Preemptive comment: No, I wasn’t dead. Just couldn’t do any real work because I was busy grinding through the system getting admitted into college. Grinding over now 
That was the question that turned up on my head some time back – and I investigated.
The answer is – not much. As you can see, it’s been between 0.15% and 0.20% pretty much throughout. So, the “barriers to entry” aren’t really increasing.
Update: I just looked up the number of new entrants to the Leaderboard:
Compared to 2007, there is less fluctuation now. Good/Bad thing? I don’t know. Comments?
2 responses so far ↓
1 Steven Finch // Jul 18, 2008 at 10:36 am
I really think Techmeme is losing touch. They are becoming more and more mainstream every day. I think they will be completely pointless in another 6-12 months unless they change their policies for inclusions.
2 Ian Lamont // Jul 22, 2008 at 12:33 pm
I just read this, after reading your earlier analysis from a few months ago. I actually did a similar analysis to what you have here (http://thestandard.com/news/2008/07/16/techmeme-leaderboard-analysis-old-guard-list-fading) and made the very same note about presence — it’s rising. I asked Gabe about this, and he didn’t seem to think it was a big concern. But, it is effectively excluding more of the “long tail” bloggers, including independent who might have cracked the top 100 last year when the presence threshold was lower.
Ian Lamont
Managing Editor
The Industry Standard
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