The Finch Formerly Known As Gold

10 October 2006

Google arithmetic

Some things at Google just don't add up. For one thing, they're willing to pay $1.65 billion for YouTube. And this past weekend, CEO Eric Schmidt came up with this curious statistic:

We have 35 million blogs, doubling every six months. The average blog has exactly one reader: the blogger.

Based on this assertion, and given the inexplicable yet verifiable fact that I have more than one reader, I have to assume that there are some blogs out there that aren't even being read by the people who write them.

For example:

I don't read my own blog. I don't think many people who have a blog read their own. I mean — you made the posts. The comments get emailed to you. Why do you need to read it? It's not logical.

A Google search for "i don't read my own blog" garners 39 hits. I think I might have about 39 regular readers.

Posted at 6:19 AM to Blogorrhea


That's the kind of ridiculous closed-end statement we expect from a 29-year old (or whatever) with multi-billions falling out of his pockets.

Posted by: Winston at 6:45 AM on 10 October 2006

"There are some blogs out there that aren't even being read by the people who write them."

... and if you look at the quality of the blog, it shows.

Posted by: Dan at 9:22 AM on 10 October 2006

You're not suggesting that I read this stuff, are you?

Posted by: CGHill at 9:51 AM on 10 October 2006

Not yours, ya silly goose, THEIRS.

Posted by: Dan at 11:14 AM on 10 October 2006

Not yours, ya silly goose, THEIRS.

Hey. Quit talking about me behind my back.

Posted by: McGehee at 11:40 AM on 10 October 2006

If the shoe fits ...

Posted by: Dan at 12:30 PM on 10 October 2006