Comments on: CNET's Activist Investors Write the Book of (Not-So-Much) Love http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080401/cnets-activist-investors-write-the-book-of-not-so-much-love/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill Pytlovany http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080401/cnets-activist-investors-write-the-book-of-not-so-much-love/#comment-3001 Bill Pytlovany Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:43:16 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080401/cnets-activist-investors-write-the-book-of-not-so-much-love/#comment-3001 CNet has a great brand that in theory should be growing at a much better pace. There's no problem with the writers and other content available on CNet. Some of the articles are brilliant. The problem is they haven't done much to increase visitors and eye balls. While they've been successful at attracting advertisers, they've failed to attract new users. I've given up on Downloads.com because they always promote the same old top downloads which continue to be top downloads because they're promoted. Bill CNet has a great brand that in theory should be growing at a much better pace.

There’s no problem with the writers and other content available on CNet. Some of the articles are brilliant.

The problem is they haven’t done much to increase visitors and eye balls. While they’ve been successful at attracting advertisers, they’ve failed to attract new users.

I’ve given up on Downloads.com because they always promote the same old top downloads which continue to be top downloads because they’re promoted.

Bill

]]> By: Eric Welch http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080401/cnets-activist-investors-write-the-book-of-not-so-much-love/#comment-2999 Eric Welch Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:02:12 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080401/cnets-activist-investors-write-the-book-of-not-so-much-love/#comment-2999 Someone from AOL criticizing C|Net? That's rich. Not that C|Net doesn't have problems. They are way too Microsoft-bound. They have columnists who are more interested in writing sensationalistic headlines and articles to draw clicks than actually write pieces that inform. I think if they replace the bad writers alone, and get rid of the Microsoft astroturfers, that should go a long way to fixing things. But to replace management with the critics? That makes as much sense as turning the asylum over to the accountants to run. Oh, wait, that would be like turning hospitals over to HMOs. Not a good idea. Someone from AOL criticizing C|Net? That’s rich.

Not that C|Net doesn’t have problems. They are way too Microsoft-bound. They have columnists who are more interested in writing sensationalistic headlines and articles to draw clicks than actually write pieces that inform. I think if they replace the bad writers alone, and get rid of the Microsoft astroturfers, that should go a long way to fixing things.

But to replace management with the critics? That makes as much sense as turning the asylum over to the accountants to run.

Oh, wait, that would be like turning hospitals over to HMOs. Not a good idea.

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