November 07, 2006

Sifry updates the state of the blogosphere

Posted at 21:53 | | 9 Comments | View blog reactions

Growth is still very strong I am kind of worried that French language seems low and below Italian, weird.

France still lives in the times of Marie Antoinette. No longer does France draw the Travel Market it once did. It is no longer Number #1 draw. Even the Japanese who admire from afar the French 'mystique' arrive only to find out the French 'mistake' As to language, well time to give it up. Francophone just isn't Manderin or any number of the ethnic mix that now over shadows French even in France. Time to realize France is a no show for many on the score card of International Travel or interest.

TRAVELSAPIEN, November 08, 2006 at 16:37

greetings! quickly came across your blog, and was just wondering about the content, and what the area of focus is here. Thank you ....

robert, November 08, 2006 at 18:00

As somebody who invested in an italian cellular phone operator once said: Italians love to talk...

mmx, November 09, 2006 at 06:17

italians love technology...

italians were the first huge users of mobile phones (i remember once a french guy who told in the mid 90s: italians are always with the mobile phone...)

italians are today the first users of mobile TV...

typical in french EGO attitude: "I am kind of worried that French language seems low and below Italian, weird"... HOW IS IT POSSIBLE ??

funny frenchies...

alex, November 09, 2006 at 09:36

Without even arguing about any presupposed "importance" of French whatsoever, I strongly suspect a dirty little secret of Technorati: its incapacity to autodetect languages. After the blunder of the latest "top 100 French blogs" from technorati/edelmann — which is frankly innacurate — I discovered that I had to manually declare the language of my blog to Technorati. I'd love to see a little bit more clarity from Dave Sifry about the methods he uses to get those numbers (and assumptions) out. So far, you have to read between the lines and make your own mind about the Technorati prism vs reality.

padawan, November 09, 2006 at 15:03

Loic, resistance is futile. You'll be assimilated! :-D

Paolo Gagliardi, November 09, 2006 at 17:35

hey Italian friends there was nothing to be understood here about me and Italy, I love Italy ! I was just surprised and I agree with Padawan, I think Technorati does not manage languages very well.

Loic, November 12, 2006 at 22:37

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