I'd venture to say that most readers of TC are just trying to see what's hot in the tech world, but may not necessarily want to use or sign-up for anything. I kinda avoid TC because there is just so much volume of content and most of it is not interesting to me. I know they are pumping stuff out like a machine. Whereas, if I read something on RWW, Mashable, or some of the smaller tech blogs, it's a little more personal...just a little :). (even though Mashable is starting to pass TC in traffic)
tedroden
· 3 months ago
I agree. I didn't expect many signups, I certainly don't sign up for stuff that I see on TechCrunch, but I did expect to see some traffic spike. It was flat though. Totally flat.
Signups, were ever so slightly above average.
Mark Schoneveld
· 3 months ago
I think the RWW crew does a great job of getting into more analysis and detail - and therefor attracts a more analytical audience (and click-throughs?). TC is just for skimming, so folks might not click links embeded halfway through an article.
Traffic generation aside, I was very unimpressed by the coverage we got from TC (exclusive, at the expense of giving the story to others). I wish people would stop seeing TC as a 'tent-pole' blog of the industry, 'cuz it ain't. I mean, more power to them - I still read it daily, but again - I'm simply more impressed with the depth of writing by the RWW crew.
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Signups, were ever so slightly above average.
Traffic generation aside, I was very unimpressed by the coverage we got from TC (exclusive, at the expense of giving the story to others). I wish people would stop seeing TC as a 'tent-pole' blog of the industry, 'cuz it ain't. I mean, more power to them - I still read it daily, but again - I'm simply more impressed with the depth of writing by the RWW crew.