Comments on: Google knows what bloggers want http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/08/19/google-knows-what-bloggers-want/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:14:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Sid Savara http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/08/19/google-knows-what-bloggers-want/comment-page-1/#comment-374880 Sid Savara Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:42:10 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2607#comment-374880 Although at $100, if you're making a trip out across country, getting a hotel, etc it's not a bad price at all. Its not free but it won't break you<br><br>Maybe they figured free would just be overrun with random people who were in the area, who aren't even bloggers. At $100 you have to at least sort of want to see what it's about before going inside =) Although at $100, if you're making a trip out across country, getting a hotel, etc it's not a bad price at all. Its not free but it won't break you

Maybe they figured free would just be overrun with random people who were in the area, who aren't even bloggers. At $100 you have to at least sort of want to see what it's about before going inside =)

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/08/19/google-knows-what-bloggers-want/comment-page-1/#comment-374879 mathewi Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:09:14 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2607#comment-374879 As far as I know, it's not normal for there to be "tents" that companies sponsor, where journalists have to pay for access. It kind of surprises me that Google would do that, actually -- I would have expected them to provide it for free. But perhaps they felt that providing it for free would cause a perception of bias. As far as I know, it's not normal for there to be “tents” that companies sponsor, where journalists have to pay for access. It kind of surprises me that Google would do that, actually — I would have expected them to provide it for free. But perhaps they felt that providing it for free would cause a perception of bias.

]]> By: Sid Savara http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/08/19/google-knows-what-bloggers-want/comment-page-1/#comment-374878 Sid Savara Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:58:40 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2607#comment-374878 Very cool! I don't know much about "media tents", is it normal to charge for it, or do conventions etc typically just give access to journalists/bloggers for free?<br><br>Or is the point that "normal" (independent? non-affiliated?) bloggers can't get into normal press areas and thus this is their area to hang out? Wasn't clear to me from the WSJ article, as it mentions at the Republican convention, 200 bloggers do have press passes. Very cool! I don't know much about “media tents”, is it normal to charge for it, or do conventions etc typically just give access to journalists/bloggers for free?

Or is the point that “normal” (independent? non-affiliated?) bloggers can't get into normal press areas and thus this is their area to hang out? Wasn't clear to me from the WSJ article, as it mentions at the Republican convention, 200 bloggers do have press passes.

]]> By: SidSavara http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/08/19/google-knows-what-bloggers-want/comment-page-1/#comment-338994 SidSavara Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:42:10 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2607#comment-338994 Although at $100, if you're making a trip out across country, getting a hotel, etc it's not a bad price at all. Its not free but it won't break you<br><br>Maybe they figured free would just be overrun with random people who were in the area, who aren't even bloggers. At $100 you have to at least sort of want to see what it's about before going inside =) Although at $100, if you're making a trip out across country, getting a hotel, etc it's not a bad price at all. Its not free but it won't break you

Maybe they figured free would just be overrun with random people who were in the area, who aren't even bloggers. At $100 you have to at least sort of want to see what it's about before going inside =)

]]> By: mathewi http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/08/19/google-knows-what-bloggers-want/comment-page-1/#comment-338993 mathewi Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:09:14 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/?p=2607#comment-338993 As far as I know, it's not normal for there to be "tents" that companies sponsor, where journalists have to pay for access. It kind of surprises me that Google would do that, actually -- I would have expected them to provide it for free. But perhaps they felt that providing it for free would cause a perception of bias. As far as I know, it's not normal for there to be “tents” that companies sponsor, where journalists have to pay for access. It kind of surprises me that Google would do that, actually — I would have expected them to provide it for free. But perhaps they felt that providing it for free would cause a perception of bias.

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