1 BlogBurst Infinite Loop + Got my Ipod with Video
Oh, I finally got my Ipod with Video (Thanks J+Z who are having a European Road Trip !) - I guess because Apple realised they couldnt release the Ipod Touch Widescreen Video, they put some more product out in the retail market in regional Vic that was lacking product. (i had a voucher so had to redeem it at this store)
The store only received 3 X White 30 Gigs - so I said 'give me one, even if it isnt the black I wanted, thanku ;)' I also got the FM Radio Remote from Apple, which while not allowing me to record podcasts, it does mean I can listen to Hughesy in morning and football on weekends - although reception out here is dodgey. Its just goood to have video, podcasts and radio on one functional device, for at least 4 hours anyway ! And without one of those awful looking ad ons which some radio plugins have. I'm enjoying it so far : Esp at gym (I listen to Foxtel on one ear / Radio-Podcasts on other)
Anyway, I've been watching the Blogburst model (provide bloggers full feed rss content for free to Blogburst who charge publishers a fee in return for a permalink at bottom of 2nd page) with interest, because (minus the rear end work) I think (a fairer model) will work really well in Australia. Australia has lots of bloggers, with very low reach (and alot of major publishers as well as google advertisers) : So community and traffic is the game, even more so than money; Although I think the Blogburst deal (is a bit unfair to the IP holder being the blogger) Esp if you compare to either adbrite, blogads, adsense, ads-click et al or typical journalists/blogging per word rates (they take the whole rss feed) The deal structure is fixable though.
Anyway Mr A has the scoop on Techcrunch, and there are some interesting justifications for the business model in the comments section from Ross Settles, who I assume works for BlogBurst or is aligned in a meta-cosmic way :D : "First, the BlogBurst workbench which gives MSM editors tools for prioritzing, packaging and generally evaluating the participating blog material. Two, there does appear to be a vetting process, not every blog gets included in BlogBurst, but the selection is more subjective adding a new dimension to the ranking and rating of blog posts. Finally, if the workbench tools aggregate up the rankings/ratings of all of editorial teams using this content, then there is almost an experts panel to vet the best of blog travel writing, or the best of tech reviews, or opinion.."
The store only received 3 X White 30 Gigs - so I said 'give me one, even if it isnt the black I wanted, thanku ;)' I also got the FM Radio Remote from Apple, which while not allowing me to record podcasts, it does mean I can listen to Hughesy in morning and football on weekends - although reception out here is dodgey. Its just goood to have video, podcasts and radio on one functional device, for at least 4 hours anyway ! And without one of those awful looking ad ons which some radio plugins have. I'm enjoying it so far : Esp at gym (I listen to Foxtel on one ear / Radio-Podcasts on other)
Anyway, I've been watching the Blogburst model (provide bloggers full feed rss content for free to Blogburst who charge publishers a fee in return for a permalink at bottom of 2nd page) with interest, because (minus the rear end work) I think (a fairer model) will work really well in Australia. Australia has lots of bloggers, with very low reach (and alot of major publishers as well as google advertisers) : So community and traffic is the game, even more so than money; Although I think the Blogburst deal (is a bit unfair to the IP holder being the blogger) Esp if you compare to either adbrite, blogads, adsense, ads-click et al or typical journalists/blogging per word rates (they take the whole rss feed) The deal structure is fixable though.
Anyway Mr A has the scoop on Techcrunch, and there are some interesting justifications for the business model in the comments section from Ross Settles, who I assume works for BlogBurst or is aligned in a meta-cosmic way :D : "First, the BlogBurst workbench which gives MSM editors tools for prioritzing, packaging and generally evaluating the participating blog material. Two, there does appear to be a vetting process, not every blog gets included in BlogBurst, but the selection is more subjective adding a new dimension to the ranking and rating of blog posts. Finally, if the workbench tools aggregate up the rankings/ratings of all of editorial teams using this content, then there is almost an experts panel to vet the best of blog travel writing, or the best of tech reviews, or opinion.."
posted by redbarren at 3:14 PM
1 Comments:
You have raised the bench mark with your new Ipod with Video purchase. I can't let you get away with this. I will have to think carefully about my next Apple product purchase to again take the lead.
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