Robert Scoble–some like to say Robert is of Microsoft fame, but I say that Microsoft is of Robert Scoble fame–explains the way he calculates what he links to. He understands that in doing so, he has distributed some of his "link juice" which is the dispersion of influence according to algorithms that are watching and other people.
I wouldn’t know what he is talking about, even though my traffic is picking up, I don’t know what it feels like to have a large audience–yet. I still have a few tricks up my sleeve. He does explain that you better have great writing skill, and Robert–while not the most intricate writer–possesses a skill that makes very complex things seem not only understandable but he can make you feel that should be a part of yourself, your life and the entire focus of your energy.
Robert can take something like a hard drive, the most boring thing in a computer, and make you want to know more about it. Seagate? How else can you explain that early century Internet grassroots interest in the monster of hidden calculating brass that was Microsoft a half a decade ago.
Robert Scoble makes you feel like it’s you sitting there. He likes to lead the conversation instead of follow it and you have to give him credit, he does drive his family and himself crazy with that camcorder and those free plane tickets just to bring what’s happening to you before–let’s say–CNN @ CES.
While Robert Scoble would never play a game with linkbaiting, he point us in that direction with the whole matter of using linkbating as a game.
Jason Calacanis stands of the shoulders of accomplishment. And this could explain why Jason Calacanis likes to play games with linkbaiting. As former GM of Netscape, co-founder of Weblogs, editor and moving voice behind the less spoken of NYC Silicon Valley of the late 90’s (called Silicon Alley,) Brooklyn born, and–get this–he even has a bull dog by his side, It’s hard to not like someone with a bull dog. (I have two of them) Jason just wants you to stick your head up his ass to get a link. I think that’s fine and he deserves it as much as the next successful CEO.
Both of these people are great successful examples of how powerful it is to reach that point in your life when you actually can change something. Not just change something for yourself, you know you’ve made a difference when something you’ve done changes the way of millions, if not billions of lives, if even in a small way. To each out there trying to do that, I wish you luck, I sit here doing the same thing, and what I can’t offer in reassurance I can redeem with, if it’s smart and you work hard, you’ll definitely succeed, and if I see you do it, I’ll be certain to link to it. No matter what type of blogger you are.
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