Diggings

A blog by Toby Dayton

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Archive for the 'Why I Blog' Category

Best Movie of 2009 And Perhaps The Most Important Movie In Our Lifetime

Go see No Impact Man.

What Would Dad Say (WWDS) Raising Ire Of The Church

It’s been a humbling experience trying to keep up with G.L. – fellow JobDig blogger and critically acclaimed author of What Would Dad Say (WWDS). His daily traffic numbers crush mine, as do his Technorati rank and authority, his Career 100 rank, and his RSS subscribers. An already sizable lead will be infinitely expanded when [...]

Media Market Share; XM and Sirius; Thanks To Two Pioneers

There Is No Positive Alpha In Daily Newspaper Stocks
Shocking that a recent post on seekingalpha.com shows how poorly daily newspapers fared in maintaining, let alone growing, their market share in 2007. Of the 17 media companies examined, the 3 worst performers were New York Times, McClatchy, and Gannett. Also not surprising was the fact that [...]

How Much Traffic Can I Generate By Placing Eliot Spitzer and Ashley Alexandra Dupre In A Blog Title?

I am curious to see what type of traffic I can generate by posting a blog with the words Eliot Spitzer and Ashley Alexandra Dupre in it. I apologize if this ticks off any of my 5 regular readers, but I just want to see what happens.
The idea actually came to me courtesy of ftm.com [...]

The Results Are In And…….I Was Just Honored To Have Been Nominated

Earlier this week, Jason Davis announced the winners for the best recruiting blogs of 2007 on Recruitingblogs.com. While I was decimated by the news that I had finished 2nd in my category (best sourcing blog) behind CyberSleuthing, I was amazed that I finished 4th out of 52 recruiting blogs nominated in the category for best [...]

Cincinnati Post Shuts Down Its Presses; Prediction #1 Almost Comes True Before Year Even Starts

On New Year’s eve, I wrote a post of my predictions for the year. The last prediction was that by the end of 2008, at least one major metro market in the U.S. would lose its daily newspaper altogether. I should have elaborated slightly to better define the parameters I envisioned, but I elected to [...]

…And I Endorse This Commercial!

ZoomInfo is sponsoring RecruitingBlogs.com’s Best Recruiting Blog Awards of 2007 and the voting has begun. Diggings was nominated for the Best Sourcing Blog, and I would be honored to represent all 13 of my readers among the prestigious winners of this year’s awards. If you like this blog and feel so inclined, I would greatly [...]

Shameless Begging Never Hurt Anyone Did It?

Jason Davis, RecruitingBlogs.com, and ZoomInfo are accepting nominations for the best recruiting blog on the web, with voting to begin December 14th. A few days ago, I went to the site to nominate my own blog (as all good bloggers do, right?) and was pleasantly surprised to discover that someone had already nominated Diggings. I [...]

If The Phrase ‘Freaky Aliens’ Catches Fire, My Blog Readership Will Skyrocket

Last week, I wrote a post on how writing a blog helps you better understand the phenomena of search and search engine optimization (SEO). I don’t know why, or if it’s common among bloggers, but I am fascinated by the search phrases that lead people to my blog and the impact that various posts have [...]

One More Reason To Blog…

As I mentioned in a post some time ago about why I write a blog, one of the most significant benefits of doing so is that it increases one’s knowledge of and appreciation for the web. By blogging on a somewhat regular basis and actively participating in the community of bloggers related to what we [...]