06 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39508 While you're doing homework, you might want to add Linden Lifestyles to you graph, because as far as I'm aware, we're the leading SL fashion blog in terms of traffic. As the end of December approaches, we're pulling in 115,000 page views per month (not including RSS), so I think we're certainly punching in our weight class. However, I do have to say that I think Alexa is bollocks. The numbers it ascribes to us are just plain old wrong, so I'm guessing the numbers it attributes to other sites (including other SL sites) are just as whacky. While you’re doing homework, you might want to add Linden Lifestyles to you graph, because as far as I’m aware, we’re the leading SL fashion blog in terms of traffic. As the end of December approaches, we’re pulling in 115,000 page views per month (not including RSS), so I think we’re certainly punching in our weight class.

However, I do have to say that I think Alexa is bollocks. The numbers it ascribes to us are just plain old wrong, so I’m guessing the numbers it attributes to other sites (including other SL sites) are just as whacky.

]]> By: Prokofy Neva http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39507 Prokofy Neva Sun, 24 Dec 2006 05:31:30 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39507 Uri, anyone can flog what they like. I can also point out that the flogging Joel does under the guise of providing some sort of "public service" is just flogging his own interests: Here's the Business HUD Tour: Nissan Infinite Mind Reuters American Apparel Text 100 Aloft Yankee Stadium Sony BMG Wired Reebok Regina Spektor Sun Pavilion "If you were to make a list of the business in our Business Tour HUD and compare them to our list of clients, you would see that those two lists are mutually exclusive. In other words, the Business Tour HUD is not intended to promote our clients, rather, it's to give anyone an impression of the types of real world businesses that have entered Second Life." Ok, so I think what this means is that you are a client of the ESC, and the ESC put all clients in the Business HUD? Seems so, but not every single one; most of them? Uri, anyone can flog what they like. I can also point out that the flogging Joel does under the guise of providing some sort of “public service” is just flogging his own interests:

Here’s the Business HUD Tour:

Nissan
Infinite Mind
Reuters
American Apparel
Text 100
Aloft
Yankee Stadium
Sony BMG
Wired
Reebok
Regina Spektor
Sun Pavilion

“If you were to make a list of the business in our Business Tour HUD and compare them to our list of clients, you would see that those two lists are mutually exclusive. In other words, the Business Tour HUD is not intended to promote our clients, rather, it’s to give anyone an impression of the types of real world businesses that have entered Second Life.”

Ok, so I think what this means is that you are a client of the ESC, and the ESC put all clients in the Business HUD? Seems so, but not every single one; most of them?

]]> By: Urizenus http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39506 Urizenus Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:33:29 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39506 So make your own HUD Prok. Why can't Joel flog the FIC if he wants? So make your own HUD Prok. Why can’t Joel flog the FIC if he wants?

]]> By: Prokofy Neva http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39505 Prokofy Neva Sat, 16 Dec 2006 20:12:10 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39505 <As you'll note by the fact the our island is open to the public, the HUD is intended for everyone's use, See, this is what's wrong, Uri. The HUD isn't just a sample, a work product intended just to flog that company -- that we could understand. Rather, it's intended for public use, especially for newbies. And it has the usual A-to-B.5 choices of places to visit -- all the usual suspects, the FIC. I think once I publish here the two lists, you'll see what I mean.

See, this is what's wrong, Uri. The HUD isn't just a sample, a work product intended just to flog that company -- that we could understand. Rather, it's intended for public use, especially for newbies. And it has the usual A-to-B.5 choices of places to visit -- all the usual suspects, the FIC.

I think once I publish here the two lists, you'll see what I mean.

]]> By: Joel Greenberg http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39504 Joel Greenberg Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:38:34 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39504 If you were to make a list of the business in our Business Tour HUD and compare them to our list of clients, you would see that those two lists are mutually exclusive. In other words, the Business Tour HUD is not intended to promote our clients, rather, it's to give anyone an impression of the types of real world businesses that have entered Second Life. As you'll note by the fact the our island is open to the public, the HUD is intended for everyone's use, as is the ability to make your own tour. Instructions to do so are at the top of the HUD kiosk at Idea Island, which you can get to, <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Idea%20City/114/125/36/?x=335&y=300&img=http%3A//blog.ideacity.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/ideacity1.jpg&title=Idea%20City" rel="nofollow">here.</a> If you were to make a list of the business in our Business Tour HUD and compare them to our list of clients, you would see that those two lists are mutually exclusive. In other words, the Business Tour HUD is not intended to promote our clients, rather, it’s to give anyone an impression of the types of real world businesses that have entered Second Life.

As you’ll note by the fact the our island is open to the public, the HUD is intended for everyone’s use, as is the ability to make your own tour. Instructions to do so are at the top of the HUD kiosk at Idea Island, which you can get to, here.

]]> By: Urizenus http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39503 Urizenus Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:02:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39503 I dunno Prok, why shouldn't he make a HUD that features his clients? That's his job, no? -- getting exposure for his clients? On the other hand, if the *clients* are getting exposed to a narrow slice of SL (i.e. if the HUD is intended for client use) that *is* a worry, because it suggests the clients will be working in a state of partial information (a list of SL media outlets that omits the currently most widely read newspaper being a case in point). I dunno Prok, why shouldn’t he make a HUD that features his clients? That’s his job, no? — getting exposure for his clients? On the other hand, if the *clients* are getting exposed to a narrow slice of SL (i.e. if the HUD is intended for client use) that *is* a worry, because it suggests the clients will be working in a state of partial information (a list of SL media outlets that omits the currently most widely read newspaper being a case in point).

]]> By: Prokofy Neva http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39502 Prokofy Neva Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:52:48 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39502 I got the HUD. Yes, you can make your own. That should not detract for your responsibility to make up your model "cool places" with something a little broader than the list of your FIC friends and your clients. Many people will never bother to make their own. I got the HUD. Yes, you can make your own. That should not detract for your responsibility to make up your model “cool places” with something a little broader than the list of your FIC friends and your clients. Many people will never bother to make their own.

]]> By: Urizenus http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39501 Urizenus Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:46:54 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39501 Hey Joel, thanks for stopping by! Will definitely check out the HUD. I'll fix the spelling error. I thought we had those problems ironed out when we fired our typesetter Audry, but I was obviously wrong about that. Hey Joel, thanks for stopping by! Will definitely check out the HUD.

I’ll fix the spelling error. I thought we had those problems ironed out when we fired our typesetter Audry, but I was obviously wrong about that.

]]> By: Joel Greenberg http://alphavilleherald.com/2006/12/have_you_finish.html/comment-page-1#comment-39500 Joel Greenberg Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:56:01 +0000 http://localhost/wp_2/?p=1680#comment-39500 Greenberg is spelled with an "e", not a "u". As I said in my original post, that was a quick list, not a definitive one. Hey, when you visit Idea City, be sure to grab our Tour HUD for self-guided tours of Second Life. While designed for people new to Second Life, you may want to create your own tours with it, as we've GPL'd the code. Also, you can brush up on your more advanced building skills in our Design Center. Next time you're there, stop buy and say hi. Thanks for reading http://blog.ideacity.com. Joel Greenberg Greenberg is spelled with an “e”, not a “u”.

As I said in my original post, that was a quick list, not a definitive one.

Hey, when you visit Idea City, be sure to grab our Tour HUD for self-guided tours of Second Life. While designed for people new to Second Life, you may want to create your own tours with it, as we’ve GPL’d the code. Also, you can brush up on your more advanced building skills in our Design Center. Next time you’re there, stop buy and say hi.

Thanks for reading http://blog.ideacity.com.

Joel Greenberg

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