Comments on: Partial Freakonomics feed = bad idea http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tom http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-309246 Tom Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:18:12 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-309246 Anyone who hates partial feeds might be interested in the tool I wrote to solve this particular problem: http://labs.echoditto.com/fulltextrss Works well for the Freakonomics feed. Anyone who hates partial feeds might be interested in the tool I wrote to solve this particular problem:

http://labs.echoditto.com/fulltextrss

Works well for the Freakonomics feed.

]]> By: thadk http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-304110 thadk Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:28:10 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-304110 More support for your theory of "making content pay": You cannot view any of the *.blogs.nytimes.com within an iframe--it breaks out. I note that this makes using Google Reader Preview (http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/9455) with Google Reader impossible. When you open a Freakonomics entry it tears down your whole Google Reader. More support for your theory of “making content pay”: You cannot view any of the *.blogs.nytimes.com within an iframe–it breaks out. I note that this makes using Google Reader Preview (userscripts.org/scripts/show/9455) with Google Reader impossible. When you open a Freakonomics entry it tears down your whole Google Reader.

]]> By: May C http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-303886 May C Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:45:19 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-303886 I agree and also dislike partial feeds. It's annoying to have to make that extra click to view something so I instead just have Bloglines show the titles instead since it's a waste of time for me to have partial feeds. I don't understand, okay, I do know why they're there but certainly dislike them. I agree and also dislike partial feeds. It’s annoying to have to make that extra click to view something so I instead just have Bloglines show the titles instead since it’s a waste of time for me to have partial feeds. I don’t understand, okay, I do know why they’re there but certainly dislike them.

]]> By: Sam http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-303878 Sam Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:17:19 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-303878 Advertising is far more lucrative than selling books. So they can either count on some future return where their blog readers eventually buy books or they can advertise today and make money and sell books later. My guess is that they are increasing their holistic revenue by serving partials. Its not like there is no utility to being told when a new entry is available and what it is about. This being said, they could just advertise within their feed but my guess is that you would throw up on that as well. Advertising is far more lucrative than selling books. So they can either count on some future return where their blog readers eventually buy books or they can advertise today and make money and sell books later. My guess is that they are increasing their holistic revenue by serving partials. Its not like there is no utility to being told when a new entry is available and what it is about. This being said, they could just advertise within their feed but my guess is that you would throw up on that as well.

]]> By: Tom Fakes http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-303676 Tom Fakes Sun, 12 Aug 2007 05:45:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/08/10/partial-freakonomics-feed-bad-idea/#comment-303676 Sam: In the brave new world of media, you should actually be giving some things away to keep people interested so you have a better chance of selling them something that you may not have done otherwise. I see their blog as a way for them to keep readers interested between books, and the money to be made when they sell more books because people are hooked on their blog. Now that I don't read their blog, I am less likely to buy their books, so they should care that they lost me. Right now, they are getting paid for their blog as well, and it's so painful to read that they are losing readers, and losing the attention of their book buying public. The wholistic approach is important, cover as many bases as possible to mazimize revenue over all outlets. Sam: In the brave new world of media, you should actually be giving some things away to keep people interested so you have a better chance of selling them something that you may not have done otherwise.

I see their blog as a way for them to keep readers interested between books, and the money to be made when they sell more books because people are hooked on their blog.

Now that I don’t read their blog, I am less likely to buy their books, so they should care that they lost me.

Right now, they are getting paid for their blog as well, and it’s so painful to read that they are losing readers, and losing the attention of their book buying public.

The wholistic approach is important, cover as many bases as possible to mazimize revenue over all outlets.

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