http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/07/26/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/07/26/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant/comment-page-1/#comment-31744 the laurence timms state machine: tracking internet memes and news buzz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/07/26/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant/#comment-31744 <!--%kramer-pre%-->What is the profitability of the long tail? Valleywag (obviously) Ben Barren: Hits not dead say WSJ. unmediated: The Long Tail Debate Overlooks the Snowball Effect Publishing 2.0: [ditto] matthewingram: The blind men and the elephant BeyondVC: How long is the Long Tail? Photo Matt: Long Tale Smalltalk Tidbits: Sizing the Long Tail Bloggers Blog: The Long Tail, Hits and Buzz Rex Hammock: A long tail fisking with calculators <!--%kramer-post%--> What is the profitability of the long tail? Valleywag (obviously) Ben Barren: Hits not dead say WSJ. unmediated: The Long Tail Debate Overlooks the Snowball Effect Publishing 2.0: [ditto] matthewingram: The blind men and the elephant BeyondVC: How long is the Long Tail? Photo Matt: Long Tale Smalltalk Tidbits: Sizing the Long Tail Bloggers Blog: The Long Tail, Hits and Buzz Rex Hammock: A long tail fisking with calculators

]]> http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/07/26/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant/comment-page-1/#comment-31745 Bloggers Blog -- Blogging the Blogosphere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/07/26/the-blind-men-and-the-elephant/#comment-31745 <!--%kramer-pre%--> by Lee Gomes slams the Long Tail saying it may be a long time before the Long Tail is "wagging the web." Long Tail author Chris Anderson defends his theory in a post here on his blog. Some bloggers here, here and here are saying both the WSJ and Anderson both make good points. [IMG The Long Tail]Is the steep slope of the Long Tail graph really ever going to change? Once a product gets enough buzz it might be picked by a company with much more marketing<!--%kramer-post%--> by Lee Gomes slams the Long Tail saying it may be a long time before the Long Tail is “wagging the web.” Long Tail author Chris Anderson defends his theory in a post here on his blog. Some bloggers here, here and here are saying both the WSJ and Anderson both make good points. [IMG The Long Tail]Is the steep slope of the Long Tail graph really ever going to change? Once a product gets enough buzz it might be picked by a company with much more marketing

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