Originally Posted by
sbm12
A couple facts which may help in the discussion:
- Over the past three months VFTW has had 157, 158 and 159 posts. Hardly a sudden influx meant to increase revenue in light of supposedly declining yields. At first blush I'm seeing 22 of those posts focused on CCs in August. That's roughly the same rate as in the past.
- OMAAT has had 158, 183 & 198 posts over the past three months. Similar to VFTW I'm seeing ~22 which appear to be about CCs. Again, same rates.
That's some real data, not just a hunch. Sorry it took me a few days to get there; I've had a bit of trouble with my site which tracks all of the posts.
Your own data shows that OMAAT
has had a 'sudden influx' of ~25% from June-August (198/158). Also, it simply is not hard data when you say you see something "roughly" and "at first blush". That is basically a synonym for having a hunch like TBB has been accused of. As covered upthread many of the titles of these posts are misleading and thinly veiled reasons to throw in a bunch of affiliate links.
Furthermore, if you cannot see a huge drop off recently in the quality of posts at BA then I think maybe you should actually try reading some of your colleagues posts. Much of the output lately is more drivel than anything else.
With that being said, I do enjoy your writing and visit your site from time to time so I hope you aren't offended by this, but much of your defense of BA (that I have seen here on FT) seems a bit Kent Brockman-ish.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-for-...sect-overlords