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Gawker Gadget Blog Misleads Readers? December 30, 2006

Posted by tshirts in Gawker, Gizmodo, Misleads Readers.
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“Gawker Gadget Blog Misleads Readers To Hype Traffic” –psfk.com

Last week saw the Gizmodo gadget blog mislead its readers into thinking that Apple would be launching its mobile phone today. Writer Brian Lam carefully avoided the use of the word Apple in an mysterious sounding post about the launch of a ‘iPhone’ that only said, “I guarantee it. It isn’t what I expected at all. And I’ve already said too much.” The post spawned a frenzy on other blogs and in the media. Even community geek site Digg was fooled as over 1700 Diggers rushed to Digg the article. Meanwhile competitor gadget blog Engadget remained silent.[gawker_gadget_b.html]

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The Death Of Gawker December 30, 2006

Posted by tshirts in Gawker.
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00_rip.jpgHere’s an interesting blog post (and graph) about Gawker.com getting CRUSHED by Perez Hilton (a one-man show) and TMZ (AOL’s gossip blog). Even PopSugar has caught up to the struggling Gawker.com. — www.calacanis.com

The death of Gawker

Hello world! December 27, 2006

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