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[tomuse.com] Could TechCrunch and...

VizionQuest — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:48:29 EDT

[tomuse.com] Could TechCrunch and Michael Arrington be searching for "dream team" blogging deal in light of Valleywag's surging traffic and fear of being dethroned?

Gawker Readers Post 16,000 Comments per Day

Erin Pettigrew — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:41:57 EST

January's traffic magnets (MacWorld, CES, Scientology) were difficult acts to follow, but February made gains of its own.

Readers posted an astounding 485,393 comments across our 15 sites in February. That puts the average at 16,738 comments per day, which is the highest activity level we've ever seen across Gawker properties.

At 219 million pageviews, traffic declined softly but continues to show momentum. Setting aside the January spike, growth from December to February held strong at 29%. Contributing heavily to this increase — Kotaku (33.8m), Jezebel (16.4m), Consumerist (10.8m), and Valleywag (4.4m) with their highest monthly numbers ever.

Takeaways? Last month's noisy news events may have exited, but publishing and reader activity on Gawker properties continue to chug along, month over month.

FasTrak pushes more drivers into Ron Paul's embrace

Paul Boutin — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 02:22:07 EST

"Bridge officials set to slam brakes on FasTrak cheats," a San Francisco Chronicle headline warns. But the article smells like a PR campaign to convince drivers who zip through the gateless toll booths without a pass that something very, very bad is about to happen to them. "FasTrak cheats could face late-night visits from folks who would boot their cars or tow them away." That's presuming FasTrak bureaucrats can get new legislation passed. Translation: The electronic toll-collection technology doesn't work as it was supposed to, and they can't fix it. FasTrak officials told the Chron they're trying to get California's state Franchise Tax Board to use its legal clout to collect unpaid bridge tolls for them. For that, I'm sure the Paultards would put FasTrak up against the wall right after the Federal Reserve System.

511 jammed by holiday traffic

Jordan Golson — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:45:31 EST

OK, it's almost 2 p.m. on the Friday before Christmas. Time to do some last-minute shopping and head home, right? Maybe not. Traffic sucks even more than on most holiday weekends, thanks to an accident on 580 in Oakland. If you don't have one of those fancy GPS units that automatically updates you with the latest traffic reports, you can check Traffic.com before you leave work, or dial 511 from your cell once you're on the road. Oh wait, never mind! "We are currently experiencing technical difficulties on the 511 Phone System. We are working to solve the problem and apologize for any inconvenience." The worst part about sitting in traffic? Robert Scoble doesn't do podcasts, only video streams, so you can't keep yourself entertained with that. Here's our suggestion: drop "Here Comes Another Bubble" on your iPod before you head out. Catchy! And at least the lyrics are original! (Photo by AP/Ric Francis)

November Traffic

richardlawson — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:48:43 EST

Traffic is down from last month's mega-high, but still well above September's record. 167,377,226 across the network for November. And our uniques continue to increase, 23.9m globally this month according to Quantcast. New highs for Valleywag, Consumerist, Kotaku and Jezebel.

No escape from Thanksgiving traffic

Owen Thomas — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:05:04 EST

Stuck at work? Sorry to hear it. Valleywag's working a full day, so we'll keep you entertained. In fact, if you were thinking about leaving early to beat traffic, you might as well just stay at your desk. The Bay Area's major escape routes, 580-E towards Livermore and 101-N in Marin, are already clogged with Thanksgiving traffic.

ComScore says Facebook traffic dropped in...

Jordan Golson — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:10:47 EDT

ComScore says Facebook traffic dropped in September. We didn't think that was accurate. It turns out that traffic was only "down" because ComScore's measurement panel (along with Nielsen and others) only measures traffic from home. As students return to school, they are removed from the panel and traffic "drops." Facebook says that active monthly users is still rising at 3 percent a week, as it has since January 2007. [GigaOm]