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Re: New York Times + external links = smart

liza — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:02:55 -0000

oh, never mind. you do have to click on their "extra" ad to get to that version of the site. i guess their testing it. oh well.

both my blogs are always locked out of these experiments as they tend to exclude independent latino and women bloggers. needless to say latinas get it both ways :D

Re: New York Times + external links = smart

liza — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:56:27 -0000

interesting. i am not logged into the NYTimes site and i can't see those links. haven't tested it by logging into the site, but as of 5:55pm, those external links are gone from the front page for non-registered or logged in users.

Re: New York Times + external links = smart

Erick Schonfeld — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:11:35 -0000

Matthew, fyi, the Times Extra links come only from Blogrunner, not any of the syndicated blogs (unless those blogs show up in Blogrunner.

Re: New York Times + external links = smart

mathewi — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:37:51 -0000

Thanks, Eric. I thought that was the case, and that the syndicated
stuff just shows up on the tech hub -- I should maybe clarify that.

Re: New York Times + external links = smart

txtface — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:09:45 -0000

More news is good news - and more views (perceptions) are even better still. And it certainly helps for their stickiness: one can hardly read all they have on offer and I, for one, find myself going back to catch up where I left behind earlier in the day even if only to pick up on links I noticed.

Re: New York Times + external links = smart

mathewi — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:40:47 -0000

Thanks for the comment, Ruth. I completely agree.

Re: New York Times + external links = smart

Ruth Seeley — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 12:33:18 -0000

This is wonderful news. When you're reading an actual newspaper it's easy enough to use the computer at the same time to 'research the research' but it's much harder to do that online, flipping from one screen to another.