I’ve been scouring the web for how to measure the statistical metrics for a Wikipedia article, and being completely unable to find this sorta thing given the most popular tools, I’m getting closer to thinking that these clandestine metrics are a trade secret. So what does this mean for marketing? Well, it means that destinations concerned with quality of content, (*ahem* Wikipedia) will keep on keepin’ on metric-free, and that there is no way to measure a metric for a referential site. And why should it? I mean, on a site primarily concerned with just pure information, why would the metrics for an article even matter to them? Exactly. So although this puts a roadblock on some of my research, it is encouraging to know that advertisers aren’t allowed to exploit Wikipedia–simply because of its nature–as a place to pedal things.
Getting listed in a Wikipedia article, however, in terms of marketing = gold freaking coin. Why? Because you can’t just put advertising bullshit on there.
So here’s my recommendation to advertising and marketing: create content that is pure, referential information that isn’t designed to sell something – and you’ve got yourself one of the biggest placements you can get. In an encyclopedia.
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I want a TableMate. I’ve heard from other laptop freelancers that this thing is a godsend, especially if you’re couch inclined, so I’m seriously contemplating a set. This is not an endorsement, especially because the thing looks about as aesthetically appealing as a toilet, but probably matches its functionality. And I am less about aesthetics than I am about function.
No, that is not to say I will crap on it. I can hear my roommate sigh in relief…
Looks like you aren’t legally allowed to purchase a TableMate unless you’re on social security or in the 5th grade. Sorry dude.
Please do not pee in it, either.
You know, some of those toilet seats aren’t so bad. Like the puffy seated ones, or the fuzzy top ones. Now those i wouldn’t mind lookin’ at.