Maybe back in the dark ages of the Internet, like way back in 2003, there might have been a need for a site like Can't Stop the Bleeding. People didn't have access to or weren't aware of RSS readers or news aggregators back then. So CSTB served a purpose. It was a one stop shop for your sports news. Very little commentary, with a lot of cut and pasting of the latest and hottest news in sports. But today everyone knows about Google Reader and My Yahoo! and the dozens of other news aggregators and RSS readers, so my question is, "Why are people still reading this site?"
We did a little number crunching and came up with some interesting stats using CTSB's last six posts as the basis for our question:
Sullivan’s Dream Team: Bonds, Piniella, and Mark Cuban
454 words, 119 words not cut and pasted for 26% original content.
All Blacks’ Howlett Loses To France, Parked Cars
274 words, 72 words words not cut and pasted for 26% original content.
Waldman : I’m No Walter Cronkite
330 words, 67 words words not cut and pasted for 20% original content.
Have The Years Been Kind To “Joe From Saddle River”?
30 words, 30 words words not cut and pasted for 100% original content!
A Little Less Cheering For The Nassau Mausoleum’s Blog Box
434 words, 217 words words not cut and pasted for 50% original content!
Columnist 100 Miles Away Submits Bowa As Torre’s Replacement
407 words, 77 words words not cut and pasted for 19% original content.
For a grand total of 1,929 words, 583 words that were not cut and pasted for 30% original content.
And this is a guy with a reputation for thinking (and acting like) he is better than everyone else in the blogging world? For doing what, exactly? All this site really is is a news aggregator, only with less actual news than a real news aggregator. How CSTB even has a following in this day and age is a mystery to me.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
can't stop the aggregating
handed down by palmer woodrow at 9:50 AM
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hey, don't forget, i embed all of the same YouTube clips that are on every other sports blog!
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