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Published On: Dec 09, 2003 10:42 AM
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Published On: Dec 09, 2003 10:42 AM
Just finished an iBlog Software Review
I've been spending little bits of time over the last
couple weeks writing an article about the iBlog utility.
(As I write this I can't help but notice the funny
self-referential nature of this posting. Well, perhaps life is recursive by
nature and I should just get on with
it.)
I've been spending little bits of time over the last couple weeks writing an article about the iBlog utility . If you've been reading this journal (yes, this very one!) then you already know the story about how I stumbled upon some major security problems with the iBlog utility, how in attempt to warn people about these issues I wrote a quick mini-article summarizing the problems, and how subsequently my web site saw more traffic in a single day than it had in its entire previous existence.
One thing was true: this was news, people recognized that this was (interesting) news, and I was at the forefront of this little bit of news. Thus my "15 seconds" of fame on the Internet. I enjoyed a brief success doing what I've been working hard at to achieve for months: hosting a web site that constituted a significant web presence. (Until that point, the only people who came to this site were those using Google to find a good Crepe Recipe !)
So I wrote a follow-up review of this infamous iBlog application . I did this for two reasons. First, I don't like getting attention for tearing something down without doing some fair justice by trying to point out its merits. In other words, I recognize that these people at Lifli Software worked damned hard on their program, and their hopes and dreams and maybe even their financial future was impacted by my actions. (I still think they should be spanked for not fixing these security problems yet.)
Second, I'm curious to see if I can repeat the phenomenon that brought a brief success to my website. Namely, if I write an informative web article, can I draw people here to read it?
Well, just minutes ago I submitted information about the article to about 9 different Mac-centric "news" web sites. We will see if any of the editors will choose to pick up the story, and of those that do, how many will actually draw an audience. In other words, this is a grand experiment to test the efficacy of writing free web articles in order to attract web traffic.
Let's see how it goes...
I've been spending little bits of time over the last couple weeks writing an article about the iBlog utility . If you've been reading this journal (yes, this very one!) then you already know the story about how I stumbled upon some major security problems with the iBlog utility, how in attempt to warn people about these issues I wrote a quick mini-article summarizing the problems, and how subsequently my web site saw more traffic in a single day than it had in its entire previous existence.
One thing was true: this was news, people recognized that this was (interesting) news, and I was at the forefront of this little bit of news. Thus my "15 seconds" of fame on the Internet. I enjoyed a brief success doing what I've been working hard at to achieve for months: hosting a web site that constituted a significant web presence. (Until that point, the only people who came to this site were those using Google to find a good Crepe Recipe !)
So I wrote a follow-up review of this infamous iBlog application . I did this for two reasons. First, I don't like getting attention for tearing something down without doing some fair justice by trying to point out its merits. In other words, I recognize that these people at Lifli Software worked damned hard on their program, and their hopes and dreams and maybe even their financial future was impacted by my actions. (I still think they should be spanked for not fixing these security problems yet.)
Second, I'm curious to see if I can repeat the phenomenon that brought a brief success to my website. Namely, if I write an informative web article, can I draw people here to read it?
Well, just minutes ago I submitted information about the article to about 9 different Mac-centric "news" web sites. We will see if any of the editors will choose to pick up the story, and of those that do, how many will actually draw an audience. In other words, this is a grand experiment to test the efficacy of writing free web articles in order to attract web traffic.
Let's see how it goes...
Posted: Sun - November 2, 2003 at 03:10 PM