Is TechCrunch just the largest Blog in France?
I woke up this morning and could not believe my eyes. We just came over 2600 feed subscribers to TechCrunch.fr
If i compare to my friend Loic’s stats which is the most popular blogger with 2400 feed subscribers, then the calculation is easy (although Loic has another feed in english and a previous feed that is not counted here)
But hey, it makes us probably just one of the TOP 5 largest blog in France in just 4 months. Out of 4 million blogs in France it is not too bad.
I think this is a great news and gives me the energy to continue even more.
nothing to add ...you deserve it, congratulations.
Posted by: Alain | 25 May 2006 at 10:46 AM
Hmmm, remember that TypePad does not allow for feed redirections which means that subscribers using the "old" RSS and Atom feeds are not counted. But TechCrunch France is working very nicely indeed.
Posted by: Jeff Clavier | 25 May 2006 at 11:49 AM
Way to go!
Posted by: Net | 25 May 2006 at 12:37 PM
ouriel do you know if there is a feedburner rank for france? I would like to know that.
Posted by: henri | 25 May 2006 at 03:39 PM
of course you know it's wrong (look at the technorati number of links...) But yeah, it gives you the energy ! I wonder why nobody translated Boingboing in French, it would also rock immediately...
Posted by: Loïc Le Meur | 26 May 2006 at 01:17 AM
hey Loic
Of course i do. YOU ARE THE BLOG JEDI. and i have still a long way to go. in any case i think your blog covers a much wider audience as TechCrunch is only dedicated to hight tech.
As i mentionned you have other hidden feeds not counted and as you mentionned you have more inbound links (alhough i claimed TechCrunch Fr only 3 weeks ago)
Keep rocking man
Posted by: ouriel | 26 May 2006 at 08:36 AM
:-) was just joking to push you a bit and it worked !
Posted by: Loïc Le Meur | 27 May 2006 at 02:21 PM
Just in case neither of you (Ouriel and Loic) have read the Mediametrie Press release : GenerationMP3 blog is the one kicking stats.
Was just in case ... ;) but I'm sure you both know it well.
Keep on going Ouriel.
Posted by: Romain | 08 June 2006 at 03:20 PM
Yes i saw that. 2 things on it
- TechCrunch was not included in mediametrie stats as we did not implement their track code in our template
- Techcrunch france is out there for 4 months only.
- Generationmp3 is a fantastic website (for me it is more a media than a blog)
- I actually don t care to be the largest blog. I care about people being interested in what we write. And if in addition we can be a top tier blog then fantastic
Posted by: ouriel | 08 June 2006 at 06:33 PM
There is absolutely no correlation between your feeds estimated readers and your blog's readers.
A blog of mine (also written in French) counts about three to five thousand unique visitors each day and "only" 150 subscribers to the feeds. It doesn't talk about technology and doesn't talk about the Internet neither.
If you want to see _very_ popular blogs, have a look at Voissa.com. It's plenty of crappy sex blogs, but most of them are probably more popular than yours...
Finally, have a look there:
http://www.alexaholic.com/techcrunch.fr+journalduporn.com
Posted by: kwa | 20 June 2006 at 09:49 PM
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21/06/06
Good Work Ouriel!
Posted by: Orli Yakuel | 21 June 2006 at 02:55 PM
kwa
you are totally right. there is no real correlation. just an indication that TechCrunch is among the big one and growing everyday.
Let me question your comparison with adult related material. I would not compare it to TechCrunch and most of the blogs out there.
I must recognize there are bigger blogs than TechCrunch France in France. And that is great.
My point was just to show a clear trend of growth for a very young blog.
Posted by: ouriel | 21 June 2006 at 04:09 PM
On Tuesday I caught the train from Avignon to Paris. I helped on old French lady put her bag into the baggage rack. Only it was not her bag: the dear old French lady was removing a young French lady's bag from the rack in order to place hers securely in. I was left holding the young French lady's bag when she spotted me. Oh no! She assumes I I have removed HER bag in order to place my bag in the rack. Oh no! She is screaming at me: What am I doing with HER bag. Her bag contains WINE! French ladies will murder people who threaten their wine! Moral - never try and help an old French lady. You will be torn limb from limb. Farewell France - I hope I will never return.
Posted by: Ivor Morgan | 18 August 2006 at 06:50 PM
2600 feed subscribers over a night :O it deals man. You surely got a jackpot on that day :)
Posted by: Wishart | 23 March 2007 at 08:01 AM
yes french blogs are going high in these days and i'm sure the wine blogs is one of the biggest part of it.
Posted by: jackee | 05 August 2007 at 06:02 AM