Comments on: Pinterest drives more traffic to sites than 100 million Google+ users http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Mon, 28 May 2012 03:25:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437700 Ian Bell Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:48:09 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437700 <p>No worries, please let me know if you see any more mistakes. It's definitely not something I am happy seeing, and I would rather address and fix them than ignore them.</p> No worries, please let me know if you see any more mistakes. It’s definitely not something I am happy seeing, and I would rather address and fix them than ignore them.

]]> By: addressee http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437688 addressee Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:54:40 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437688 Yes, my comment may have been a little sharper than necessary. Perhaps the result of viewing an accumulation of errors. Please take it in the more positive spirit as I've explained to TECHFREAK. Yes, my comment may have been a little sharper than necessary. Perhaps the result of viewing an accumulation of errors. Please take it in the more positive spirit as I’ve explained to TECHFREAK.

]]> By: addressee http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437687 addressee Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:51:05 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437687 Mike's reply had not been posted at the time. And since the article cites referrals, not pageviews, it would have been 'fair' to to not have an unlabelled 'pageviews' graphic in the first place. I'm happy to see the correction, which is the real purpose for my having posted in the first place. <br /> <br />Far too many blogs, 'news magazines' and aggregators/repeaters, in their haste to make their own content also make hasty errors. Just look at your local broadsheet or tabloid that leaves out words or paragraphs on a daily basis. <br /> <br />As for 'moron', maybe you need to educate yourself and develop some personal etiquette as well. Start here: <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100948">http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100948</a> <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/01/10/48262/media-faces-scrutiny-over-reporting-errors">http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/01/10/48262/media-faces-scrutiny-over-reporting-errors</a> <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/156515/the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections-2011/">http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/156515/the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections-2011/</a> <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.missmanners.com/">http://www.missmanners.com/</a> <br /> <br />As for 'troll', I'm sure that DT staffers work hard and dilligently, maybe needing a correction or two from time to time. For you to attempt to drive away readership is truly 'disingenuous'. Mike’s reply had not been posted at the time. And since the article cites referrals, not pageviews, it would have been ‘fair’ to to not have an unlabelled ‘pageviews’ graphic in the first place. I’m happy to see the correction, which is the real purpose for my having posted in the first place.

Far too many blogs, ‘news magazines’ and aggregators/repeaters, in their haste to make their own content also make hasty errors. Just look at your local broadsheet or tabloid that leaves out words or paragraphs on a daily basis.

As for ‘moron’, maybe you need to educate yourself and develop some personal etiquette as well. Start here:

http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100948

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/01/10/48262/media-faces-scrutiny-over-reporting-errors

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/regret-the-error/156515/the-year-in-media-errors-and-corrections-2011/

http://www.missmanners.com/

As for ‘troll’, I’m sure that DT staffers work hard and dilligently, maybe needing a correction or two from time to time. For you to attempt to drive away readership is truly ‘disingenuous’.

]]> By: Jeffweb6 http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437672 Jeffweb6 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:17:18 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437672 Seems like one of those no business model sites that will ultimately turn to some form of advertising to monetize the traffic. I'm now dying to get in and see what its about, but now I'm even more confused about how to sell anything but coupons and stuffed animals on the site. Seems like one of those no business model sites that will ultimately turn to some form of advertising to monetize the traffic. I’m now dying to get in and see what its about, but now I’m even more confused about how to sell anything but coupons and stuffed animals on the site.

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437617 Ian Bell Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:56:25 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437617 <p>My wife is completely addicted to Pinterest. Personally I don't understand what all the hype is about. So you pin things you like to boards....its a video bookmarking site? And the business model is what exactly?</p> My wife is completely addicted to Pinterest. Personally I don’t understand what all the hype is about. So you pin things you like to boards….its a video bookmarking site? And the business model is what exactly?

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437616 Ian Bell Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:55:34 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437616 <p>" I think 'disingenuous' is leading here, with trailings of 'deception'." <br /> <br />I don't think anyone is trying to be dishonest, and not sure why you would think there is deception here either haha. Mike's explanation sounds fair to me and there is no reason to try to make a story out of false information just for the sake of doing it, and certainly not on something as mundane as a survey about Pinterest lol.</p> ” I think ‘disingenuous’ is leading here, with trailings of ‘deception’.”

I don’t think anyone is trying to be dishonest, and not sure why you would think there is deception here either haha. Mike’s explanation sounds fair to me and there is no reason to try to make a story out of false information just for the sake of doing it, and certainly not on something as mundane as a survey about Pinterest lol.

]]> By: TechFreak http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437615 TechFreak Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:53:30 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437615 Did you not see Mike Falcy's reply as to why he swapped out the graphs? It depicted pageviews, not referrals. Sounds fair to me. <br /> <br />"I can see that it's not 'lazy'. I think 'disingenuous' is leading here, with trailings of 'deception'. " <br /> <br />You sound like a moron. Please go troll another site. This one is for honest, genuinely nice people. And you don't sound like that person. Did you not see Mike Falcy’s reply as to why he swapped out the graphs? It depicted pageviews, not referrals. Sounds fair to me.

“I can see that it’s not ‘lazy’. I think ‘disingenuous’ is leading here, with trailings of ‘deception’. ”

You sound like a moron. Please go troll another site. This one is for honest, genuinely nice people. And you don’t sound like that person.

]]> By: Mike Flacy http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437606 Mike Flacy Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:39:53 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437606 <p>Sorry for not responding earlier. I swapped out the the graphic for the EH bar graph before heading out to the gym this morning. The previous graphic was referring to pageviews or another metric, definitely not referral traffic.<br /> <br /> <br />Thanks for the catch, Addressee!</p> Sorry for not responding earlier. I swapped out the the graphic for the EH bar graph before heading out to the gym this morning. The previous graphic was referring to pageviews or another metric, definitely not referral traffic.

Thanks for the catch, Addressee!

]]> By: addressee http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437601 addressee Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:47:54 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437601 Where there is now a photo of a keyboard in front of a piece of 'framed art', <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://cdn3.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2012/02/pinterest-computer/1177926222.jpg">http://cdn3.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2012/02/pinterest-computer/1177926222.jpg</a> <br /> <br />there was a bar-chart graphic depicting declining "Ranking" from Facebook at #1 through YouTube,Twitter, YAhoo, Pinterest and finally g+ at #9. <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://cdn2.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pinterest-google.jpg">http://cdn2.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pinterest-google.jpg</a> <br /> <br />(Isn't local cache a wonderful thing?) <br /> <br />So now that changes have been made to the page and some work done twice, I can see that it's not 'lazy'. I think 'disingenuous' is leading here, with trailings of 'deception'. Where there is now a photo of a keyboard in front of a piece of ‘framed art’,

http://cdn3.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2012/02/pinterest-computer/1177926222.jpg

there was a bar-chart graphic depicting declining “Ranking” from Facebook at #1 through YouTube,Twitter, YAhoo, Pinterest and finally g+ at #9.

http://cdn2.digitaltrends.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pinterest-google.jpg

(Isn’t local cache a wonderful thing?)

So now that changes have been made to the page and some work done twice, I can see that it’s not ‘lazy’. I think ‘disingenuous’ is leading here, with trailings of ‘deception’.

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437586 Ian Bell Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:22:45 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437586 <p>I don't see what graphic you are referring to?</p> I don’t see what graphic you are referring to?

]]> By: addressee http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437582 addressee Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:51:39 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437582 Your graphic does not agree with your article. The graphic depicts YouTube in 2nd position and Pinterest in 5th position, but the article claims "Pinterest drove more referral traffic to sites in January than Google+, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn and MySpace all combined." <br /> <br />Are you being disingenuous, inaccurate or lazy? Your graphic does not agree with your article. The graphic depicts YouTube in 2nd position and Pinterest in 5th position, but the article claims “Pinterest drove more referral traffic to sites in January than Google+, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn and MySpace all combined.”

Are you being disingenuous, inaccurate or lazy?

]]> By: Jeffweb6 http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437541 Jeffweb6 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:29:49 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437541 I wonder what type of users and visits the site generates. I consider myself pretty plugged in and only learned of the site a week ago and know of no one who uses it. I wonder what type of users and visits the site generates. I consider myself pretty plugged in and only learned of the site a week ago and know of no one who uses it.

]]> By: myrstad http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437524 myrstad Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:45:59 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437524 Referrals from Google+ – is the REALLY REALLY wrong metric to focus on now. Why? Because Google+ is NOT a link sharing network, like Pinterest or StumbleUpon. The first priority of Google+ is not to generate external links, but to engage INSIDE Google+, which it can do to a great extent without generating a single external link! <br /> Referrals from Google+ – is the REALLY REALLY wrong metric to focus on now. Why? Because Google+ is NOT a link sharing network, like Pinterest or StumbleUpon. The first priority of Google+ is not to generate external links, but to engage INSIDE Google+, which it can do to a great extent without generating a single external link!

]]> By: dang206 http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/pinterest-drives-more-traffic-to-sites-than-100-million-google-users/#comment-437495 dang206 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:22:08 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com/?p=332831#comment-437495 That's amazing since it's still an invite site. That’s amazing since it’s still an invite site.

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