Comments on: One report, two analyses. Which to believe? http://brendancooper.com/2007/04/11/one-report-two-analyses-which-to-believe/ Digital, social media, and everything in between from someone who likes to live in bubbles, be they dotcom, social media, or whatever's next... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Friendly Ghost http://brendancooper.com/2007/04/11/one-report-two-analyses-which-to-believe/#comment-32 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:35:25 +0000 http://thefriendlyghost.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/one-report-two-analyses-which-to-believe/#comment-32 Hi E-gain thank you for the response. :)

So, is the blogosphere expanding at the same rate, or what?

]]> By: E-Gain http://brendancooper.com/2007/04/11/one-report-two-analyses-which-to-believe/#comment-23 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:14:51 +0000 http://thefriendlyghost.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/one-report-two-analyses-which-to-believe/#comment-23 There appear to be a number of other online marketeers that would tend to agree with us, BigmouthMedia being just one, however I am sure that as you have stated there will probably be a number of takes on that particular Technorati article.

]]> By: The Friendly Ghost http://brendancooper.com/2007/04/11/one-report-two-analyses-which-to-believe/#comment-21 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:44:02 +0000 http://thefriendlyghost.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/one-report-two-analyses-which-to-believe/#comment-21 Hmmm, I guess you’re right. However the Information Week piece talks elsewhere about how the report “details the slowing of blog proliferation”. This seems in direct contradiction to E-gain’s take on it when it says it shows no sign of slowing down, doesn’t it? This interpretation also seems suspiciously to fall neatly into E-gain’s lap: “If you are in any doubt, contact an expert such as E-Gain to find out more.”

]]> By: prospectus http://brendancooper.com/2007/04/11/one-report-two-analyses-which-to-believe/#comment-20 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:08:59 +0000 http://thefriendlyghost.wordpress.com/2007/04/11/one-report-two-analyses-which-to-believe/#comment-20 “Egain claims that “the increase in the popularity in blogging shows no sign of slowing down”. Information Week reckons that “it’s taking the blogosphere longer now to double in size”. Clearly this is a directly contradictory take on the same source.”

It isn’t a contradiction. If there are, say, 500 new blogs appearing each day, then it only takes 1 day for the blogosphere to double in size from 500 to 1000. But when there are 500,ooo blogs, it will take 1000 days to double to 1 million even if there are still 500 new blogs each day.

The larger the number, the longer it will take to double if the rate of growth is the same.

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