<![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch - Valleywag Comments]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> @Michael Arrington: You smell.

Troll_2.0

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> @Ted Dziuba: You're fired!

Michael Arrington

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> This from the guy who tried to hire me. Right.

Ted Dziuba

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> This answers your question about the timing on Six Apart's announcement: timed to fill a slot in Arrington's forward schedule for weekened competition posts, in return for lovin.

Caligo

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> @Michael Arrington: Thanks, and I'll fling some shit your way, too.

masterofmonkeys

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> Maybe if every Valleywag article links to TechCrunch tomorrow then Google will consider the two a link farm and delist them both.

Take one for the team, Owen!

Keymaster

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> Jackson, I hate to tug on your leash, but you've taken me out of context here. My message was one of quid pro quo, and since I practice what I preach, every TechCrunch article tomorrow will contain a link back to Valleywag.

Michael Arrington

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> who cares if you are mentioned on techcrunch? no one. here's why:
a) half the VCs pretend to be suitably impressed, but behind closed doors they roll their eyes - they know he plays for pay and is in no way an unbiased news source of any type
b) he has no track record to speak of, so other than getting some pages views for a day or two (and from most companies it's not sticky, it's just a spike with little residual value/ no long tail from TC)

What it can do is if you can get this circle rolling:
Arrington -> Center Networks -> Mathew Ingram -> Calacanis -> Scoble -> Digg -> Techmeme, then you get actually start to get people's attention, but it's so contrived and such.

I love whoever's video it was about asking people if they know Flickr for god's sake. I thought my grandma knew Flickr. People on the street were like "lolwut?"

michaellamb

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> @KyleShank
Seconded!
The illusions of proximity to other people via the internet, perceived prestige, and a good bit of posturing tends to give people funny social notions. Perhaps those that fawn over the Arringtons of this world feel as though they are in fact as privileged as those invited into a royal court when they're, linked to, mentioned, spoken (down) to or even snubbed.

The day I realized I had as much of a shot as any of these other shmoes at "moving up" in this fast-paced social gambit people dare to call media and business? They day I got linked to by Valleywag. True story.

giania

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> Arrington is the bitch, but doesn't embrace criticism, is that right?

SnarkTard

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> Let them eat cake!

categorically

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> hah! if arrington were playing a role in the john adams' series, i do believe he'd be hamilton...

ResearchZilla

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> +1 for mentioning King Louie and Web 2.0 in the same post.

KyleShank

]]> <![CDATA[Bow before King Michael: Arrington explains to the peasants how to get on TechCrunch]]> See also: recent Perez Hilton scandale. At least Arrington doesn't allow people to be deluded into thinking emailing him nekkid pictures will lead to a link.

Perez links to NO-ONE! nekkid or not.

raincoaster

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