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Blogonomics: Ed Glaeser Is Too a Blogger

Ed Glaeser reads Market Movers! In my post last week about Tyler Cowen on blogonomics, I quoted Cowen on Glaeser, saying that he’s basically a blogger even if he doesn’t realise it. Glaeser has now responded – a very bloggish … Continue reading

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Blogonomics: Paying Readers

Wherein I pay my readers.
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Econoblogs: The RSS Ranking

Chris Masse emails with a good point, apropos Tyler Cowen’s blogonomics talk: that if you’re going to measure blog popularity, there are many ways of doing so. Aaron Schiff uses Technorati rankings; Brian Gongol uses public traffic logs; Alexa uses … Continue reading

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Blogonomics 301 With Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen may or may not be the greatest economist in the world, but he’s certainly the best economist in the world to be talking on the subject of the economics of blogs in general, and of academic – and … Continue reading

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Why Newspapers’ Websites Should be Free

Nick Carr makes a valiant attempt at defending TimesSelect, riffing off Tim Harford’s column on Saturday. The basic idea is that when online advertising is in its infancy, it makes sense to charge a subscription rate for website access. Eventually, … Continue reading

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Blogonomics: The Econoblogosphere is Not in Danger

Alarmist thinking from Dani Rodrik today. Econoblogs have been getting better and more numerous over the past couple of years – Rodrik himself being a prime example of an excellent newcomer to the sphere – but might this trend reverse? … Continue reading

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Blogonomics: The Long Tail

Jeff Bercovici asks: A question for you, Felix: Are you sure increasing the number of bloggers increases the value of the site? I think there’s a point of diminishing returns, and I suspect, with 1,800 bloggers, HuffPo has already passed … Continue reading

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Blogonomics: Paying for Content

I do wish that Mark Gimein will start blogging: he’s a natural. He’s provocative, and interesting, and – at least until the final entry of his guest-blogging stint at Time – unafraid to write long. (This is your own place, … Continue reading

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Blogonomics: How Big Media Will Sell Ads on Blogs

Blogger Barry Ritholtz has looked at the existing mechanisms for monetizing blog readers, and he’s not impressed. Here’s the problem: blogs get a lot of readers in aggregate, and advertisers are, in principle, very interested in advertising on blogs. But … Continue reading

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Newspapers Should Allow Their Content to be Embedded

Mark Thoma has a provocative and very interesting idea: newspapers and other publishers should allow their content to be embedded on other websites just as easily as YouTube videos can be embedded today. That content would, naturally, include ad units, … Continue reading

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Blogonomics: The Valuation of TechCrunch

Sam Gustin slaps down Henry Blodget today after Blodget suggested that TechCrunch might be worth $100 million. That’s ridiculous, says Gustin: "I know CNET, and TechCrunch is no CNET." The whole conversation was sparked by Doug McIntyre at 24/7 Wall … Continue reading

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Blogonomics: RSS Feeds

Have I mentioned that I take requests? Today Sandy leaves a comment for me, asking me to explain the economics of RSS feeds; I’m happy to oblige. The comment keys off my description of FT.com’s decision to truncate its RSS … Continue reading

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